Ashly Gopalakrishnan
Abu Dhabi,UAE
Summary
Experienced Senior PowerApps Developer with 7+ years of expertise in designing, developing, and supporting end-to-end agile digital solutions. Proficient in leveraging Microsoft Power Platform tools, including PowerApps, Power Automate, Power BI, Dataverse, and integrations with SharePoint, Excel, and Azure Active Directory, to streamline and enhance diverse business processes. A skilled problem-solver with a strong background in project management, coding, and testing, delivering systems that drive cost reductions and revenue growth. Dedicated to continuous learning and innovation to refine skills and optimize solution designs.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior PowerApps Developer
Mazrui International LLC
Abu Dhabi, UAE
12.2023 - Current
- Independently design, develop, and implement responsive PowerApps solutions using modern controls, Figma prototypes, and Microsoft Copilot to enhance functionality and user experience.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the UAE, Yemen, and Qatar to gather requirements and deliver custom applications, including:
- Treasury Management: LC and LG credit applications submitted via SharePoint for bank processing.
- HR Solutions: Leave automation, onboarding and offboarding apps, and KPI tracking apps for top management.
- Legal Document Management: Created an app for the legal department replicating SharePoint site functionality, enabling users to upload, move, and copy files for legal purposes.
- IT Access Management: Automated Azure group membership for global and roaming access.
- Marketing Automation: Designed applications for campaign and project management.
- Laboratory Services: Developed technical service request apps for chemical lab operations.
- Leverage Power Automate to optimize workflows with automated notifications, PDF generation, and streamlined processes.
- Focus on performance optimization and deliver innovative technical solutions to address client challenges effectively.
- Manage comprehensive project lifecycles, from requirement gathering and development to testing and documentation preparation.
- Ongoing : Integration of PowerApps with Oracle systems, enabling seamless access to purchase orders and invoices.
- Began exploring Power Pages to expand expertise in developing web-based business solutions.
Data Engineer II
Van Oord Gulf FZE
Dubai
08.2023 - 11.2023
- Partner with cross-functional teams to collect and refine business requirements for custom PowerApps solutions.
- Import large datasets into Dataverse from diverse sources using Dataflow, ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
- Expertise in administrative tasks, including user management, role creation, and license provisioning in Azure Active Directory (AAD).
- Stay updated on the latest Microsoft Power Platform advancements and apply best practices to development processes.
- Build and manage end-to-end data pipelines for seamless integration of disparate data sources.
- Conduct training sessions for team members, sharing expertise and fostering skill development in Power Platform tools.
Power Platform Engineer
Enova by Veolia
Dubai
02.2022 - 08.2023
- Owner of App Factory: Experience in developing 15+ end-to-end digital Solutions based on Microsoft Power Platform tools to support a large panel of business processes; HSEEQ Inspections, Asset Management, Technical & Energy, Snag Management.
- Designed new features and created innovative application prototypes.
- Develop and store flowcharts, layouts, and documentation to confirm understanding of client requirements and technical feasibility (including compliance with existing architecture and security policies).
- Write well-designed, testable, and commented code.
- Test software development methodology in agile environment (prototyping on UAT).
- Train/Inform CAFM Administrators and coordinate with CAFM.
- Trainers/Inspectors for Training to end users.
PowerApps Developer
Zeptoh
Dubai
06.2021 - 01.2022
- Development of internal mobile applications using PowerApps and SharePoint as data source.
- Automation of emails and reports using Power Automate.
- Provide ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements in existing systems and platforms.
- Analyse tickets and current performance against Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and internal targets to generate insights for management.
- Troubleshooting and resolving application or infrastructure issues.
- Complete root cause analysis of defects and documenting process.
Application Support Analyst
TCS & Maurice's
Chennai
03.2021 - 05.2021
- Develop scripts using Unix Shell Scripting and work with team to automate L1 services like monitoring and notification tasks.
- Assisted in setting up prices and different kinds of site promotions.
- Work actively with Inventory, Warehouse and Freight teams to ensure efficient flow of customer orders within Core Network.
- Monitor and resolve order and interface issues in Manhattan EOM.
- Performed complete root cause analysis of defects and documenting process.
- Execution of operational metrics and SLA reporting.
Front End Developer
TCS & Ahold Delhaize
Chennai
01.2020 - 02.2021
- MS Share point admin entrusted with set up of table structure, data import and Share point views with different permission.
- Developer Responsible for creating Employee onboarding app using PowerApps and analysing reports on Power BI.
- Designed and developed custom Search & Sort functionality within onboarding app, helped reduce average time to find employee by 90%.
Application Support Analyst
TCS & Dicks Sporting Goods
Chennai
07.2017 - 12.2019
- SME and Application owner for Search, Site Refresh, Item/Promotion Set Up.
- Checkout Rewards to Activity Monitoring Apps Integrations.
- Assisted in Deployment activities like setting up Jenkin jobs, build, Akamai cache clear, server restarts.
- Act as liaison between Development and Support team to fix prod impacting defect and work with Dev team to bring in new functionality to Production smoothly.
- Monitoring and analysing performance using Kibana, Splunk and Grafana and responding to open tickets submitted through incident management system like Remedy and JIRA.
- Provides on going 24/7 support of related products or services by monitoring control-m jobs to ensure minimal impacts/avoid outages to production systems.
Education
Engineering - Electronics and Communication
06.2013 - 05.2017
Higher Secondary Education - Computer Science
06.2011 - 03.2013
Skills
Core Skills:
- Technological Innovation
- Business Process Optimization
- Digital Product Management
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Data Modelling
- Software documentation
- Query Writing
Technology Skills:
- SDLC Methods: AGILE/SCRUM, Waterfall
- Languages: Power Fx, DAX, C, Python (Basics) ,Unix Shell Script, HTML, CSS
- Environment: Linux, Unix and Windows
- DBMS: MS SQL, MS Share point, Dataverse
- Products/Tools: Microsoft Power Platform, Manhattan EOM, Akamai, AppDynamics, Splunk, Grafana, Kibana, Azure Active Directory, Jenkins, GitHub
- Agile Tools: Jira, Remedy, Confluence, Bitbucket
CERTIFICATIONS
- Microsoft Certified Power Platform Fundamentals [PL- 900]
- Microsoft Power Platform App Maker [ PL - 100]
- Power BI Data Analyst [PL- 300] course by Skillsoft global knowledge
- Crystal Report certified by New Horizons
- Create and Manage Canvas Apps with PowerApps [PL-7001]
Languages
English
Fluent
Malayalam
Native
Tamil
Fluent
Hindi
Advanced
References
References available upon request.
Accomplishments
- Developed 15+ Digital Solutions including key projects like Dubai Metro, Dubai Airport, Abu Dhabi Airport supporting 100+ FM Contracts, and a total of 400+ daily users which saved $500K/Year with the following features
- Automated a Manual process of settlement reconciliation saving 60 hours per month for the team
- Top performer of the year for restoring the most incidents in a year
- Cross skilled myself through self-learning of MS Power Apps UI development techniques in 2 weeks to deliver the project on time
- Designed and developed a custom Search & Sort functionality within onboarding app, helped reduce the average time to find an employee by 90%
* Fully functional responsive and offline Canvas PowerApps.
* App designed specifically in Arabic language using Microsoft cognitive
* Object detection using Lobe software
* Customized word report with pictures from PowerApps
Timeline
Senior PowerApps Developer - Mazrui International LLC
12.2023 - Current
Data Engineer II - Van Oord Gulf FZE
08.2023 - 11.2023
Power Platform Engineer - Enova by Veolia
02.2022 - 08.2023
PowerApps Developer - Zeptoh
06.2021 - 01.2022
Application Support Analyst - TCS & Maurice's
03.2021 - 05.2021
Front End Developer - TCS & Ahold Delhaize
01.2020 - 02.2021
Application Support Analyst - TCS & Dicks Sporting Goods
07.2017 - 12.2019
Rajalakshmi Engineering College - Engineering, Electronics and
Communication
06.2013 - 05.2017
Vivekananda Vidyalaya - Higher Secondary Education, Computer
Science
06.2011 - 03.2013
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