
Doug Shannon is an accomplished IT automation professional with over 20 years of experience in advanced technology roles. He excels at implementing strategic initiatives to enhance business functionality and possesses strong collaboration skills to lead diverse teams. Doug is a thought leader in digital transformation, utilizing his expertise in enterprise robotic process automation, AI, and agile project management to drive success. He has a proven track record in building self-healing automation processes and has been recognized as one of the top 50 intelligent automation leaders globally.
- An IT automation professional inspires success by implementing strategic initiatives that improve business functionality.
- Experienced in defining problems, collecting data, establishing procedures, and creating solutions.
- Possesses first-rate collaboration skills to lead and work within diverse groups effectively.
- Continually strives to strengthen and refine professional efficiency.
- Fostering collaboration while executing effectively
- An industry leader who uses digital literacy, and soft skills to provide a tailored, yet story-driven approach to solving issues.
- Competencies/Skills:
• Enterprise Robotic Process Automation
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Merger & Acquisition (M&A)
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Prompt Design, (LLM, NLP, ML)
• Agile Project Management
• Desktop Operations
• Risk Analysis & Mitigation
• Product Governance
• Business Process Transformation
• Enterprise Architecture
• Vendor Management
• Business Intelligence
• Digital Transformation
• Digital Savvy
• Digital Literacy
• Entrepreneurial Approach
Group affiliations: Currently serves as a Gartner Peer Community Ambassador and is a council member for VOCAL and the Theia Institute.
Theia Institute: https://www.theiathinktank.com/
Gartner Peer Community: https://blogs.gartner.com/peer/ambassador/
VOCAL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vocalcustomervoice/mycompany/
Some of the well-known accomplishments:
- Building Self Healing and Resilient Automation and Bot Processes.
- Ranked as one of the top 50 Intelligent Automation leaders in the world
- ThoughtLeader and Digital Transformation expert
Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: California
Speaking Topics: Autonomous Enterprise, AI Spanning, Automation and GenAI
| Doug Shannon | Points |
|---|---|
| Academic | 0 |
| Author | 196 |
| Influencer | 289 |
| Speaker | 10 |
| Entrepreneur | 3 |
| Total | 498 |
Points based upon Thinkers360 patent-pending algorithm.
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