As co-founder and CEO, Gero is responsible for Signavio’s overall strategic direction. He is a business process management expert and passionate about product innovation. Before creating Signavio, he worked for SAP and McKinsey. Gero holds a PhD in Business Process Management from Hasso-Plattner-Institute.
It will be interesting to see how the RPA players will evolve. If I were them, I would acquire a low code player to complement their offering. Being an established and well-known player for low code, this surely allows Appian to tap into the high demand and massive lead pool for RPA at the moment—and then giving the customer more choices than what others in the space can offer.
The deal looks like a great fit–and is a recognition of how the industry is quickly evolving.