In Person: Leading the Shift from “It Works for Me” to Power Platform + AI

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Many PMs are still living in a world where “it works for me” is good enough—staying inside the same 10–15% of Office features they learned years ago, writing endless emails in Teams, and dabbling in basic AI for meeting summaries and email rewrites.

This talk challenges PMs to stop hiding behind familiar tools and limited AI use, and instead lead their organizations into the next layer of Microsoft’s ecosystem: the Power Platform.

The message:
- You don’t have to become a developer.
- You do have to stop being satisfied with using only your familiar tools.
- As PMs, you’re uniquely positioned to champion low‑code, automation, and AI‑assisted workflows—in partnership with IT, Operations, and Management.

Dan Schwam is a Senior Systems & Business Analyst, consultant, and technologist; and the principal analyst behind AmerAZ – Biz Evolved (ABE), his rebranded consulting practice. AmerAz merges “America” and “Arizona,” while “Biz Evolved” reflects using Power Platform and data‑driven, technology‑enabled environments to help organizations evolve and grow. The acronym ABE also signifies “truth,” emphasizing his belief that successful projects depend on accurate, honest and complete information.

A Canyon del Oro High School graduate, Dan spent 20 years in Silicon Valley across utilities, banking, real‑estate services, legal operations, higher education, and national labs before traveling the world for five years and returning to Tucson. He is a deep researcher who uncovers overlooked process efficiencies and builds user‑ and system‑based stories that become precise use cases and automated test scripts ensuring project success.