Posts on AI
I’m planning to write about how I approach AI projects. Nothing published yet.
Justin Burch
Senior Architect · Microsoft (Vexcel)
Building AI systems with intention.
About
I’m a senior architect at Vexcel, part of Microsoft, and these days most of my work is about AI.
A lot of AI work starts with “where can we add AI?” and works backwards from there. I’d rather start with the problem. What’s slow or error-prone today, and would AI actually make it better? If it would, I want it built responsibly, and built to hold up once everyone is using it.
Before moving into architecture in 2022, I spent years as a developer and development lead on Dynamics 365, Dataverse and the Power Platform, first at Avanade and then at Vexcel. A few things I wrote along the way are in the Power Pages archive.
Experience
2022 — Now
Senior Architect · Microsoft (Vexcel)
I moved from development lead to architect in 2022. Right now I’m leading the AI transformation for a large Microsoft project, which mostly means working out where AI will genuinely help and then designing the systems and processes around it.
2020 — 2022
Development Lead · Microsoft (Vexcel)
Joined Vexcel, a Microsoft subsidiary, and led development on Dataverse and Power Platform projects.
2016 — 2020
Developer, then Development Lead · Avanade
Started as a developer on Dynamics 365 and what were then Dynamics Portals, and grew into leading development teams.
Certifications
- GH-600GitHub Certified: Agentic AI DeveloperGitHub
- GH-300GitHub CopilotGitHub
- AI-901Azure AI FundamentalsMicrosoft
- AzureAzure Developer AssociateMicrosoft
Writing
Power Pages archive
6 older posts on Power Apps portals (now Power Pages), mostly about security, forms and caching.