ADAverse

In this episode of the ADAverse podcast, Shaun Leisegang sits down with David Owen , Founder of Cactus & Cubby , to explore one of the biggest shifts happening in business today: the rise of the AI-Powered Human . AI is becoming available to everyone. Yet while some individuals and organisations are achieving extraordinary results, others are seeing very little impact. Why? According to David,...

In this episode of the ADAverse podcast, Shaun Leisegang is joined by Maggie Herceg , Chief Operating Officer and AI Lead at Westfund Health Insurance , to explore how a values-led health insurer turned a single automation pilot into a bold, organisation-wide transformation. Starting with complex pharmacy claims, Westfund proved just how much impact automation can make - with one milestone moment...

In this episode of the ADAverse podcast, Shaun Leisegang is joined by Paul Akkari , IT Manager at the Paul Ramsay Foundation (PRF) , to explore what happens when a purpose-driven foundation builds its own private AI assistant - from the ground up. Meet PRF PAL, a GPT-powered AI agent designed to unlock knowledge trapped in documents, systems, and minds. Custom-trained on PRF’s own data and grounde...

In this episode of the ADAverse podcast, Shaun Leisegang sits down with Gladwin Mendez , Fractional Chief Data & AI Officer at GEC Prudentia , to unpack one of the most overlooked challenges in modern business: data health. Using a powerful health and wellness metaphor, Gladwin introduces a three-stage model to help organisations shift from chaotic data firefighting to structured, outcome-driv...

In this episode of the ADAverse podcast, Shaun Leisegang sits down with Wai-Lum Tang (Head of Information Technology) and Tricia Kopka (Head of Operations and Process Improvement) from IQumulate , one of Australia and New Zealand's leading premium funders. Together, they unpack how IQumulate is accelerating growth and operational excellence by embracing automation, cloud-first architecture, and a...

In this episode of the ADAverse podcast, Shaun Leisegang is joined by Alex Tulintsev , PII Redaction Specialist at ABBYY , to tackle one of the most high-stakes challenges facing modern organisations: protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Payment Card Information (PCI) in an AI-driven world. With global fines now hitting $50 million or 30% of turnover for privacy breaches, safeg...

In this ADAverse podcast episode, Shaun Leisegang and Tony Nudd from UiPath explore the cutting-edge world of AI agents, highlighting the evolution beyond standard RPA tools. The conversation covers technical essentials like trust management, orchestration frameworks, and real-world implementation scenarios. Gain valuable insights from industry case studies, learn to spot tasks ideally suited to A...

In this inaugural episode, host Shaun Leisegang sits down with Pieter DeGunst , Managing Director of Tecala , to explore the journey from rapidMATION and the Automation Alliance to the birth of ADAverse. Join us as we discuss: 🔹 The evolution of automation and AI in business 🔹 Why data is the fuel that powers AI 🔹 The critical role of automation, data, and AI in modern organisations 🔹 How ADAv...

You cannot go anywhere at the moment without hearing about ChatGPT and it is certainly taking over the internet at the moment.  Join us on this episode where we talk all things ChatGPT and Intelligent Automation.  Kudos to Mick Taylor and Stuart Chambers from UiPath and Deon Smit from Nintex for their excellent work and evangelism in showing what is possible. #ChatGPT #IntelligentAutomat...

Shaun chats with Stephen Graham (Design Director at STCK), on the intersection of Strategic Design and Intelligent Automation.

Shaun chats with Jacqui Miller (Application Architect at Dimension Data), one of the newest UiPath MVP's and the first female MVP in Africa, on all things UiPath and Microsoft Power Automate.

Shaun chats with Chris Ellis (Director of Presales at Nintex) on Nintex's latest acquisition of RPA leader Kryon.

Shaun has a fireside chat with Anders Jensen, an Automation Teacher & YouTuber, who is doing some amazing things in the automation community. You can connect with Anders on the following social media channels: [YouTube] https://youtube.com/c/andersjensenorg [LinkedIn] https://www.linkedin.com/company/andersjensenorg [Twitter] https://twitter.com/andersjensenorg

We chat with Dennis Parker (Customer Lead at Jigx) about getting stuff done with a new generation of apps for work. That employees love.

We chat with David Kroll (Lead Solutions Engineer, Ashling Partners) on how he used Robotic Process Automation to build out and automate his Fantasy Sports Newsletter.

In this episode we host Greg Miller, Executive Director at Faethm, and we talk about Responsible Automation which is the ability to retain, retrain and redeploy your workforce. With the people that companies need for the future already in their business, automation does not have to result in job loss. We chat about Faethm's reskilling and upskilling Job Corridors which allows companies to get the...

We welcome Stuart Chambers, UiPath Emerging Product Sales Specialist for the Australia New Zealand region, to this episode of the Automation Alliance Podcast where we talk all things Process Mining, Task Mining and Automated Testing. Stuart is a regional thought leader and subject matter expert and advises organisations on how to leverage UiPath's emerging product suite to drive process optimisati...

Absolutely thrilled to have Katrin Stoecker, Chief Operations Officer at Steadfast Underwriting Agencies join us for this insightful episode discussing their Intelligent Automation journey. We discuss everything from process renewal bots to how they are driving the Citizen Developer agenda. It has been incredibly rewarding to watch the momentous impact that automation is having across Steadfast Un...

What a pleasure it was to have Thomas Kohlenbach, senior product specialist at Nintex, join us for this episode focussed on achieving process excellence. We discuss how an effective process culture can promote innovation and business agility and how really understanding your processes is the true beginning of automation success. A fantastic episode packed with many relevant use cases and great ins...

What an incredible success story we get to discuss on this episode! We hear how Pieter Le Roux, National Shared Services Manager, is driving an automation first mindset at Coates Hire starting with the successful implementation of their Intelligent Accounts Payable solution. Shaun and Pieter discuss how automating the routine across the finance function at Coates Hire has helped to liberate minds...

What a pleasure it was having Graham Penman, Co-founder of jaam Automation in the UK, as a special guest for this episode. We ran through the recent Accenture Tech Vision 2021 themes and discussed how we see these playing out in our respective markets. We looked at the wider automation partner ecosystem and discussed how important players such as Druid Chatbot platform, Re:infer and others are qui...

Absolutely thrilled to have Guy Kirkwood, Chief Evangelist at UiPath, share his thoughts and predictions for RPA, AI, and automation in 2021. He has an incredibly accurate track record from previous years and it is well worth a listen to ensure you are up to speed with the latest industry predictions. A fantastic episode that all our listeners will benefit from. Enjoy.

Fantastic conversation with Chris Ellis, Director of Pre-Sales at Nintex in Australia. We discuss the company's recent acquisition of K2 and Chris walks us through the various components of the end-to-end Nintex platform and how these recent acquisitions are shaping the vision for the Nintex Platform. We get great insights into the Nintex Process Mapping and Process Collaboration tool Promapp and...

What an episode, what a woman. We hear how Sidney Madison Prescott has forged an incredibly successful career in driving and embedding an automation first mindset at companies like Spotify and BNY Melon. She shares her insights on why starting small can increase your chances of success and what factors can derail the ability to scale. We hear about the imminent release of her latest co-authored bo...

What an episode. What a true transformation story. What an honour to have Luke Kelly, Director of DKG Insurance Brokers, join us to discuss how they embraced intelligent automation just before the initial COVID lockdown in April. We hear how they spearheaded this automation initiative to streamline their debtors, quotes and claims processes that enabled this forward thinking insurance broker to no...