Ep. 20 - Process Mining: James Dening

Sometimes things in business kill the best podcast publishing schedule.

Today's guest, James Dening, the CEO of Minit, has sold the firm to Microsoft on March 31. Nevertheless this interview with him is very insightful regarding his way to becoming the CEO, process mining as a discipline, as well as the process mining market compared to the last "hot thing" Robotics Process Automation.

James is a former geek, now a commercial leader, with a passion for combining how you use data effectively and how you nurture and develop people superbly to create amazing kick-ass organizations. He has have held senior positions at Amazon, Google EMEA, XLN Telecom, Red Gate Software, and most recently in the RPA space with Automation Anywhere, as GM EMEA and our first Chief Evangelist, growing revenue from zero to tens of millions per year and building a team of over 250 people across Europe.

Today he works at Minit Process Mining, as CEO, in one of the most exciting and fastest growing spaces in software, shining a light on how processes are actually performing, and enabling companies to target their automation and process improvement efforts accurately.

When James is not working, you can either find him with his family, or out with his spaniels, or possibly taking his boat to the pub.

We are talking about the following topics:

• James’ background from a software engineer, through sales person, to general manager and what cross-knowledge he gained and still values
• The situation of process mining and why it is a significant change in how doing BPM
• Qualities needed and lessons learned on the way to becoming CEO
• How to select and nurture the right people (and keeping seats open)
• How to grow personally when you reached his career step
• Advice for aspiring junior folks
• Minit as young company/challenger in the industry; James’ outlook on the market development and M&A activities

You can find James on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesdening/ and reach out to him directly via email at james.dening@minit.io.

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