Get to know the Power Up Champs

[Sonnyinseattle]

This thread is where Power Up Champs can introduce themselves and tell us more about themselves. 

[BCBuizer]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Barend and I'm one of the Power Up program champions, happily volunteering to support you in your journey. 

A few things about myself:

- Up until the beginning of 2021 I had never even heard of the Power Platform, but when starting a new job we required tooling to manage the complexity, which is where I started my journey as a citizen developer, turning professional Power Platform developer since the end of 2022, mainly through self studies.

- My main areas of knowledge are about Power Apps and Power Automate.

- To get my quickest reply to any of your questions, please @ mention me in your posts. As mentioned above I do have a job besides supporting the program, so there may be a delay, but I'll definitely get back to you if someone else hasn't already.

In case you want to connect on LinkedIn, please send me a request: Barend Buizer | LinkedIn

[remidyon]

Hey everyone,

My name is Rémi Dyon, I'm a senior technical specialist on the power platform. I am French but I am based in Atlanta, GA (Bonjour à toutes et tous les francophones!👋).

I've been volunteering with the PowerUp program for almost a year. You will usually see me present at weekly sessions, on the community forum or grading the Power App challenge. 💡

I love helping people learn new technology and I think PowerUp is a great program for that🧑‍💻

My favorite Power Platform product is Copilot Studio 🤩

[BenClistBC2]

Kia ora koutou (Hi everyone),

My name is Ben, and I'm based in Queenstown, New Zealand.

I run a business called BC2, and we specialise in providing Power Platform and Dynamics 365 services to businesses. I'm also a Microsoft Certified Trainer.

My main specialities are Dataverse, Model Driven Apps, Power Automate and Power BI. I stumbled around the rest (Canvas apps), as best I can!

I've been working with the platform for just over 5 years now and I really do love it. I've been a Champ on the Power Up program for a few months now, and you'll often find me leading live sessions for the AMER timezone, usually alongside the wonderful Christina Wheeler.

Ngā mihi,

Ben