{"id":718258,"date":"2023-09-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=718258"},"modified":"2023-09-13T13:51:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T11:51:06","slug":"business-talk-uipath-co-ceo-rob-enslin-on-the-importance-of-automation-and-ai-when-doing-business-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/718258\/business-talk-uipath-co-ceo-rob-enslin-on-the-importance-of-automation-and-ai-when-doing-business-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Talk \u2013 UiPath Co-CEO Rob Enslin on the importance of automation and AI when doing business in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Business Talk with Michael Avery interview, Rob Enslin &#8211; UiPath Co-CEO &#8211; discusses how AI and automation are changing business operations in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Enslin is a business veteran with over 30 years of experience across industries in Europe, Asia, and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to becoming the Co-CEO at UiPath, he served as the President of Cloud Sales at Google Cloud.<\/p>\n<p>Enslin also worked at SAP, where he developed and managed its cloud product portfolio and led field revenue and enablement efforts.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The interview<\/h3>\n<p>In his Business Talk interview, Enslin discusses what UiPath does and how it is helping South African businesses leverage the full benefits of automation technology.<\/p>\n<p>He highlights specific industries or business areas where automation has been adopted more quickly than the general rate.<\/p>\n<p>Enslin also touches on the concerns around automation \u2013 specifically, the issue of how it is replacing certain jobs.<\/p>\n<p>He concludes the discussion by outlining the steps UiPath is taking to support technology skill creation &#8211; ensuring that as automation and AI change the business world, South Africans will stay employed.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full interview with Rob Enslin below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Business Talk \u2013 UiPath Co-CEO Rob Enslin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vlBMa5tDWno\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UiPath Co-CEO Rob Enslin explains how automation and AI are transforming industries in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":718264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9878],"tags":[15578],"class_list":["post-718258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-business-talk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718258"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":718272,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718258\/revisions\/718272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}