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Pradeep - Senior Power Platform Lead Developer & Architect

prashanth.i5tech@gmail.com

Location: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Relocation: yes

Visa: H1B

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Senior Power Platform Lead Developer and Architect with 17+ years of enterprise Microsoft solution delivery across banking, energy, and oil & gas. Combines hands-on architecture and development leadership, owning Power Apps, Power Automate, and Dataverse solutions end to end: data modeling, security design, ALM, governance, and technical direction for development teams in regulated environments. At First Horizon National Bank, leads Power Platform architecture, development, and governance for the bank's enterprise Audit Risk Assessment platform, adopted as FHN's reference architecture, while directing the Power Platform workstream (Power Apps, Power Automate, and Dataverse rebuilds) of a 2,500-site legacy modernization program. Owns the full ALM and governance stack: environment strategy, DLP policy, managed solutions, and Dev/Test/Prod deployment pipelines. Copilot Studio certified (April 2026) with hands-on agent-building coursework; actively uses Copilot in Power Apps in production. Trusted by enterprise architects and business leadership to own architecture decisions and lead delivery of compliant, scalable Power Platform solutions. CORE COMPETENCIES Power Platform Architecture Power Apps (Canvas & Model-Driven) Power Automate Dataverse (schema design, security roles, relationships) Power BI Power Pages end-to-end solution ownership from data model through deployment Power Platform Development Delegation-aware Filter/LookUp for large datasets Collections & Variables (Set, UpdateContext, Patch, ClearCollect) custom forms, views, sitemap & ribbon (model-driven) multi-stage Power Automate flows (Automated/Instant/Scheduled) with scope-based error handling (Try/Catch/Finally, Configure Run After), child/reusable flows, trigger conditions & concurrency control Adaptive Cards (Teams) ALM & DevOps Governance Managed solutions, connection references, environment variables, solution layering Power Platform Deployment Pipelines (Dev/Test/Prod) Azure DevOps CI/CD DLP policy design connector governance CoE patterns service principal & licensing strategy Dataverse & Data Architecture Entity/relationship design (alternate keys, N:N/1:N), global choice sets, calculated & rollup columns, audit tracking row-level security business rules hybrid Dataverse/SQL Server data models selected by data sensitivity and volume AI & Copilot Copilot Studio certified (Build Real-World Agents, Apr 2026), hands-on agent-building training Copilot in Power Apps (Premium) in production for AI-assisted app building and Dataverse natural-language queries Azure & Identity Integration Azure Databricks (VNet, private endpoints, service principal auth) Azure AD / Entra ID App Registrations Managed Identity Microsoft Graph API REST APIs Legacy Application Modernization Redesigning InfoPath forms and Nintex/OOTB workflows, including PII-sensitive and audit processes, into governed Power Apps and Power Automate solutions at enterprise scale Leadership & Delivery Architecture review leadership with enterprise architects, security, and data teams technical direction for developers and citizen developers stakeholder workshops and UI-first prototyping onsite/offshore team leadership (10 12 person teams) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE First Horizon National Bank (FHN) Memphis, TN Nov 2023 Present Senior Power Platform Lead Developer & Architect Owns architecture, development leadership, and governance for the bank's Power Platform application portfolio across two concurrent enterprise initiatives in a regulated banking environment. Audit Risk Assessment Platform Power Platform Architecture & Development Solution architecture & build leadership: architected and led development of an enterprise Audit Risk Assessment Campaign Management application from scratch Power Apps (Canvas), Power Automate, Dataverse with role-based dashboards for Preparer, Approver, and Admin personas. Power Apps development: built the Canvas front end using delegation-aware Filter/LookUp against large Dataverse tables and Collections/Variables (Set, UpdateContext, Patch, ClearCollect) for responsive local state; customized model-driven forms, views, sitemap, and ribbon for admin-side management screens. Power Automate development: directed and built multi-stage Power Automate cloud flows implementing Preparer Approver Admin approval routing, with scope-based error handling (Try/Catch/Finally, Configure Run After), child/reusable flows, trigger conditions & concurrency control, and Adaptive Cards for Teams approval notifications. Dataverse architecture: designed a normalized schema (entities, relationships including alternate keys and N:N/1:N mappings, global choice sets, calculated & rollup columns, audit tracking) with row-level security and business rules adopted as the reference data model for future FHN projects. ALM & governance ownership: designed and operate the full ALM strategy managed solutions, connection references, environment variables, solution layering, and Power Platform Deployment Pipelines (Dev Test Prod); defined DLP policy, connector governance, and service principal/licensing strategy for enterprise-scale flows. Integration architecture: evaluated and POC'd Power Platform Azure Databricks connectivity (VNet, private endpoints, service principal authentication); recommended and implemented a governed Dataverse-only model, adopted as FHN's reference architecture for future Power Platform projects. Copilot adoption: actively using Copilot in Power Apps (Premium) for AI-assisted app building and Dataverse natural-language queries; evaluating Copilot Studio agent patterns as agent licensing rolls out. Review leadership: led architecture reviews with enterprise architects, security, and data teams solution and governance framework approved as the org standard. Legacy Application Modernization Power Platform Workstream (~2,500-site program) Modernization leadership: directed the Power Platform component of an enterprise-wide legacy modernization program, redesigning non-compliant and PII-exposed line-of-business applications, including audit and transactional processes previously run on InfoPath and Nintex, into governed Power Apps and Power Automate solutions backed by Dataverse or external SQL Server, selected by data sensitivity and volume. Provisioning & tooling: built PnP + Power Automate provisioning automation and PowerShell-based governance/inventory scripting used directly in leadership and audit-readiness reporting; implemented Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines spanning both application deployments and Power Platform ALM. Technologies: Power Apps Power Automate Dataverse Power Platform Admin Center DLP Power Platform Deployment Pipelines Copilot in Power Apps Copilot Studio (training) Azure Databricks Entra ID Microsoft Graph Azure DevOps SharePoint Online SQL Server PowerShell LG&E and KU Louisville, KY Feb 2020 Nov 2023 Senior SharePoint & Power Platform Developer Modernized Nintex forms to Power Apps and Nintex workflows to Power Automate across the environment, including complex multi-step new-employee onboarding. Migrated SSRS reports to Power BI, building interactive reports and dashboards with DAX measures and Power Query (M); developed PowerPivot and Power View reports on the Tabular Model. Implemented Power Pages for internal and external business websites with role-based authentication externally-facing portals with identity experiences for external users. Integrated external enterprise systems via Power Automate connectors; developed middleware and web service integrations. Directed migration of ~400 legacy site collections plus 150 BI sites into the modernized environment using ShareGate, with standalone PowerShell batch-migration scripts. Technologies: Power Apps Power Automate Power BI DAX Power Query Power Pages SharePoint Online Nintex ShareGate SSRS PowerShell M&T Bank Buffalo, NY July 2016 Jan 2020 Senior Software Engineer SharePoint Led a 10-person onsite/offshore development team delivering an enterprise line-of-business application (RM Workbench); managed scope, quality, and delivery directly with client stakeholders. Built provider-hosted applications using CSOM, JSOM, and REST API; developed custom components, event-driven automation, and scheduled jobs for business logic. Implemented role-based security using directory groups for application-level access management. Received "Best Performer" recognition from the M&T Bank client. Technologies: C# CSOM/JSOM REST API AngularJS SQL Server TFS Chevron Bakersfield, CA Oct 2014 July 2016 Senior SharePoint Developer Led a 12-person onsite/offshore development team delivering Mobility & Decision Support applications for a Fortune 50 oil & gas client. Directed migration of legacy custom applications to a modern provider-hosted app model; owned the deployment approach and application architecture. Built reporting solutions and custom UI components (Treemap, Popup, JQGrid); implemented tracking applications and state-machine workflow automation. Technologies: C# ASP.NET AngularJS SQL Server SSRS Infosys Limited Clients: Marathon Petroleum (OH) NDSL (India) Jan 2011 Oct 2014 Technology Lead Led full SDLC across multiple enterprise applications: Request Tracker, Recommendation Tracker, and Verification & Validation systems. Prevented SQL timeout exceptions on tables with 1M+ rows using NOLOCK/READ UNCOMMITTED patterns; managed Linked Servers and built SSIS packages for cross-server data migration. Received the "Star Performance" award from Infosys. Technologies: C# ASP.NET .NET 3.5/4.5 SQL Server 2008 SSIS SSRS Tarantula.net India Clients: WIG (UK) NZComms (New Zealand) WTTIL (India) Mar 2008 Dec 2010 Senior Software Engineer Designed and developed ASP.NET/C# web applications with AJAX-driven UIs for UK and New Zealand enterprise clients; implemented ADO.NET data access and SSRS reporting. Technologies: ASP.NET C# SQL Server ADO.NET SSRS CERTIFICATIONS Copilot Studio: Build Real-World Agents Certified, April 2026 Microsoft Certified Solution Expert (MCSE) SharePoint Active Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) June 2024 MCTS: 70-573/667 70-536/480 70-433/504 Completed EDUCATION & RECOGNITION B.Tech Electronics and Communications Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), 2007 Gold Medal, JNTU Vice Chancellor Awards: Best Performer M&T Bank Star Performance Infosys Gold Medal JNTU Keywords: csharp continuous integration continuous deployment artificial intelligence user interface business intelligence active directory trade national California Idaho Kentucky New York Ohio Tennessee