FastTrack Recognised Solution Architects—Power Platform
The Power Platform product engineering team recognises practising solution architects for consistently exhibiting deep architecture expertise and creating high-quality solutions during customer engagements for Power Platform. A FastTrack Recognised Solution Architect typically works for a systems integrator partner. Read about the architects who have achieved this distinction.
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Power Apps
Mandar Zope
Principal, Slalom
- 3 years of experience with Microsoft Power Apps
- 10 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, 5 years with Microsoft Azure
- 6 years as a solution architect
- 9 enterprise Power Apps projects
Power Apps
Mandar Zope
Principal, Slalom
Mandar is a technology leader with more than 10 years of experience partnering with clients to deliver Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform solutions. He has worked across all areas of the project lifecycle—pre-sales, demonstrations, architecture, customisation, and development. Mandar has extensive experience with utilising advanced plug-ins, first- and third-party integrations, and creative use of custom workflows to proactively automate, unify and optimise business processes. Apart from leading the Seattle Power Platform User Group, Mandar leads and nurtures the Slalom Centre of Excellence.
Power BI
Reza Rad
CEO, RADACAD
- 6 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 20 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 8 years as a solution architect
- 20 enterprise BI projects
Power BI
Reza Rad
CEO, RADACAD
Reza has more than 20 years of experience in data analysis, business intelligence, and Microsoft database technologies. His vast experience across the Microsoft stack makes him a trusted Power BI architecture adviser to multiple organisations. Reza designs Power BI architecture blueprints and guides his customers on best practices, governance, and adoption. A 10-time Data Platform MVP and Microsoft Regional Director, he has written more than a dozen books on Power BI topics, including Power BI Pro Architecture, Row-Level Security in Power BI, Power BI Modelling Basics, and Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star.
Power BI
Rishi Sapra
Group Manager—Analytics Experience, Avanade
- 6 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 6 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 4 years as a solution architect
- 7 enterprise BI projects
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Rishi Sapra
Group Manager—Analytics Experience, Avanade
Rishi has a keen interest in Power BI governance, effective data modelling, and self-serve architecture. His implementations have an increased focus on adoption, monitoring, and rollout strategies. He leads the delivery of strategic and insightful reporting solutions for global Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 companies. A Microsoft Data Platform MVP and chartered accountant by background, Rishi brings together his financial and analytical prowess to design BI solutions that drive impactful decision-making. He also runs Power Platform finance and Learn Data Insights communities.
Power BI
Teo Lachev
Consultant, Prologika
- 6 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 15 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 15 years as a solution architect
- 20 enterprise BI projects
Power BI
Teo Lachev
Consultant, Prologika
Teo designs and implements innovative solutions that bring tremendous value to his clients and helps them make sense of data. His expertise in strategy formulation for organisational and self-service data analytics, data warehousing, BI governance, and performance optimisations empower his clients to effectively apply data analytics to understand, improve, and transform their business processes. The 15-time Microsoft MVP has written several books on data analytics and has been leading the Atlanta Microsoft BI group since he founded it in 2010.
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Tom Rogan
Power Platform Solution Architect, FluidIT Consulting
- 5 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 8 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 5 years as a solution architect
- 8 enterprise BI projects
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Tom Rogan
Power Platform Solution Architect, FluidIT Consulting
For more than 10 years, Tom has focused his career on architecting and implementing Microsoft Data Platforms across multiple industry verticals. Tom specialises in data architecture, data strategy, advanced analytics, and enterprise BI. He takes a pragmatic approach with every project to drive business value and provide technical direction. He owns the engagement end-to-end, including proof of concepts, solution design, and implementing solutions that are easy to adopt and maintain. Tom also contributes to technical communities by sharing best practices, project experiences, and advocating creative thinking.
Power BI
Ville Gullstrand
Black Belt Ninja Consultant, Altitude 365 AB
- 7 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 6 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 5 years as a solution architect
- 30 enterprise BI projects
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Ville Gullstrand
Black Belt Ninja Consultant, Altitude 365 AB
A proud data enthusiast who can't keep himself from visualising virtually any dataset when the opportunity presents itself, Ville effectively uses Power BI as the project success measurement tool to drive usage for his other project implementations. He delivers solutions using self-service tools such as Power Query and Power BI Desktop. Ville drives adoption through coaching, hackathons, and other change-management initiatives.
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William Rathbone
Principal Consultant, Simpson Associates—The Data Analytics Company
- 8 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 8 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 12 years as a solution architect
- 25 enterprise BI projects
Power BI
William Rathbone
Principal Consultant, Simpson Associates—The Data Analytics Company
Will started his IT career as systems developer within investment banking. Having gained a firm foundation in the implementation and maintenance of bespoke financial and risk management applications, he became increasingly interested in strategic approaches to reporting and the development of decision-support systems. Will has consistently been a Microsoft evangelist with a passion for all things online analytical processing from multidimensional models to tabular and Power BI. His primary motivation is delivering cutting-edge analytics solutions that solve business problems.
Power BI
Shabbir Mala
Consulting Director, 3Cloud
- 8 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 12 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 9 years as a solution architect
- 10 enterprise BI projects
Power BI
Shabbir Mala
Consulting Director, 3Cloud
With over 20 years of experience in complex development projects, analytics systems, and processes, Shabbir designs and architects data and advanced analytics solutions using the Microsoft BI stack. Shabbir stands out for his technical depth and ability to articulate the rationale behind key architectural decisions and their impact on performance optimisation. He enjoys building solutions with predictive modelling and data mining using Microsoft Azure Machine Learning. His expertise is in market research, logistics, retail, banking, and pharmaceutical industries.
Power BI
James H. K. Arey
Lead Consultant, Tallan Inc.
- 6 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 6 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 3 years as a solution architect
- 5 enterprise BI projects
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James H. K. Arey
Lead Consultant, Tallan Inc.
As an early adopter of Power BI, James has spent much of the last five years designing and implementing enterprise BI solutions using Power BI and Microsoft Azure data platform resources. His extensive experience in BI ranges from utilising built-in querying to achieve complex data mashups and efficient models to architecting robust and extensible measures to support elegant visualisations and insights, and machine learning and governance. In his spare time, James works to empower his clients and those new to Power BI through training sessions and managing his local Power BI user group.
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Mihaly Kavasi
Data & AI Manager, Avanade
- 6 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 4 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 3 years as a solution architect
- 5 enterprise BI projects
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Mihaly Kavasi
Data & AI Manager, Avanade
Mihaly discovered Power BI six years ago and has since become an expert on the Power Platform. His deep understanding of business processes and decision-drivers makes him a valuable adviser for customers looking to derive the most value from their assets. He helps customers define optimal governance structure, implement the right mix of governed self-service BI, advises them on security and performance optimisation , and managing large scale deployments. Mihaly nurtures the next generation of analysts with an emphasis on user needs and experience.
Power Apps
Paul Culmsee
Principal Architect and Managing Partner, Seven Sigma Business Solutions
- 4 years of experience with Microsoft Power Apps
- 10 years of experience with Microsoft Azure, 18 years with SharePoint
- 20 years as a solution architect
- 30 Power Apps enterprise projects
Power Apps
Paul Culmsee
Principal Architect and Managing Partner, Seven Sigma Business Solutions
A 30-year IT veteran, Paul specialises in helping organisations (re)discover their purpose, knowledge management, strategic planning, IT governance, facilitation, and all facets of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform delivery. Paul has an innate ability to reduce the complex and chaotic to the simple and usable. Using his skills in breaking down problems and breadth of knowledge in systems and design, he creates a platform and an environment in which organisations can bring their people to new and shared understanding of the problems they confront. He is an award-winning author and three-time Microsoft MVP.
Power BI
Nelson David
Solution Architect, Nihilent Inc.
- 6 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 10 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 7 years as a solution architect
- 12 enterprise BI projects
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Nelson David
Solution Architect, Nihilent Inc.
Nelson has over 18 years of experience designing, developing, and implementing business intelligence solutions using the Microsoft BI stack–SQL Server, SQL Server Integration Services, Microsoft Azure Analysis Services, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Blob storage, Azure Data Factory, and Power Platform. A diligent professional who pays attention to details, he has guided numerous clients in their Power BI journey by developing analytical and reporting solutions, embedding reports in their applications, training developers, and implementing design best practices.