This page is your window into how Smartex is evolving. As we design and build the Executive Information System, learn new skills, and hone existing expertise, we’ll share key milestones, new features, and changes here.
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This section highlights the current focus for Smartex – the work in motion that moves the Executive Information System closer to a production-ready platform. As new initiatives begin, we’ll surface them here.
From: November 2025 - To: December 2025
Vince will be polishing his process mapping and continuous improvement skills by studying Lean Six Sigma at Master Black Belt level, so that he can bring a powerful performance improvement toolkit into the Smartex ecosystem for clients, and then... It's on with the build!
Watch this space...
From: November 2025 - To: November 2025
From: November 2025 - To: November 2025
A big milestone was achieved in this time as 'Team Smartex' managed to successfully link the website to the back-end! Now we can capture your enquiries as you take some time to explore the Smartex website… Almost time to go live. Feeling trepidatious... We're looking forward to meeting you all and working with you!
From: November 2025 - To: November 2025
With his new found knowledge, a basic Power Pages website was created, and then began the awesome relationship with ChatGPT - AKA "Smartypus"… and so now you can see what Vince and Smartypus have developed (alone) in this website! An amazing achievement in itself, considering that Vince had zero web-design knowledge before this time. (Thank you Smartypus).
A short history of how Smartex came to life – the learning journey, experiments, and decisions that shaped the current vision.
From: August 2025 - To: August 2025
Vince set on his way to study how to use the Microsoft Power Platform products so that he knew what the hell ChatGPT was talking about when using words like "schema" and "Boolean" etc… (plus many others!)… Around Mid-August, Vince knew some stuff! And took the Microsoft PL-900 Power Platform Fundamentals mock exam, and passed twice with 74% and 76%. Hooray!
From: June 2025 - To: June 2025
Vince got thoroughly confused by what ChatGPT was telling him, whilst guiding Vince through the technical bits of completely designing a new EIS from scratch… A lot of exploring was going on as Vince was getting to grips on how the modern IT systems worked, and becoming very confused with all the terminology, so he put his pencil down, took off his thinking cap and went to study the Microsoft Power Platform of products...
From: May 2025 - To: May 2025
Vince left his last employer to start up Smartex…