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Devashish Nigam

Devashish Nigam

Sr. Manager @ Adidas
New Delhi

Summary

Accomplished RPA Leader with 12+ years of experience in IT. Currently serving as Global RPA Capability Owner / Sr. Platform Engineer II at adidas, driving automation strategy, platform evolution, and operational excellence. Adept at bridging technology with business outcomes, leading cross-functional teams, and delivering impactful automations.

Specialized in setting up automation CoEs, building operating models, and championing citizen developer programs. Recognized for innovation through accolades like UiPath Cloud Masters (Google Cloud Edition) Winner and HyperHack Finalist.

Passionate about community enablement, content creation, and mentoring the next generation of automation talent.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Sr. Manager RPA / Sr. Platform Engg. II

adidas
03.2022 - Current

Budgeting & Procurement

  • RPA platform budget planning and cost optimization efforts.
  • Led successful license negotiations with UiPath, ensuring scalability and compliance.
  • Oversaw vendor management and onboarding of external partners and consultants.

Platform Enhancements & Strategic Projects

  • Delivered large-scale migrations from On-Premise to UiPath Automation Cloud (600+ processes) and modernized UiPath legacy projects to Windows-compatible projects.
  • Controlled enablement of new platform features including UiPath Autopilot for Developers, Healing Agent, Document Understanding, and LiveStream, enhancing innovation and productivity.
  • Introduced DevSensei auto-merge for Bitbucket, for better PR classification and reducing manual PR validation.
  • Led annual UiPath Studio LTS version upgrades across 100+ development and unattended VMs.
  • Enhanced Jenkins CI/CD pipeline for smoother deployments and integrated code quality gates.
  • Enabled Microsoft Graph API-based Azure Apps for automating Outlook and SharePoint operations.

UiPath Citizen Developer Program

  • Launched and scaled the UiPath Citizen Developer Program, empowering business teams to create low-complexity automations independently within guardrails, accelerating adoption and innovation.

RPA Pipeline & Process Assessments

  • Managed the end-to-end RPA pipeline—from intake and prioritization to delivery—ensuring business alignment and ROI-driven automation.

RPA Operating Model for adidas

  • Designed and implemented path to production, Automation Operating Model (CoE & Hub: federated model)

Enhanced UiPath RE Framework

UiPath Insights

  • Built and deployed UiPath Insights Dashboards to measure performance KPIs, enabling proactive optimization and strategic decision-making.

Platform Operations Automation

  • Automated internal platform tasks using UiPath and Power Platform:
    - Bitbucket repository creation via MS Forms + Power Automate
    - Proactive stuck job alerts via UiPath Orchestrator APIs & Power Automate
    - Automated Queue and Queue Trigger creation
    - Internal engagement bots (e.g., birthday & anniversary mailers)

People Leadership

  • Led and mentored a high-performing team of 7 automation professionals, cultivating a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Thought Leadership & Evangelism:

  • Actively evangelize automation by being speaker at various internal forums & events, promoting the strategic value of RPA and sharing platform success stories to inspire broader adoption.

RPA Architect

Subex
01.2021 - 02.2022
  • SMS Transaction Extractor: Create passbook per user from his/her Mobile SMS data and generate insights such as spend pattern, credit score etc. using MongoDB, Fast API - Python
  • PoC for RPA Project to import Rate sheet data to Partner Settlement Portal

Sr. Business Analyst

VMware
11.2020 - 01.2021
  • Establish RPA Operations:
    Played a key role in setting up the RPA Operations Team from the ground up, defining foundational processes and governance models for automation delivery.
  • Process Analysis & Solution Design:
    Led end-to-end process analysis (As-Is vs To-Be), Authored key design artifacts: PDDs, SDDs, and TDDs.
  • Production Support & Enhancements:
    Provided ongoing support for live automations, implemented enhancement requests, and maintained high availability of critical RPA processes.
  • RPA Solution Delivery (UiPath + Python):
    Designed and deployed several high-impact automations, including:
    Salesforce CRM – Automated partner user deactivation, spam case deletions.
    Model N CPQ – Account-to-territory alignment logic and 90-day inactive user deactivation.
    SABA Cloud – Class roster management automation.
    SAP Systems (SAP GUI, BOBJ, GRC) – Automated finance operations like late fee calculations and VAT returns.
  • Cognitive Automation (AI + RPA):
    Built a hybrid solution for resolving “MyLearn Login” issues using NLP-based intent detection combined with RPA actions.
  • Community Contributions:
    Published 5 reusable UiPath components on the UiPath Marketplace, contributing to community innovation and reusable design.

Business Analyst - II

VMware
04.2018 - 11.2020
  • Hands on experience on Tableau Desktop versions 10.1.3, Tableau Reader & Tableau Server
  • Involved in Building in building Management Dashboards, publishing workbooks, Administration in Tableau Server
  • Requirement Gathering
  • Built Governance for LMS - Originating BU, Class BU (custom fields), Course Nomenclature, Reports Clean Up, De-duplication of Courses - R Programming
  • Setting up courses, classes, curricula & certifications
  • Text Mining - Sentiment Analysis & Word Cloud on SABA survey Data
  • Stakeholder Engagement

Information Security Summer Intern

L&T Infotech
04.2015 - 06.2015
  • ISO 27001:2013 Internal ISMS Audit for L&T InfoTech - Pune & Mumbai office
  • Vulnerability Management tools' implementation (QualysGuard, Nexpose)
  • POC of Promisec Endpoint Manager and Titus Data classification Suite 4.3

Sr. Software Engineer

Infosys Limited
02.2013 - 05.2014
  • Incident and Problem Management for cases relating to Batch jobs.
  • Development of shell scripts and (Job Information Language) for Autosys

Software Engineer

Infosys Limited
01.2012 - 01.2013
  • Production Support of IBM InfoSphere DataStage ETL jobs.
  • Client interaction

Trainee

Infosys
07.2011 - 12.2011
  • Generic phase: trained on OOPS concept, RDBMS, SEP (software Engineering Process)
  • Intermediate phase: trained on UNIX
  • Stream phase: training was in Oracle 11g Database Administration

GSM Trainee

AIRTEL
05.2010 - 07.2010
  • Engineering Summer Training on Mobile communication namely:GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, 3G, EDGE, GPRS

Education

MBA - Information Technology Business Management (ITBM)

Symbiosis International University
Pune, India
04.2014 - 01.2016

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) - Electronics and Communication Engineering

Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology
Guna, India
04.2007 - 01.2011

Skills

Robotic Process Automation (UiPath)

Certification

Microsoft Power Up Program – Certified Graduate

Awards


  • Adidas Tech Summit Speaker - 2022 & 2024
  • Supernova Award - Adidas
  • UiPath MVP 2022
  • Functional Excellence Award - VMware
  • Terrific Troupe Award - VMware
  • Everest Award - VMware

Accomplishments

  • Microsoft Power Up Program – Certified Graduate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
  • UiPath Certified Advanced RPA Developer v1.0 (UiARD)


Timeline

Sr. Manager RPA / Sr. Platform Engg. II

adidas
03.2022 - Current

RPA Architect

Subex
01.2021 - 02.2022

Sr. Business Analyst

VMware
11.2020 - 01.2021

Business Analyst - II

VMware
04.2018 - 11.2020

Information Security Summer Intern

L&T Infotech
04.2015 - 06.2015

MBA - Information Technology Business Management (ITBM)

Symbiosis International University
04.2014 - 01.2016

Sr. Software Engineer

Infosys Limited
02.2013 - 05.2014

Software Engineer

Infosys Limited
01.2012 - 01.2013

Trainee

Infosys
07.2011 - 12.2011

GSM Trainee

AIRTEL
05.2010 - 07.2010

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) - Electronics and Communication Engineering

Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology
04.2007 - 01.2011
Devashish NigamSr. Manager @ Adidas