Ayal Mel
PNC
Herndon
1
Certification
8
years of professional experience
- Senior Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and SharePoint Developer with 8+ years of experience designing, developing, modernizing, and supporting enterprise business applications and collaboration solutions.
- Strong current focus on Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365, including Power Apps Canvas Apps, Model-Driven Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, Power BI, Power Pages, Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, and enterprise application integrations.
- Hands-on experience designing Dataverse data models, business process flows, security roles, custom tables, forms, views, dashboards, automated workflows, integrations, and reusable application components.
- Skilled in extending Dynamics 365 and Power Platform solutions using JavaScript, TypeScript, C#, plug-ins, custom APIs, PCF controls, REST APIs, Microsoft Graph, and Azure services.
- Current experience includes Microsoft Copilot Studio and AI-enabled solutions, with a focus on developing AI agents, configuring knowledge sources and agent actions, integrating agents with Dataverse and Power Automate, and applying generative AI to business-process automation and user support scenarios.
- Strong foundation in SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server, including SPFx, React, SharePoint migrations, document management, enterprise search, metadata, permissions, governance, and workflow modernization.
- Experienced across requirements gathering, solution design, development, testing, UAT, deployment, ALM, CI/CD, production support, and Agile/Scrum delivery.
Work History
Senior Power Platform / Dynamics 365 Developer
10 Months- Design and deliver enterprise applications and process-automation solutions using Microsoft Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Dataverse, and Microsoft cloud technologies.
- Current responsibilities also include introducing Copilot Studio and AI-agent capabilities into business applications and automated processes.
- Design and develop enterprise applications using Power Apps Canvas Apps and Model-Driven Apps to support complex operational and business processes.
- Configure and customize Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement applications based on functional and technical requirements.
- Architect Dataverse solutions using custom and standard tables, relationships, columns, forms, views, business rules, business process flows, and security models.
- Develop sophisticated Power Automate cloud flows supporting approvals, notifications, escalations, scheduled processes, record lifecycle management, and application integrations.
- Build reusable parent/child flow architectures to improve maintainability and reduce duplicate automation logic.
- Develop C# plug-ins and custom APIs to implement server-side business logic that extends standard Dynamics 365 and Dataverse capabilities.
- Implement client-side functionality using JavaScript and TypeScript for form validation, dynamic field behavior, business rules, and user-experience enhancements.
- Develop and maintain PCF components when out-of-the-box controls do not fully address application requirements.
- Design Dataverse security using business units, teams, security roles, ownership models, and least-privilege access principles.
- Integrate Dynamics 365 and Power Platform applications with SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Graph, Azure services, SQL Server, and external APIs.
- Develop custom connectors and REST-based integrations to connect Power Platform applications with external enterprise systems.
- Create Power BI dashboards and reports using Dataverse and other enterprise data sources to provide operational and management insights.
- Build and configure Power Pages solutions for secure external and internal user interactions with Dataverse data.
- Develop AI-powered solutions using Microsoft Copilot Studio, including conversational and task-oriented AI agents for business and support scenarios.
- Configure agent knowledge sources, topics, instructions, actions, and automated processes to provide contextual responses and perform business tasks.
- Connect Copilot Studio agents with Dataverse and Power Automate so agents can retrieve business information and initiate approved automated actions.
- Apply generative AI and AI Builder capabilities to document processing, information extraction, intelligent routing, and business-process automation.
- Evaluate business scenarios where AI agents can reduce manual effort and improve access to organizational knowledge.
- Manage Power Platform solutions across Development, Test, UAT, and Production environments using managed solutions, environment variables, connection references, and deployment pipelines.
- Use Azure DevOps and Git for source control, backlog management, CI/CD, solution deployment, defect tracking, and release coordination.
- Perform solution reviews, troubleshooting, performance optimization, testing, deployment validation, and post-production support.
- Collaborate with business analysts, product owners, architects, QA teams, security teams, and stakeholders throughout the application lifecycle.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, demonstrations, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Project Description:
Power Platform / SharePoint Developer
4 Years- Developed business applications and workflow solutions across Power Platform and SharePoint while supporting the organization's transition from traditional SharePoint-based applications to modern Microsoft cloud solutions.
- Developed Canvas Apps to replace manual processes, legacy SharePoint forms, and InfoPath applications.
- Designed Power Apps interfaces with conditional logic, validation, role-based functionality, reusable components, and responsive layouts.
- Built Power Automate workflows for approvals, onboarding, document processing, notifications, reminders, escalations, and scheduled operations.
- Integrated Power Apps and Power Automate with SharePoint, Dataverse, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, SQL Server, and Microsoft 365 services.
- Began developing Model-Driven applications using Dataverse tables, relationships, forms, views, business rules, and security roles.
- Configured Dataverse to support structured business data and application requirements beyond traditional SharePoint lists.
- Developed Power BI reports and dashboards using SharePoint, Dataverse, SQL Server, and Microsoft 365 data.
- Modernized legacy InfoPath, SharePoint Designer, and Nintex applications using Power Apps and Power Automate.
- Designed and maintained modern SharePoint Online sites, hub structures, document libraries, lists, metadata, content types, and navigation.
- Developed SPFx components using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, REST APIs, and Microsoft Graph.
- Integrated SharePoint Online with Power Platform, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, Microsoft Graph, and enterprise APIs.
- Planned and executed migrations from SharePoint Server 2016/2019 to SharePoint Online using ShareGate and PowerShell.
- Conducted migration assessments, dependency analysis, content remediation, permission mapping, migration validation, and post-migration support.
- Implemented enterprise document-management capabilities using metadata, content types, versioning, approval processes, and retention requirements.
- Configured SharePoint Search, managed metadata, managed properties, refiners, and metadata-driven content discovery.
- Automated SharePoint administrative activities using PowerShell and PnP PowerShell.
- Managed SharePoint security groups, permission inheritance, unique permissions, external sharing, and access controls.
- Supported Development, Test, UAT, and Production environments and participated in application releases and production troubleshooting.
- Created technical documentation, deployment procedures, user guides, SOPs, and application-support documentation.
- Worked within Agile teams using Jira and Azure DevOps for user stories, defects, sprint planning, testing, and release management.
- Project Description:
SharePoint Developer
3 Years 2 Months- Developed and supported enterprise SharePoint applications with a strong focus on collaboration, document management, workflow automation, custom development, and the organization's early transition from SharePoint On-Premises to Microsoft cloud technologies.
- Supported SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016 farms serving enterprise and departmental business applications.
- Created and administered site collections, subsites, lists, libraries, views, content types, site columns, metadata, and permission structures.
- Developed custom SharePoint solutions using C#, .NET, CSOM, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and REST APIs.
- Built custom web parts, forms, reusable components, and application functionality based on business requirements.
- Developed early SPFx components using TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and modern SharePoint development practices.
- Designed InfoPath forms for data collection, approvals, and internal business applications.
- Developed SharePoint Designer workflows supporting approvals, notifications, task assignments, and document-processing scenarios.
- Supported and enhanced existing Nintex Forms and Nintex Workflow applications.
- Designed enterprise document-management solutions using libraries, content types, metadata, versioning, approvals, and permission structures.
- Configured SharePoint Search including search scopes, managed properties, refiners, and metadata-driven navigation.
- Developed PowerShell scripts to automate SharePoint administration, permissions, reporting, site maintenance, and repetitive support activities.
- Managed SharePoint groups, unique permissions, permission inheritance, and user access requests.
- Integrated SharePoint with SQL Server, REST services, Microsoft Office applications, and external enterprise systems.
- Supported migration planning and execution from SharePoint On-Premises environments to SharePoint Online using ShareGate and PowerShell.
- Migrated sites, documents, metadata, permissions, version history, and supporting content structures.
- Performed migration testing, validation, issue remediation, and user acceptance testing.
- Participated in the early adoption of Power Apps and Power Automate to modernize selected SharePoint forms and workflows.
- Developed operational and management reports using Power BI and SharePoint-based data.
- Diagnosed production issues involving custom code, permissions, workflows, search, migrations, and SharePoint configuration.
- Gathered business requirements and translated functional needs into SharePoint technical designs.
- Supported application demonstrations, deployments, UAT, documentation, end-user training, and ongoing production support.
- Project Description:
Education
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Skills
Power Platform:
Power Apps
Canvas Apps
Model-Driven Apps
Power Automate
Dataverse
Power Pages
Power BI
Business Process Flows
Custom Connectors
Approvals
Cloud Flows
Child Flows
Environment Variables
Dynamics 365:
Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE)
Custom Tables
Forms
Views
Dashboards
Business Rules
Business Process Flows
Security Roles
Teams
Solutions
Plug-ins
Custom APIs
JavaScript Customization
AI & Copilot:
Microsoft Copilot Studio
AI Agents
Generative AI
Agent Actions
Knowledge Sources
Dataverse Grounding
Power Automate Integration
AI Builder
Development:
C#
.NET
JavaScript
TypeScript
React
SPFx
PCF
HTML5
CSS3
REST APIs
Microsoft Graph
JSON
PowerShell
SharePoint:
SharePoint Online
SharePoint 2013/2016/2019
SPFx
Hub Sites
Communication Sites
Team Sites
Lists
Libraries
Content Types
Managed Metadata
Enterprise Search
Document Management
SharePoint Permissions
Integration & Azure:
Azure Functions
Logic Apps
Microsoft Graph
REST APIs
Custom Connectors
SharePoint
SQL Server
Microsoft Teams
External Enterprise Systems
ALM & DevOps:
Power Platform Solutions
Managed/Unmanaged Solutions
Environment Variables
Connection References
Power Platform Pipelines
Azure DevOps
Git
CI/CD
Dev/Test/UAT/Production
Release Management
Security & Governance:
Dataverse Security Roles
Business Units
Teams
RBAC
DLP
Entra ID
Least Privilege
SharePoint Permissions
Governance Standards
Methodologies:
Agile/Scrum
Jira
Azure DevOps Boards
Requirements Gathering
Sprint Planning
Backlog Refinement
UAT
Technical Documentation
Production Support
Certification
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