I am a developer, and passionate about technology in all kind. That's why I
worked on several development areas in the past, and
still exploring other technologies and frameworks that
catch my interest. Besides engineering, I am interested
in design and art. I like building things with small and
dynamic teams. Working in startup environment keeps
me motivated!
Nikola Ilic is an officially Business Intelligence Developer, focusing on Microsoft Data Platform technologies, especially Power BI - but “off the record” he is a data fanatic, interested in everything related to extracting meaningful information from the raw data.
Nikola is self-proclaimed "Data-Mozart". As he lives in the wonderful city of Salzburg, Austria, which is well-known as the birthplace of W.A.Mozart, he was brave enough to use the composer's last name as part of his nickname. That'
... mores why Nikola's professional motto is: "Make Music from your Data!"
Coming from the business environment, Nikola holds a Bachelor’s degree in both Communicology and Computer Science. He is regularly blogging on data-mozart.com and speaking at global data conferences.
Nikola is also a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and a certified Data Analyst.
Currently an IT leader in Denver Colorado's FinTech sector Russ has focused on
database engineering, modelling, administration, and BI since 1997. Russ is a passionate trainer and community volunteer presenting regularly
at tech events and local user groups around the US. In 2019 much of Russ' focus turned to cloud based data lakes specifically on Google BigQuery, and the emerging world of large language models.
Gerald Britton is a Pluralsight author and expert on Python programming practices and Microsoft SQL Server development and administration. A multiple-year of the Microsoft MVP award, Gerald has led introductory classes in Python and SQL for industry-sponsored events at Ryerson University, Toronto and the University of Toronto (his alma mater).
Lucian is passionate about learning new concepts and sharing knowledge. He has over 15 years of software development experience and over 5 years of experience in academic teaching. His focus is on database development, PL/SQL programming and performance tuning. He enjoys teaching and mentoring others so they can upgrade their skills and be successful.
Dayo is a Technology Specialist with expertise in Cloud Data Solutions, Artificial intelligence, and Web Development. Dayo has traveled around the United States delivering workshops on technical services in the workplace, in over 35 states, as well as Europe. The audience for these workshops varies from Database Administrators to Software Developers. Ifedayo holds several certifications in Azure, such as: Azure Data Engineer, Azure Data Scientist, Azure AI Engineer, Google Cloud Fundamentals and
... more AWS Solutions Architect. Dayo enjoys giving presentations on technology solutions related to real-world activities.
Mo is a tech educator and solutions provider who has helped some of the biggest brands to make technology engaging and relevant. With a passion for breaking down complex concepts, he delivers training and AI solutions that drive real results. Making tech practical is his mission!
Software Engineer by day, Pluralsight author by night, Bogdan likes to experiment with cutting-edge technologies and teach about them. His favorite talking subjects are streaming data, event-driven architectures, distributed systems, and cloud technologies.
He has several years of experience “cooking” software with JVM based languages, some flavors of web technologies, and garnishing with automated testing.
He holds a BS in Robotics where he spent countless hours programming microcontrollers an
... mored IoT devices and of course, building robots. There, he discovered his passion, designing, and coding complex systems so he pursued his dream and became a self-taught programmer.
Daniel Stern is a coder, web developer and programming enthusiast from Toronto, Ontario, where he works as a freelance developer and designer.
Daniel has been working with web technologies since the days of the dial-up, and is especially keen on JavaScript, CSS, Angular, React and TypeScript. Over the course of his work as an open-source developer, he's created many community-standards web tools including Angular Audio and Range.CSS. His tool, Range.CSS, was featured in a guest article on CSS-T
... morericks.com and in CSS Weekly.
Daniel also shares his knowledge through speaking, such as in London, England at Full Stack Conf 2014 where he presented a talk on Web Audio and Angular best practices. Videos of Daniel speaking have been featured in such publications as JavaScript Weekly.
Daniel lives in Toronto, Ontario and enjoys making electronic music and reading Game of Thrones during the rare times when he isn't writing code.