Task-Automate was established by Stephen Dillon in 2022 to service the Telecommunications sector. The companies goal is to streamline the process of extracting value from data through automation. Stephen began his career in the telecommunications sector working for Ericsson where he work as a Radio Access Network (RAN) optimisation engineer. Having built a number of tools to support the successful modernisation of the Vodafone Ireland network he moved to Vodafone where he led the Self Organising Network (SON) product along with building and deploying internal RAN trace geolocation and optimisation products. Stephen also led numerous digital modernisation project across Vodafone Group.

Stephen left Vodafone in 2020 to pursue a role in National Broadband Ireland (NBI) to automate analysis and reporting in a project delivery focused department. The tools built by Stephen reduced the departments delivery time by more than 50% moving some process from 20 days lead time to a number of hours. These tools included advanced geospatial analysis, automated report generation and finance focused reporting. 

Task-Automate’s goal is to standardise and simplify automation to fit the needs of all industries from telecommunication and power grid management to finance and accounting.