Charles Sexton

Hi, my name is Charlie. I'm a Power Platform Solution Architect and work for Capgemini (All opinions are my own).

I've had to turn my hand to many different things throughout my career, but web development has been prominent in every job. Even back in 2001 I was making web apps to increase efficiency and organisation. PHP and MySQL was my tech stack back then. That progressed to Laravel (PHP) and Vue.js (JavaScript), and then onto Sveltekit (TypeScript - Sveltekit was used for this website).

As a Power Platform Solutions Architect, I spend the majority of my development time within Power Platform, but this also involves the wider ecosystem, including Azure, SharePoint, PowerShell, React, C#, etc.

Most Valuable Professional

In June 2024, I received an email to let me know that I was awarded Microsoft MVP status. Microsoft state that this award "recognizes exceptional community leaders for their technical expertise, leadership, speaking experience, online influence, and commitment to solving real world problems".

Microsoft MVP

My Microsoft Certifications

I love that Microsoft give us the ability to demonstrate our knowledge through certifications, so I've become somewhat of a collector. Here's what I've attained so far:

Power Platform Solutions Architect Power Platform Functional Consulant Power Platform App Maker Power Platform Developer Azure Fundamentals Azure Data Fundamentals Dynamics 365 Fundamentals Power Platform Fundamentals Microsoft Fundamentals

Public Speaking

I started public speaking in November 2023, initially with an online 10-minute talk on Dataverse for #Dataweekender. Shortly after that I did a talk for the London Dynamics 365 & Power Platform UK User Group (D365PPUG). This time it was at Microsoft's offices in Paddington, talking about form design in Power Apps to a room full of people for 45 minutes.

Charles Sexton speaking at Microsoft's offices in London

I repeated the form design talk at a virtual event for the Scottish Power Platform User Group in December 2023.

I had a brilliant start to 2024 with a talk at the ANS offices in Manchester for Manchester D365PPUG. This time I was helping developers to become better designers, with simple tips that would have a major impact on their UI/UX.

Charles Sexton and Keith Atherton in Manchester

Charles Sexton (left) with the lovely Keith Atherton (right).

I continued doing more and more talks, to the point of having too much to list on this page, so feel free to check out my profile on Sessionize.

One of my highlights was the European Power Platform Conference in Belgium!

Charles Sexton presenting at EPPC24