George is an entrepreneur, advisor, and technologist who built a start-up in 1999 that focuses on Intelligent Document Processing and data extraction. George was born in Romania, also the home of UiPath. He studied at the first specialized high school for computer programming until he moved to the US in 1991. George dedicated his many years to researching and developing Semantic Technologies, NLP, and AI applications in unstructured content processing. After working as a Software Architect for many years, In 1999, together with his Co-Founders, he started Recognos Inc. where he helped build the platform's AI engine. In April 2018, the platform was acquired by UiPath to create UiPath's Document Understanding capability.

At UiPath, after leading the technology alliances program for many years, he is now taken a lead role as an Evangelist for UiPath. He has seen the technology partners of UiPath, who similarly also build intelligent document processing solutions and beyond. He is one of the founding members of the Romanian American Business Network, whose mission is to bring together people with an interest in the Romanian business environment. Also, he is the Honorary Consul of Romania in San Francisco and is on the board of a few NGOs and startups.

In today's episode, we have Ian Barkin. Ian has a deep and decades of expertise in technology, outsourcing, and digital transformation. He is an entrepreneur, author of Intelligent Automation book, and influencer in the intelligent automation space. Ian co-founded Symphony Ventures, one of the earliest RPA (Robotic Process Automation) consultancy, later acquired by SYKES, where he then served as chief strategy and chief marketing officer.

In his career, Ian has partnered with major firms to drive value with intelligent automation and global talent sourcing across numerous industries, including insurance, healthcare, banking, and logistics. He is an active investor in companies shaping the future of work, and currently serves on the board of George Mason University’s RPA Initiative, as well as several disruptive B2B technology companies like Skan.ai.