Power Platform Solution Architect · Technical Program Manager

I turn manual, high-risk operations into systems that run themselves.

Awet Banks-Hagos is a Microsoft TPM specializing in Power Platform, Azure automation, and AI-assisted delivery, turning operational chaos into measurable, production-grade systems for Operations, Compliance, and Digital Safety teams.

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Portrait of Awet Banks-Hagos
2,700+ hours of manual
work automated / yr
99.45%
Regulatory reporting SLA
$5.9B
Partner reporting scope
20/20
Perfect stakeholder ratings
50%
Compute cost cut
Technologies I Work With
  • AI
  • ClaudeClaude
  • OpenAIOpenAI
  • GitHub CopilotGitHub Copilot
  • Microsoft 365 CopilotMicrosoft 365 Copilot
  • AZURE
  • AzureAzure
  • Entra IDEntra ID
  • Azure Key VaultAzure Key Vault
  • Azure SQLAzure SQL
  • Azure DevOpsAzure DevOps
  • Azure Logic AppsLogic Apps
  • Azure Container AppsContainer Apps
  • Microsoft FabricMicrosoft Fabric
  • POWER PLATFORM
  • Power BIPower BI
  • Power AutomatePower Automate
  • Power AppsPower Apps
  • DataverseDataverse
  • Copilot StudioCopilot Studio
  • DEV TOOLS
  • GitHubGitHub
  • Visual Studio CodeVisual Studio Code
  • PythonPython
  • SQLSQL
  • KQLKQL
  • BUSINESS APPS
  • ExcelExcel
  • PowerPointPowerPoint
  • SharePointSharePoint
  • Dynamics 365Dynamics 365
  • ServiceNowServiceNow
Selected Case Studies

Results that speak for themselves

Three production systems Awet Banks-Hagos built, the problems they solved, and the numbers behind them.

Government & Digital Safety

From manual regulatory reporting to a 99.45% SLA

99.45%
SLA achieved
1,500+
hrs/yr removed
98%
fewer manual steps
20%→<1%
handled manually

The Challenge

Government regulatory reports were assembled by hand from inbound emails: slow, error-prone, and impossible to scale as new countries came online. Manual handling covered about 20% of reporting and put hard regulatory SLAs at risk.

The Approach

Architected an event-driven platform where inbound government emails trigger automated parsing, case creation, and API-based reporting end to end. New countries onboard purely through configuration, with zero code changes, and every step is logged for audit.

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Data Platform

Six legacy DataMarts, one governed platform

250+
hrs/week saved
50%
compute cost cut
6 → 1
DataMarts consolidated
100%
team upskilled

The Challenge

Six legacy DataMarts fragmented the data estate: high compute cost, duplicated logic, inconsistent definitions, and no unified governance.

The Approach

Led the migration from six legacy DataMarts to a single governed platform on Fabric and Azure SQL serverless, consolidating pipelines, then trained the analyst team to own the new environment.

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Partner Analytics

The first partner-facing reporting of its kind, at $5.9B scale

$5.9B
partner scope
2,000+
report views
0
cross-partner exposure
1st
of its kind

The Challenge

There was no shared measure of deal quality across the org, and no safe way to share partner-facing metrics without exposing one partner's data to another.

The Approach

Designed a cross-org deal-quality metric, then shipped the first partner-facing self-serve reporting of its kind, with row-level security guaranteeing zero cross-partner data exposure by design.

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Root Cause Analysis Tool

20/20 perfect stakeholder demo ratings

Structured RCA/CAP records, enforced approval workflows, and Federal / Non-Federal data isolation with enhanced MFA.

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Finance Intake App

~2 days cut from plan cycle · 120 hrs/yr returned

Replaced fragmented request channels with a single self-service intake tool, now the enterprise default channel.

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Operations Intake App

Turnaround 15 → 7 days · ~70% fewer status pings

Centralized, real-time-tracked intake for all technical development requests across the org.

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Portrait of Awet Banks-Hagos

"An incredible mentor… You consistently break down complex problems into understandable steps. I always know I can count on you."

— Mentee, Microsoft
Why Work With Awet Banks-Hagos

Technically fluent. Genuinely accountable.

I've spent the last 10 years driving technology, product, and AI initiatives, including the last several years building and scaling AI-powered solutions that solve real-world business challenges.

My path ran from data analyst, to metric architect for a $99B business line, to data platform owner, to end-to-end owner of production automation used by operations, compliance, and digital safety teams.

I find the manual process everyone has accepted as inevitable, and make it disappear: I shape the architecture, the data model, and the security, drive it into production, and stay accountable there.

Since 2025, AI has been a genuine daily collaborator in that work, across architecture, delivery, and documentation, and I mentor engineers on AI-assisted delivery.

  • Push every shiny button
  • Learn just enough to build what you need
  • Take big risks. Don't hide your losses
What Leaders & Partners Say

Unedited feedback, straight from the source

Collected across performance cycles from 2023–2026. Shared with context removed to protect internal details.

You've delivered transformative impact across multiple priorities, from automating critical Digital Safety workflows to building scalable intake and reporting solutions. Your ability to combine technical excellence with a growth mindset and strong collaboration has driven measurable outcomes.
— Manager, Fusion Development, Microsoft Business Operations
Awet brings so much technical skill coupled with business acumen, and is a huge asset to the Fusion Dev team and wider organization. Delivered impact against all expectations, and in many cases above.
— Manager, Fusion Development, Microsoft Business Operations
You are showing your thought leadership and anticipating the future needs of the organization.
— Manager, Data Analytics, Microsoft
Thank you for all you have delivered this year across your designated projects while always ensuring security compliance is 100% at all times.
— Manager, Fusion Development, Microsoft Business Operations
This is exactly what we wanted and needed.
— Finance stakeholder, on the intake platform
Your ability to bring clarity and structure to complex projects is truly remarkable.
— Engineering partner
The rigor, the iterations with data, and the problem-solving skills Awet brought to the table is what stood out. A valuable analytics partner to the business.
— Program management partner
You sure know how to explain complex elements in a simple way. THANK YOU!
— Business stakeholder
An incredible mentor… You consistently break down complex problems into understandable steps, ensuring clarity and learning along the way. I always know I can count on you.
— Mentee, Microsoft

Let's build something that runs itself

Interested in connecting, or want to learn more about the work? Reach out directly.

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