Zak Karachiwala
Career technologist — from Commodore 64 and Amiga platforms to enterprise cloud architecture. Enterprise Architect by role, developer by nature, orchestrator by practice.
With 25+ years spanning hands-on development, enterprise architecture, and solutions leadership, I bring a pragmatic, business-aligned approach to platform engineering. My philosophy: apply the right technology to improve capabilities — avoid unnecessary complexity.
“The right technology should be applied to improve the capabilities and performance of stakeholders — we should avoid the introduction of unnecessary complexity.”
Domain Expertise
Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect Pro
TOGAF 9 Certified — governance, roadmapping, RFP scoring
Dataverse, Model-Driven Apps, Canvas Apps, SharePoint
Entra ID, Google Auth, SSO consolidation
GitHub Actions, Azure Static Web Apps, App Service, Cloudflare DNS
Active R&D
Active Engineering Pursuits: Custom AI Agent Architectures, Local Model Deployments, and Cognitive Business Operations Tools.
Mobile Hub
Sample app rethinking Dataverse architecture across Canvas and Model-Driven Power Apps paradigms.
AI-Assisted Development
Workflows with GitHub Copilot, Claude, OpenCode — applied to Power Platform and custom web app delivery.
Infrastructure Pipelines
Cloudflare DNS routing, Azure Static Web Apps + App Service deployment via GitHub Actions.