Milan Parikh
Lead Enterprise Data Architect, Cytel
Richmond, Texas, United States
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I am an Enterprise Solution Architect and technology leader specializing in AI-driven cloud architectures, Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform, Azure serverless platforms, and enterprise data modernization. I work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, distributed systems, and low-code engineering, helping organizations design scalable, autonomous cloud operations grounded in strong data foundations.
With more than 15 years of experience working with organizations across many industries, including Fortune 500 companies, I have led large-scale digital transformation programs that modernize legacy platforms into event-driven, serverless, AI-ready ecosystems. My work focuses on building intelligent operational architectures that combine Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and Dataverse with AI agents to enable self-healing workflows, predictive insights, and real-time decision automation. I delivered end-to-end solutions where Dynamics 365 drives core business process automation, Power Platform enables rapid low-code development and citizen-led innovation, and Microsoft Fabric unifies data engineering, analytics, and AI workloads into a single governed platform.
I am a Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS), Fellow of IETE (FIETE), Senior Member of IEEE (SMIEEE), and Distinguished Fellow of the Soft Computing Research Society. I serve as a technical program committee member, reviewer, and keynote speaker at international conferences, contributing research and thought leadership in AI governance, data architecture, and low-code engineering at scale. I am also a Lead Enterprise Data Architect at Cytel, where I apply this expertise to drive measurable business outcomes across complex enterprise environments.
Beyond enterprise architecture, Milan actively mentors engineers and citizen developers, having guided many professionals in building governed, production-grade automation solutions. My work bridges academic research and industry execution, translating complex AI and cloud engineering concepts into practical, repeatable enterprise patterns.
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AI-Powered Natural-Language Filtering & Visualization in Model-Driven Apps
See how to use AI-assisted filtering and instant chart creation in model-driven apps. We’ll cover tips to ensure filters are accurate, visualizations are relevant, and performance remains optimal.
Power Apps Plan Designer with AI Prompt: Revolutionizing Low-Code App Development
Discover how to accelerate your Power Apps development process by leveraging the Power Apps Plan Designer enhanced with AI-powered prompts. This session explores how artificial intelligence can assist you in designing robust app blueprints, generating optimized data models, and crafting intuitive user experiences—all with minimal manual effort. Learn practical techniques to harness AI-driven suggestions for app structure, business logic, and user interface elements, enabling faster prototyping and higher-quality solutions.
Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting with Power Apps, this session will provide actionable insights on integrating AI prompts into your app planning workflow, improving collaboration between business users and developers, and reducing time-to-value. Join us to unlock the future of low-code app design powered by AI innovation.
Mastering Plan Designer & Natural-Language Copilot in Power Apps
Explore the new Plan Designer and AI-powered Copilot features that let you design apps with plain language. Learn how to turn natural-language descriptions into functional components while applying governance and design best practices.
Using AI to Build Cloud Flows: Generative Actions & Expression Assistance
Learn how the new generative actions and AI-assisted expressions can speed up flow creation. We’ll cover best practices to ensure accuracy, maintainability, and proper error handling.
Building & Debugging Intelligent Agents: Testing, Prompts & Governance
Learn how to design, test, and refine Copilot agents with the new debugging tools and prompt guidance features. We’ll also cover governance practices to ensure compliance and quality.
Multi-Modal AI Builder: From Text to Images with Natural Language
Harness the new AI Builder capabilities to create images, analyze documents, and process data from a single natural-language interface. We’ll explore real use cases and deployment tips.
Grounding AI Agents with Dataverse Knowledge & External Data Sources
See how to connect AI agents to Dataverse and external data for richer, more accurate responses. We’ll focus on design patterns and performance optimization.
Admin Connector + Automation Center: Scaling Governance for Agent-Driven Solutions
Discover how the new Admin Connector and Automation Center enable proactive governance. Learn how to automate monitoring, enforce security, and streamline solution lifecycle management.
From Complexity to Clarity: Powering Intelligent Data Understanding with Microsoft Fabric Data Agent
Unlock real-time, intelligent data access through natural language and automation. How Microsoft Fabric Data Agents enable more intelligent and controlled data experiences.
Empowering secure, intelligent interactions with your enterprise data without writing a single line of code.
Architecting Dataverse Centric Power Platform Solutions with Microsoft Fabric Data Pipelines
Enterprises often run multiple operational systems with overlapping data, which leads to fragmentation and brittle point integrations. Microsoft Dataverse and Power Platform address app, automation, and experience needs, while Fabric and OneLake provide a unified data foundation for analytics and orchestration. This session presents an integration architecture where Fabric Data Pipelines move and transform source system data into Fabric Lakehouse storage, then project curated data into Dataverse as the operational backbone for Power Apps and Power Automate.
The session contrasts Dataverse native link options with Fabric driven patterns, and explains when to favor event driven Dataverse to Fabric links versus Fabric pipelines landing external data first. Patterns for reverse flows, such as copy activities and upsert pipelines that write enriched or scored data from Fabric back into Dataverse tables, also feature in the design. Attendees see how this approach supports medallion style data layers in Fabric while still presenting a clean, governed schema in Dataverse for low code solutions.
The session closes with design guidance on security boundaries, identity configuration, and ALM between Fabric workspaces and Power Platform environments. Example scenarios include CRM augmentation, IoT or telemetry ingestion, and advanced analytics outputs flowing into Dataverse to drive proactive workflows in Power Platform.
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Select when to use Fabric Data Pipelines, Dataverse link features, or both for integrating external systems into Dataverse.
Design end to end flows that land data in Fabric, standardize it through medallion layers, and surface curated entities in Dataverse for apps and automation.
Implement patterns for writing data from Fabric back into Dataverse using pipelines and upsert strategies, including identity, performance, and governance considerations.
Milan Parikh
Lead Enterprise Data Architect, Cytel
Richmond, Texas, United States
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