Blue Prism looks to hire more top talent for India

Blue Prism, a London-listed robotic process automation company, is planning to hire more top talent for India, as it looks to grab a larger share of the growing software market in the country. Last month, the company hired former Microsoft India executive Peter Gartenburg to head its India operations.

"They brought me in for this, and I am here to continue building. We are going to continue to bring in top talent and continue to build our resource base," Gartenberg told ET in an interview. He has also worked with Siemens, Infor and SAP in India.

Blue Prism, which reported sales of about 3 million in FY18, is not the only robotic process automation company that is looking to bring in heavy hitters to grow in India. Last month also saw SoftBank-backed Automation Anywhere hire EY technology head Milan Sheth for a role similar to Gartenberg's.

India, with its large pool of executives who have experience selling and crafting solutions, is particularly rich in talent.

ET had reported earlier that Sequoia- and Accel-funded UiPath has also been looking to hire senior sales executives.

"We are overwhelmed with the kind of talent we can access. The exciting thing for us about India is the cognitive talent. The country is real talent base for us," said Gartenberg.

Gartenberg, who has worked for some of the largest technology vendors in India, said the competition does not necessarily worry Blue Prism.

"One of the things to understand is that Blue Prism focuses on the large enterprises, the clients who demand high-end solutions with security and the ability to scale," he said.

RPA companies are increasingly targeting the growing market of global in-house centres in India. UiPath is already hiring sales executives to target the market and even IT services companies, as partners and clients, are lucrative clients.