Blake Skinner
Verified Expert in Engineering
SharePoint Developer
Phenix City, AL, United States
Toptal member since November 12, 2025
Blake is a SharePoint and Microsoft Power Platform consultant with over 16 years of experience, specializing in enterprise migrations and Nintex modernization. He has led numerous on-premises SharePoint migrations to Office 365 using ShareGate and Metalogix. Blake has a strong background in migrating Nintex forms and workflows to Office 365 and Microsoft Power Automate, with additional experience in SharePoint Framework (SPFx), Azure PaaS, and federal compliance.
Portfolio
Experience
- SharePoint Online - 10 years
- ShareGate - 10 years
- Nintex - 10 years
- Microsoft Power Platform - 10 years
- PnP PowerShell - 10 years
- SharePoint Framework (SPFx) - 10 years
- Microsoft Migration Manager - 8 years
- Metalogix - 5 years
Preferred Environment
Visual Studio, ShareGate, Metalogix, Nintex, Microsoft Power Platform, Azure, PnP PowerShell, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Azure DevOps, Git
The most amazing...
...project I've led is a zero-downtime migration of 50 TB from SharePoint 2013 to Office 365, modernizing 200+ Nintex workflows to Power Automate.
Work Experience
SharePoint Architect
SharpCove
- Led 15+ SharePoint on-premises to Office 365 migrations using ShareGate and Metalogix, successfully migrating over 50 TB of data with zero data loss for federal agencies and Fortune 500 organizations.
- Migrated and modernized 200+ legacy Nintex forms and workflows from on-premises to Nintex for Office 365 and Power Automate, achieving 100% functional parity with improved performance.
- Architected FedRAMP-compliant SharePoint solutions for USDA, DCMA, and USCG, implementing Azure Active Directory authentication and RBAC controls serving 50,000+ federal employees.
- Developed a PowerShell automation framework for migration assessments, reducing pre-migration analysis time by 75% through automated inventory of Nintex forms, list validation, and site structure exports.
- Built 25+ custom SPFx web parts and extensions integrating SharePoint Online with Dynamics CRM and Microsoft Dataverse via REST APIs, enabling real-time data synchronization for enterprise applications.
- Established a Power Platform center of excellence (CoE) framework implementing governance policies, ALM processes, and automated monitoring that reduced rogue app development by 85% and improved compliance across 500+ apps.
- Converted 150+ legacy SharePoint Designer and Nintex workflows to Power Automate flows, eliminating technical debt and reducing manual processing time by 60% across HR and finance departments.
- Managed distributed development teams of 8-12 onshore and offshore resources across multiple time zones, delivering enterprise SharePoint projects on time and under budget.
- Designed Azure Logic Apps and custom connectors for automated document routing between SharePoint, Dynamics CRM, and DocuSign, processing 10,000+ documents monthly with a 99.9% success rate and zero manual intervention.
- Served as technical lead on one of the world's largest SharePoint implementations, architecting solutions for 15 site collections supporting 50,000+ users with 99.95% uptime and sub-2-second page load times.
Experience
Nintex Forms Migration Solution
Federal Agency SharePoint Migration
Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE)
SPFx Custom Solutions for Dynamics Integration
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
Columbus State University - Columbus, GA, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems
Auburn University - Auburn, AL, USA
Certifications
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
Microsoft
MCSA: Web Applications
Microsoft
Skills
Libraries/APIs
REST APIs
Tools
ShareGate, Nintex, Microsoft Migration Manager, Microsoft Power Apps, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Visual Studio, Nintex Forms, Azure Logic Apps, Git, Azure Active Directory B2C (ADB2C), Terraform
Frameworks
Windows PowerShell, SharePoint Framework (SPFx), ASP.NET MVC
Platforms
Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Copilot Studio, SharePoint, SharePoint 365, Azure, Microsoft Power Automate
Paradigms
Azure DevOps, Role-based Access Control (RBAC), REST, App Development, Server Side/Client Side Object Model (SharePoint)
Storage
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Azure Active Directory, Azure Cloud Services, Azure Storage, Azure SQL
Languages
SQL, TypeScript, HTML5, C#, CSS3, JavaScript
Other
Metalogix, PnP PowerShell, SharePoint Online, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Migration, Microsoft 365, ShareGate Migration, Azure Cloud Security, Information Systems, Software Deployment, Software Development, SharePoint Migration, Nintex Forms Migration & Modernization, Nintex Workflow Migration, Metalogix Content Matrix, Office 365, Microsoft Dataverse, Dynamics CRM 365, Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer .NET 4.5 Web Applications Developer, Web Services, Web Applications, Web Application Design, framwork 4.5, Web Administration, Computer Science
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