Nikola Ilic

Co-Founder

Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria16 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Microsoft Data Platform MVP with extensive industry experience.
Founder of Data Mozart, focusing on data platform training.
Published author on data engineering and business intelligence.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Engineering and Business Intelligence expert in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Data EngineeringData ArchitectureData AnalysisData ModelingData IntegrationData ManagementBusiness Intelligence (bi)

Other Skills

Microsoft FabricMicrosoft Power BIData WarehousingDP-600PL-300Microsoft SQL ServerSynapseTechnical WritingAnalytical SkillsTrainingTechnical TrainingContent DevelopmentContent StrategyPower BISQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)

About

I'm making music from the data! #PowerBI, #SQL and #data addict. Passionate about Data Analysis, Data Modeling, and extracting knowledge from raw data. Extensive experience across various businesses (banking, insurance, online gaming, retail), combined with broad IT knowledge. Curious by nature, always eager to learn the latest technologies and tools as well as work with talented people. Blogger @ https://data-mozart.com, speaker, Data Engineering, and Business Intelligence enthusiast, interested in mining useful information from structured and less structured data. True football/soccer and Barca fan! Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Pluralsight author.

Experience

16 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Ilink digital

Principal Architect - Microsoft Fabric

Oct 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Europe · Remote

Microsoft FabricData EngineeringMicrosoft Power BIData ArchitectureData Warehousing

O'reilly

Instructor & Author

Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Remote

Microsoft FabricMicrosoft Power BIData AnalysisData ModelingData ArchitectureDP-600+1

Data mozart

Founder @DataMozart - Data Platform Training

Mar 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 2 mos · Remote

Data IntegrationMicrosoft SQL ServerSynapseTechnical WritingAnalytical SkillsData Warehousing+8

Avanade

Manager Analytics

Oct 2021 – Mar 2022 · 5 mos · Salzburg, Österreich

Data IntegrationData ArchitectureSynapseAnalytical SkillsPower BIData Management+2

Pluralsight

Pluralsight Author

Oct 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

TrainingTechnical Training

Itsp services gmbh

Business Intelligence Developer

Sep 2016 – Oct 2021 · 5 yrs 1 mo · Salzburg

Working with complete MS BI stack (SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, Power BI) in a highly complex environment (millions of transactions on daily basis)
Developing various business reports for all departments within the company
Creating ETL/ELT processes by gathering data from different sources, transforming it, and populating Data Warehouse
Optimizing queries and writing stored procedures for best database performance
Data Modeling and Integration
Advanced Analytics with interactive dashboards (Power BI & DAX)

Data IntegrationMicrosoft SQL ServerAnalytical SkillsSQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)Data ManagementMicrosoft Power BI+2

Ticketmaster/bakson ltd

Oracle Database Developer

Apr 2016 – Sep 2016 · 5 mos · Belgrade

Working with Oracle 11g database in high volume and complex OLTP system for the largest online ticketing system in the world
Writing complex queries, stored procedures and functions in PL/SQL
Creating ETL processes (data extraction, transformation and loading into the database)
Working with MicroStrategy Developer tool for creating complex business reports
Creating various objects for Business Intelligence solutions (dimensions, metrics, attributes, filters)
Agile development using Scrum methodology

Data modeling

Axa serbia

SQL & Business Intelligence Developer

Aug 2015 – Apr 2016 · 8 mos · Belgrade

Working with MS SQL Server 2008R2 and MS SQL Server 2012 in rapidly growing and fast changing business environment
Writing complex queries, stored procedures, UDF-s and finetuning database performance
Involved in creating ETL processes and datawarehousing
Using complete MS SQL Server BI stack (SSAS, SSIS, SSRS) to fulfill various business requirements
Creating OLAP cubes and preparing diverse reports for all business departments within the company

Data modeling

Postal savings bank belgrade

3 roles

Senior Assistant in Chargeback Unit

Promoted

Oct 2013 – Aug 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos

Responsiible for analysing chargebacks regarding different kind of situations;
Analysis of daily, monthly and quarterly reports generated by processor company, data elaboration and preparing internal reports for Department;
Analysis of individual chargeback cases and acting according to Operating rules of international credit card systems;
Involved in creating internal procedures and rules regarding all kind of client's chargebacks

Data IntegrationSQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)Data modeling

Senior Associate in Risk Control and Fraud Prevention Unit

Jan 2006 – Oct 2013 · 7 yrs 9 mos

Responsible for analysis of suspicious transactions, unusual cardholder's “behaviour” in using credit cards;
Involved in creating internal procedures and rules for defining steps in case of fraudulent transactions;
Part of the team for creating educational materials for representatives of law enforcement and police; * Communication with representatives of international credit card companies (Visa, MasterCard), other banks and clients;
Analysis of daily, monthly and quarterly reports, generated by vendor, data extraction and preparing internal reports for Department;
Involved in defining parameters for analysing cardholder's “behaviour”;
Active participation in Forum for Fraud Prevention in Serbian Chamber of Commerce

Senior Assistant in Payment Cards Issuing Unit

May 2005 – Jan 2006 · 8 mos

Main activities and responsibilities:
Responsible for records of new credit cards applications;
Responsible for credit cards retained in ATMs – analysis of reasons for retaining, communication with clients and other banks regarding these issues