$50

Hourly Consulting Rate

Gaurav Ghayal

Independent Consultant

Industry Experience

Information Technology/IT

Investment Banking/Venture

Location Supported

India

United States

Languages Supported

English

Skills

  • Technical consultant
  • Robotic process automation

Product Specialization

  • UiPath Robotic Process Automation

About

Professional Summary –
Over 14 years of experience in Software Industry, have worked in multiple roles as RPA developer, Business analyst, RPA Consultant and as Test Architect, Test Program Manager, Automation tester, Functional and non-Functional test strategy designer, Performance Testing etc. in several different domains like Investment/ finance, UK Retails Banking, Telecomm., Logistics, Energies & Utilities. 5 years of experience in SCRUM/Kanban methodologies.
.Skilled RPA business analyst with hands on RPA development experience, which comes in handy, while documenting the ‘As-Is’ business process and work towards ‘To-Be’ process, with the RPA solution with UiPath.
.Involved in delivery of RPA projects in discovery phase and working on Initial Process Analysis (IPA), Process Design Document (PDD), and Solution Design Document (SDD). Leading development team using Agile methodology.
.Excellent reputation for proposing RPA solutions, resolving problems, improving automation coverage, and driving overall Automation Process with RPA dev teams.
.Love Challenging work profile in Robotic process Automation field with keen interests on new cutting edge technologies, learning new tools, working on new innovative design frameworks and optimizing overall process.
.Multi-talented RPA/Test professional, consistently rewarded for stakeholder management and client facing roles for massive programs. Performing Project Management, Business Analyst Roles at times along with RPA Dev.
.Confident and effective Communicator, with crisp and clear Reporting and Presentation skills. Command on QA/ROI metrics and reports.
.Experienced in building a new team at new location, recruitment, leading, coaching and managing people with positively impacting morale and productivity.
.Experience of setting up agile work culture as a Scrum Master for a new cross functional team along with setting up testing processes from scratch.
.Capability of anticipating, identifying, highlighting the risk at the right time and managing it effectively.
.Successfully lead massive QA programs involving changes from Mainframe, UI, Database, Backend, API teams, demonstrating Project Management skills.

Top Project Highlights

RPA Centre of Excellence

Summary: Work with various functions within organization to provide on-demand automation solutions, while understanding the processes and business requirements.

 

  • Responsibilities - RPA Developer/Lead role - (Present role)
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  • While working at RPA COE, with various functions, I am responsible for listing down use cases/process/test scenarios not feasible to automate with traditional automation.
  • Responsible to gather requirements to automate using requirement workshops, interviews, meetings. Document these requirements; prepare ‘As-Is’ business process flow map.
  • Check the automation feasibility of these requirements using UiPath RPA. Work with Solution Architect, RPA Dev and business owner, calculate the ROI and document the outcome. The ‘To-Be’ business process flow map. Finalize PDD.
  • Recognized UiPath trainer in BNY Mellon training group. Have successfully trained more than 25 associates in 2 different classroom training sessions. Also have conducted sessions on Automation applicability and  UiPath awareness for leadership.

Project 1

Deals creation using Deal on-boarding application.

Project Abstract:

Picking up data from excel, putting it into a Deal manager (Web based) application. Sharing the deal IDs for further approvals.

Role & Responsibilities:

  • Documented the PDD while sitting with BNY Mellon Ops guy and understanding the deal creation process.
  • Outlined the scope of automation, which was 80% of the process in this case.
  • Presented and got the approval for the proposed ‘To-Be’ process.
  • Implemented agreed solution using RE-framework using queues and credential assets.
  • Participated in Unit testing and UAT. We maintain the solution even now.

Project 2

Jira tickets creation and handling using UiPath Jira connector.

Project Abstract:

Picking up data from a structured email, creating and assigning Jira tickets for TSG team.

Role & Responsibilities:

  • Understood the As-Is and Proposed To-Be process of tickets maintenance.
  • Automated the process of bulk Jira ticket creation and updates based on emails following a structured format.
  • Integrated UiPath to Jira tool using APIs and created the automated process bots to run in the background so it’ faster and can run other FE processes simultaneously.

 Project 3

Field to Field, FE data comparison testing between a legacy trading platform (a desktop app) with a new web based platform and the pdf monthly statements being generated.

Project Abstract:

Values of several fields to be picked up from different front end screens of same trading platform. Comparison testing to be done amongst themselves and same fields from monthly pdf statements.

Role & Responsibilities:

  • Documented and PDD document, which was based on a test scenario in this case.
  • Proposed to use, UiPath and testing solution for this problem statement.
  • Achieved 85% automation of this testing without any background processes.
  • Implemented a solution dealing with desktop, web based apps and pdf statements.

 Project 4

HR, Payroll Portal entries for new joiners.

Project Abstract:

Converting data from PDF to Excel (using Rossum OCR tool) and filling up on company HR and Payroll systems.

Role & Responsibilities:

  • Worked with HR person to understand the ‘As-Is’ Process.
  • Study the automation feasibility and identified the scope of automation. Finalized PDD.
  • Proposed usage of Rossum tool’s usage for OCR.
  • Worked out ‘To-be’ process. Worked out SDD. Explained it to team of developers.
  • Implemented the solution using RE-Framework.
  • Participated in Unit and integration testing of the solution post development.

 

Employment

RPA Developer

2017 - Present
  • Summary: Work with various functions within organization to provide on-demand automation solutions, while understanding the processes and business requirements.

     

    Responsibilities - RPA Developer/Lead role - (Present role)

    •  While working at RPA COE, with various functions, I am responsible for listing down use cases/process/test scenarios not feasible to automate with traditional automation.
    • Responsible to gather requirements to automate using requirement workshops, interviews, meetings. Document these requirements; prepare ‘As-Is’ business process flow map.
    • Check the automation feasibility of these requirements using UiPath RPA. Work with Solution Architect, RPA Dev and business owner, calculate the ROI and document the outcome. The ‘To-Be’ business process flow map. Finalize PDD.
    • Recognized UiPath trainer in BNY Mellon training group. Have successfully trained more than 25 associates in 2 different classroom training sessions. Also have conducted sessions on Automation applicability and  UiPath awareness for leadership.

Education

Bachelor or Engineering
2001-2005

Electronic and Telecomm.

Certification

RPA Solution Architect (UiPath)
2020-Present
RPA Developer Advance Level (UiPath)
2020-Present
RPA Developer Advance Level (UiPath)
2019-Present

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