Nikola Ilic is an independent data platform consultant and trainer for the consulting firm Data Mozart, focusing on Microsoft data platform technologies, and especially Power BI. He has worked in data and business intelligence since 2015, including roles as an SQL and business intelligence developer for AXA Serbia, Oracle database developer for Ticketmaster and a manager of analytics for Avanade.

Ilic is a data fanatic, interested in everything related to extracting meaningful information from the raw data. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communicology and computer science from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Sciences. Ilic also regularly speaks at global data conferences and is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, a Microsoft certified trainer and a Pluralsight author.