FIRST ROBOTICS PROCESS AUTOMATION (RPA) CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN MISSISSIPPI OPENS IN CLARKSDALE TO BRING HUNDREDS OF NEW JOBS TO MISSISSIPPI DELTA
Silicon Valley partnership pioneers first US-based RPA Center of Excellence in Delta Region
The Economic Development Authority of Coahoma County announced the opening of the first RPA Center of Excellence (CoE) in Mississippi. The Center is dedicated to bringing more than 200 jobs to the region by retraining and upskilling workers through a partnership with Automation Anywhere, a global leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and PeopleShores, a Public Benefit Corporation.
The announcement, to an audience of more than 200 state, regional, and local leaders, who joined top executives of Automation Anywhere and PeopleShores from California’s Silicon Valley, was made at the inauguration of the Automation Anywhere/PeopleShores RPA Center of Excellence.
The RPA Center, located within the PeopleShores building at 1540 Desoto Ave., in Clarksdale, will serve as a research, design, training, and development base for RPA and is expected to generate hundreds of high value tech-enabled jobs in the Mississippi Delta. Clarksdale, as well as many communities in rural America, has suffered depopulation in recent years which has created economic stress felt throughout the community. The significant number of new job and educational opportunities in Clarksdale created by the Center will help stop depopulation and have a transformative economic impact on the lives of its citizens.
In an additional development, Horne CPA Group, a certified public accounting and business advisory firm, with clients across the southeastern United States, announced that they will offer RPA services produced by PeopleShores to their client base, leveraging the new RPA CoE. This announcement underscores the success PeopleShores has had in developing a skilled workforce in Clarksdale, as well as the trust and confidence they have engendered to clients across the region.
RPA is a technology that uses software robots or “bots” that work side-by-side with human workers to automate repetitive, mundane business tasks. It allows organizations to scale and manage workloads with ease, while freeing up existing employees to focus on more strategic tasks. This results in businesses having more time to improve customer engagement, innovate and accelerate digital transformation.
PeopleShores, a leader in impact sourcing, opened their Clarksdale operations in March 2019 with the support from local, state, and federal agencies, and has now expanded the program to retrain associates to deliver RPA services to businesses. The associates are trained and certified through Automation Anywhere University (AAU). The program anticipates training 200 associates from across the region.
Mihir Shukla, co-founder and CEO of Automation Anywhere, said: “Intelligent automation isn’t just about efficiency – at the core, its impact is human. Automation Anywhere is using this transformation technology to bridge Silicon Valley with the Mississippi Delta and break the generational cycle of poverty in one of the nation’s poorest regions. We aim to change the blueprint for how companies and government officials can approach employment issues and income inequality by providing the region’s workforce with a new career path that matches the kinds of skills companies require with today’s digital shifts.”
Murali Vullaganti, founder of PeopleShores, said: “By providing access to RPA training, PeopleShores associates from a range of educational, ethnic and social backgrounds are empowered to expand their skills, improve income thresholds and transfer that knowledge to organizations looking to automate end-to-end business processes to improve business productivity.Through our partnership with Automation Anywhere and regional leaders, we are training associates to become bot developers in as little as six months.”
Jon Levingston, executive director of the Economic Development Authority of Coahoma County, said: “The RPA Center of Excellence is the first of its kind in this part of the United States. The fact that these outstanding companies chose Clarksdale, in the Mississippi Delta, is a testament to their belief in our labor force. The educational opportunities, combined with the work opportunities, represent a breakthrough in the effort to stop depopulation and create greater financial sustainability for families living in our communities. We could not be more grateful to Mihir Shukla, Neeti Mehta (Automation Anywhere ), Murali Vullaganti (PeopleShores), and Joey Havens (the Horne Group), for providing a chance for families to break the generational cycles of poverty that have plagued families in this region for almost two centuries.”
For additional information, please call Jon Levingston (662) 902-4968; email: [email protected]
About Automation Anywhere
Automation Anywhere is a global leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), empowering customers to automate end-to-end business processes with software bots – digital workers that perform repetitive and manual tasks, resulting in dramatic productivity gains, optimized customer experience and more engaged employees. The company offers the world’s only web-based and cloud native intelligent automation platform combining RPA, artificial intelligence, machine learning and analytics right out of the box, to help organizations rapidly start and scale their process automation journey. With offices in more than 40 countries and a global network of 1,400 partners, Automation Anywhere has deployed over 1.8 million bots to support some of the world’s largest enterprises across all industries. For additional information, visit www.automationanywhere.com.
About PeopleShores PBC
PeopleShores is a for profit social enterprise with a charter to empower disadvantaged individuals in underserved communities in the US by providing digital skills and dignified jobs. It establishes technology centers in communities such as inner cities, distressed rural areas and near military bases with large veterans’ population. The center employs local aspiring individuals, trains them on hi-tech skills and engage them in the delivery of digital transformation and technology enabled services to its corporate customers.
Silicon Valley partnership pioneers first US-based RPA Center of Excellence in Delta Region
The Economic Development Authority of Coahoma County announced the opening of the first RPA Center of Excellence (CoE) in Mississippi. The Center is dedicated to bringing more than 200 jobs to the region by retraining and upskilling workers through a partnership with Automation Anywhere, a global leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and PeopleShores, a Public Benefit Corporation.
The announcement, to an audience of more than 200 state, regional, and local leaders, who joined top executives of Automation Anywhere and PeopleShores from California’s Silicon Valley, was made at the inauguration of the Automation Anywhere/PeopleShores RPA Center of Excellence.
The RPA Center, located within the PeopleShores building at 1540 Desoto Ave., in Clarksdale, will serve as a research, design, training, and development base for RPA and is expected to generate hundreds of high value tech-enabled jobs in the Mississippi Delta. Clarksdale, as well as many communities in rural America, has suffered depopulation in recent years which has created economic stress felt throughout the community. The significant number of new job and educational opportunities in Clarksdale created by the Center will help stop depopulation and have a transformative economic impact on the lives of its citizens.
In an additional development, Horne CPA Group, a certified public accounting and business advisory firm, with clients across the southeastern United States, announced that they will offer RPA services produced by PeopleShores to their client base, leveraging the new RPA CoE. This announcement underscores the success PeopleShores has had in developing a skilled workforce in Clarksdale, as well as the trust and confidence they have engendered to clients across the region.
RPA is a technology that uses software robots or “bots” that work side-by-side with human workers to automate repetitive, mundane business tasks. It allows organizations to scale and manage workloads with ease, while freeing up existing employees to focus on more strategic tasks. This results in businesses having more time to improve customer engagement, innovate and accelerate digital transformation.
PeopleShores, a leader in impact sourcing, opened their Clarksdale operations in March 2019 with the support from local, state, and federal agencies, and has now expanded the program to retrain associates to deliver RPA services to businesses. The associates are trained and certified through Automation Anywhere University (AAU). The program anticipates training 200 associates from across the region.
Mihir Shukla, co-founder and CEO of Automation Anywhere, said: “Intelligent automation isn’t just about efficiency – at the core, its impact is human. Automation Anywhere is using this transformation technology to bridge Silicon Valley with the Mississippi Delta and break the generational cycle of poverty in one of the nation’s poorest regions. We aim to change the blueprint for how companies and government officials can approach employment issues and income inequality by providing the region’s workforce with a new career path that matches the kinds of skills companies require with today’s digital shifts.”
Murali Vullaganti, founder of PeopleShores, said: “By providing access to RPA training, PeopleShores associates from a range of educational, ethnic and social backgrounds are empowered to expand their skills, improve income thresholds and transfer that knowledge to organizations looking to automate end-to-end business processes to improve business productivity.Through our partnership with Automation Anywhere and regional leaders, we are training associates to become bot developers in as little as six months.”
Jon Levingston, executive director of the Economic Development Authority of Coahoma County, said: “The RPA Center of Excellence is the first of its kind in this part of the United States. The fact that these outstanding companies chose Clarksdale, in the Mississippi Delta, is a testament to their belief in our labor force. The educational opportunities, combined with the work opportunities, represent a breakthrough in the effort to stop depopulation and create greater financial sustainability for families living in our communities. We could not be more grateful to Mihir Shukla, Neeti Mehta (Automation Anywhere ), Murali Vullaganti (PeopleShores), and Joey Havens (the Horne Group), for providing a chance for families to break the generational cycles of poverty that have plagued families in this region for almost two centuries.”
For additional information, please call Jon Levingston (662) 902-4968; email: [email protected]
About Automation Anywhere
Automation Anywhere is a global leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), empowering customers to automate end-to-end business processes with software bots – digital workers that perform repetitive and manual tasks, resulting in dramatic productivity gains, optimized customer experience and more engaged employees. The company offers the world’s only web-based and cloud native intelligent automation platform combining RPA, artificial intelligence, machine learning and analytics right out of the box, to help organizations rapidly start and scale their process automation journey. With offices in more than 40 countries and a global network of 1,400 partners, Automation Anywhere has deployed over 1.8 million bots to support some of the world’s largest enterprises across all industries. For additional information, visit www.automationanywhere.com.
About PeopleShores PBC
PeopleShores is a for profit social enterprise with a charter to empower disadvantaged individuals in underserved communities in the US by providing digital skills and dignified jobs. It establishes technology centers in communities such as inner cities, distressed rural areas and near military bases with large veterans’ population. The center employs local aspiring individuals, trains them on hi-tech skills and engage them in the delivery of digital transformation and technology enabled services to its corporate customers.