Technology Magazine - USA (2021-02)

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EXECUTIVE PROFILE:
Danilo McGarry

Title: Globally recognised automation industry thought leader
and practitioner Industry: AI & Automation

Previously one of the Heads of Artificial intelligence & Machine
Learning at CitiGroup (3rd largest US bank, 17th largest Financial
institution globally). Also previously senior management of
Automation (RPA/Ai) in UnitedHealth Group (#5 on the Fortune
500). Advisor to the European Union Commission Ai Alliance.
Published in The Times Newspaper, Bloomberg InfoMoney and
other leading publications. Danilo is an experienced international
keynote speaker and recognised as a global thought leader
in the realms of Automation, RPA, Ai and Innovation.
Ranked as top 10 people in the world for Automation
by Thinkers 360. Previous companies worked for
include Motorola, JPMorgan, BNP Paribas, Royal Bank
of Canada, UnitedHealth Group & CitiGroup.

“The other way is by taking the EBITDA,
the earnings of a company before inter-
est, tax, depreciation and amortization,
and then times that by a valuation mul-
tiple as well. That multiple is basically
determined by the price other similar
companies have been sold for in the
past.” McGarry adds that “Without get-
ting too technical valuation methods
can include discounted cash flows
(DCF) or earnings after tax multiplied by

a P/E ratio too. Either way most valuation
methods take revenues or bottom line
earnings as the starting point to reach a
company valuation value”.
Automation can have a noticeable
impact on such valuation calculations,
as McGarry explains. “If you have a
successful client-facing automation
programme helping you generate reve-
nue, then that increases your revenue
number, if you have a higher revenue to

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