We at Farm Automation, are a group of technologists who put our heads together to get to the heart of the problems dairy farmers face, and help create tech solutions that truly work for them.
We started working with dairy farmers to understand how they operate and employed scientific methods to measure accurately, what the farmer had been ‘guessing’ until now based on experience.
The more we looked into their problems, the more opportunities we’ve found for technology to play a significant role in minimising their efforts and maximising returns.
We’ve employed vast computing resources on the cloud to analyse the data collected, to provide simple, actionable insights.
We believe in constantly raising the bar, pushing Farm Automation tech forward so that it can handle more and more complex functions while simplifying the lives of Dairy farmers.
OUR TEAM
Founder/Chairperson
KK is a technology expert today, professionally, but was born into a long line of dairy farmers. It was only a matter of time before he decided to put his two passions together, applying tech to solve nuanced problems dairy farmers face.
And Farm Automation was born. A critical thinker and an active learner, KK constantly looks for and finds opportunities for improvements, innovations and implementations that can truly add value to a dairy farmer’s life.
FARMER ADVOCATE
Born and raised on a New Zealand Dairy farm, Bruce has managed large-scale dairy farms in NZ and Australia for the last 23 years. So he knows the pains of running a dairy farm in this competitive and low-margin market.
Bruce has an excellent handle on pasture management and has developed proprietary ways to improve forage and get better profitability per hectare.
He is passionate about employing technology to
improve farm efficiency for all fellow farmers.
CTO
An innovative, and highly energetic member of Farm
Automation, Xin has a proven ability to demonstrate value for customers in industry-standard solutions.
An individual, with excellent knowledge of system
integration and machine learning, he has a knack
for producing effective and robust digital solutions that can benefit an analogue world
tremendously.
CHIEF ANALYTICS OFFICER
Gaurav holds a PhD in industrial engineering and is a
highly accomplished leader with expertise in operations management, strategic planning, value chain
optimisation and advanced analytics gained over 20+ years of experience.
He has proven to drive industrial impact through
data with a focus on value and velocity via agile practices. Gaurav has recently orchestrated
digital transformation at the world’s biggest mining company, BHP, by developing and embedding
advanced analytics technologies at all organisational levels. He has built Data & Analytics
approach to identify and incorporate disruptive technologies and drive internal and external
research collaboration. He has championed digital literacy among business users and introduced
ML-based algorithms, pit-to-customer value chain models, and predictive/prescriptive models for
supply chain scheduling and planning. Gaurav has published over 50 articles and is the editor of
several first-tier academic journals.
GENERAL MANAGER
Anil’s comprehensive knowledge of applying modern
frameworks has been instrumental in bridging the gap between complex business problems and modern technology
solutions.
Most recently, Anil advised Wesfarmers
Architecture Guild to deliver Australia’s newest and most exciting membership, ‘OnePass’, bringing
together favourite brands Kmart, Target, catch Officeworks and Bunnings, which offer customers
excellent benefits. Anil’s enthusiasm and curiosity enable Boards and Leaders to broaden their
thinking to develop new ideas.
DATA LEAD
A diligent and solution-focused member of Farm Automation,
Mohanbabu has a proven ability to convert business challenges into reality regarding technical solutions.
A diligent and solution-focused member of Farm
Automation, Mohanbabu has a proven ability to convert business challenges into reality regarding
technical solutions.
An individual with excellent knowledge of BigData and system integration, he has extensive
experience in high-performance backend systems, which translates into considerable benefits to the
customer.
