$80

Hourly Consulting Rate

Simon Barker

Independent Consultant

Industry Experience

Capital Markets/Hedge Fund/Private Equity

Computer Software/Engineering

Construction

Information Technology/IT

Oil/Energy/Solar/Greentech

+ 1 More

Location Supported

United Kingdom

Languages Supported

English

Skills

  • Technical consultant
  • Programming
  • Application development
  • Robotic process automation

Product Specialization

  • Automation Anywhere Enterprise
  • Blue Prism Intelligent RPA Platform

About

Currently Automation Consultant for a boat building company. Previously Automation Consultant to a large European Bank, working to design, build and manage a global Know Your Client (KYC) automation system. Previously a Senior Automation Engineer with RPA consultancy specialising in Automation Anywhere environment. Also worked as a .Net back-end developer for digital agency with experience in modern web development methodologies, including C#, angularJS and RESTful API based web projects. Past experience includes developer, automation specialist and PRINCE2 project manager working with a proprietary software-as-a-service (SaaS) automated data gathering system in ASP.Net C# which combined web harvesting, organising and sorting web content, data storage and web search engine data retrieval. Product initially designed for the recruitment industry, but successfully utilised in multiple business sectors.

Languages: ASP .Net C# MVC 3,4 & 5 (WebForms & Razor), plugins such as SignalR, WinForms, AngularJS, javascript / jQuery, MS SQL (T-SQL), VB, PHP

Environments: Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, Visual Studio, SQL Server Management Studio, Team
Foundation Server (TFS), Apache Solr search engine, SVN Subversion

Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008R2, Windows 7 / 8 / 10, ZenServer

Top Project Highlights

Know Your Client RPA Document System - European Bank

Responsible for ongoing solution delivery, architecture and development for RPA solutions at the bank. Primarily focused on the Know Your Client (KYC) group to manage and code delivery of the robotics solution for data gathering for a team of 180 analysts currently, expanding to cover all KYC analysts across the world over the coming months.

 

Project: Handover from initial system build from external consultants, future architectural design and software build for new features / planned improvements in both Automation Anywhere and C#. Advise on future RPA projects across the bank. Recruitment of team for RPA development, as well as training for Operations RPA staff, as well as interns.

Development of RPA Best Practice Methods and Bot Templates - European Telco

Developed best practice model in conjunction with client. Merged existing Automation Anywhere best practice with companies existing model. Built template for all future bots to ensure standardisation if configuration files, consistent task flow structure and standardised variables, as well as compatibility with logging systems.

Migration of RPA Bots from Laptops to VDI’s - European Telco

Client was running 16 bots on laptops. Project was to develop roadmap for migration, design, build, test and deploy suitable VDI environment, as well as complete migration of bots to new environment.

RPA Automated Expense Management System - Global Consultancy

Developed bot to manage automation of taxi expenses. Built logic based on business case provided by management staff. Managed development team and developed the bots and tested in against various use cases. Testing in real live situations and manage new feature development cycle.
Responsibilities included bot architecture, gathering business logic, code development and testing, as well as bot implementation to QA and corporate testing departments.

RPA Banking BPO Reporting System

Developed bot to gather data from a combination of legacy and text-based reporting systems to automate consolidation of data to single reporting document to disseminate across business.
Responsibility included the documentation of the process (as-is and to-be) and developing the solution design and technical design documents. Developed the complete bot in Automation Anywhere and supported the UAT and deployment of the solution

Design and Build MVC Websystems and Systems Integration - Various Clients

·         Managing end to end client projects focused on business to business clients using .Net/AngularJS technology. Focused on web projects using modern API technology

·         Development of client solutions including accounting, business processes, systems integration and a specialisation in Sage accounting integration

Solution development, client interaction and software architecture, as well as core development in a range of languages

Proprietary Software-as-a-service (SaaS) Data Gathering System - IT Startup

·         Developed a proprietary software-as-a-service (SaaS) data gathering system in C# which combines web crawling, organising and sorting web content, data storage, and web search engine data retrieval

·         After setting up the company, I passed the top level business management role on to focus on the technical, project management and operational aspects of the business

·         Designed and developed automation scripting product to real-time control the harvesting system including dynamic automation of target data

·         Designing, building and deploying .Net / C# / javascript / jQuery / MS SQL MVC web and win WebForms apps, both for my company and external clients

·         Maintaining all company ICT assets including pcs, servers, networking and software

·         Designed and developed the system which is comprised of a windows application using cefSharp to run a bespoke browser which is controlled by a home grown scripting language to automate data gathering from any online data source. The data passed to an N-dimensional database which can store any shape or size data. The database is managed by a web application for all search and reporting

·         Built custom systems to output searched data into excel pivot tables

·         Responsible for designing, building and maintaining the organisations systems and have experience in setting up MS SQL databases, Apache Solr search engines, web and apps

·         Manage all the systems integration both internally and with external systems

·         Developed a Solr search engine system, including all MS SQL connections, .Net updating and front end integration

·         Designed and implemented the entire company infrastructure including networking, email, router build, NAS storage, online backup systems and server virtualisation

·         External client work has included an MVC eCommerce site and an MVC client data portal for mobile apps including dashboard, management and reporting

·         Worked with our clients to design, build and maintain their systems, as well as acting as a temporary CTO on a contract basis

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Employment

RPA Solutions Engineer (Contract)

2020 - 2020
  • Consulting on a range of Automation projects for a boat building company, looking at automating accounting, supply ordering, stock control and HR. Investigated business processes and ROI, developed some Blue Prism PoC’s and a web application for stock tracking.

RPA Solutions Engineer (Contract)

2018 - 2019
  • Responsible for ongoing solution delivery, architecture and development for RPA solutions at the company

Senior Automation Engineer

2018 - 2018
  • Various consulting and development projects for an RPA consultancy

Senior Back-End Developer, Dot.Net / AngularJS

2017 - 2017
  • Developing MVC web systems and system intergration projects

Developer, Automation Specialist and Project Manager

2011 - 2017
  • Design, build and manage a proprietary software-as-a-service (SaaS) data gathering system in C# which combines web crawling, organising and sorting web content, data storage, and web search engine data retrieval

Education

PRINCE2 Project Management
2017-2017

Course on project management methodology

BSc Physics
1993-1996

Certification

Automation Anywhere Professional
2018-2018

Cousre on advanced RPA design and build for Automation Anywhere

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