I am Ivan Krišto, a senior Power Platform consultant and civil engineer. For eight years I have built Power Apps, Power Automate flows and Power BI reporting for companies such as Bosch, Volkswagen, MAN and Lonza, and I bring the same discipline to small and mid-sized firms that run on Microsoft 365.
At a glance
- What I do: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, SharePoint, Dataverse and SQL Server, from the first sketch to a tool people use every day.
- Experience: 8+ years of Power Platform delivery, more than 100 applications and 400 automated flows in production.
- Clients: Bosch, Volkswagen, MAN and Lonza among others, in the UK, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Spain, the US and Singapore.
- Product: Boxcurve Unity, a project governance product on Power Platform, published on Microsoft Marketplace, where I was lead developer.
- Certification: Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900).
- Background: MSc Civil Engineering, then site work, before I moved into software.
- Languages: English, Croatian and Serbian.
- First step: half an hour on Teams, no charge.
What I build
Apps for the office and the field
Power Apps that replace paper forms and the spreadsheet only one person understands: registers, inspections, approvals, ordering and site diaries, on the phone or the desktop. Each app starts from how the work is actually done, who fills the form in and where they are standing when they do it.
Automation
Power Automate and RPA flows that take the repetitive work off people: approvals routed to the right person, documents generated, reminders sent before something expires, reports delivered, email sorted. Nobody retypes anything. An example: approvals for invoices and purchase orders.
Data and reporting
One version of the numbers, from SQL Server or Dataverse to a Power BI page the board can trust on a Monday morning.
Governance and handover
Separate environments for building, testing and production, solutions that move between them, clear names and written notes, so an app keeps working when the person who asked for it moves on. Why this matters is in Why Your Power Apps Portfolio Is a Time Bomb.
Systems in production
- Boxcurve Unity, Project Edition. Governance and task management on Power Platform, working with Teams, Planner and Azure DevOps, with ready made task packs for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001 and ITIL.
- Warehouse and stock system. Inventory, shipments and logistics tracked in real time with SQL Server, Power BI dashboards and automated alerts.
- Wholesale management app. Ordering, inventory and invoicing in one mobile friendly Power Apps front end on a SQL Server back end, in place of separate manual processes across regions.
- Automation flows. Data entry, document generation, report distribution and email triage, removing hundreds of manual hours every month.
- Bank data processing. A SQL pipeline for a financial institution: transactions, reconciliations and regulatory reporting.
- Site Ready, free for contractors. A compliance register on SharePoint and Power Apps: CSCS cards, LOLER and PUWER examinations, with a warning before anything expires.
More detail and client words are on the portfolio page.
How a project runs
- Half an hour on Teams. No charge. You describe the process that eats your week, and I tell you what I would build first and roughly what it would take.
- Built in your Microsoft 365. Your data stays in your own Microsoft 365, on the licences you already have. A first version reaches your team early and grows from what they tell me.
- The next one plugs in. Built on shared lists of people, assets and jobs, so the second tool costs less than the first.
Who it suits
Small and mid-sized firms that already use Microsoft 365 and lose hours to paper, spreadsheets and email chains, and IT teams that need an experienced Power Platform developer for a project. The systems I have delivered run in manufacturing and automotive, life sciences, wholesale and logistics, finance and construction. Construction is a specialism because I worked on site as a civil engineer.
Questions firms ask
What does a Power Apps developer do?
A Power Apps developer builds business apps on Microsoft Power Apps that replace paper forms and spreadsheets, connects them to data in SharePoint, Dataverse or SQL Server, and automates the steps around them with Power Automate.
Do we need extra Microsoft licences?
Often not. Power Apps and Power Automate with standard connectors such as SharePoint, Outlook and Teams come with most Microsoft 365 business plans. Dataverse, SQL Server and other premium connectors need a premium licence for each user who runs the app, usually Power Apps Premium or a per app plan. I tell you which one your app needs before anything is built, and why.
SharePoint or Dataverse?
For many firms of 30 to 150 people SharePoint is the right start, if the app is built with its limits in mind. Dataverse earns its licence when outside parties must see only their own records or when a screen has to search and total tens of thousands of live rows. The full comparison is in SharePoint or Dataverse: Which One Your App Actually Needs.
How long does a first app take?
It depends on the process. In the first call I tell you roughly what it would take for yours. The first version goes to the people who will use it as early as possible, and grows from what they tell me.
Where does our data live?
In your own Microsoft 365. I build in your environment, and the apps, the flows and the data stay there.
Can you work with our IT team?
Yes. Most of my work has been inside enterprise IT teams, with environments, solutions and release processes. I fit into yours, or set them up where there are none.
Do you only work with construction firms?
No. Construction is a specialism because I started on site as a civil engineer. Most of the systems I have delivered run in manufacturing, life sciences, wholesale, logistics and finance.
How do we start?
Book half an hour on Teams through the contact page, or write to ivan@ivankristo.com. You describe the process that eats your week, and I tell you what I would build first and roughly what it would take.