Nikola Ilic

Nikola Ilic

Founder at Data Mozart

Nikola Ilic is the Founder of Data Mozart, a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, and a Microsoft Certified Trainer specializing in Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and modern analytics architecture. He has extensive experience in data analysis, data modeling, and building scalable semantic models across industries including banking, insurance, retail, and online services.

Nikola is an O’Reilly and Pluralsight author, as well as a frequent community speaker, known for translating complex analytics concepts into practical, real-world patterns. His work focuses on helping organizations build high-performance, governed analytics solutions that balance flexibility, accuracy, and usability.

Sessions
Academy: Power BI to AI: Building Agentic and Conversational Analytics with Fabric IQ
Saturday, October 10 • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT
The Ultimate Fabric "NO ETL" Showdown: Shortcuts vs Mirroring vs Copy Job
Monday, October 12 • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CT
50 Shades of Direct Lake
Tuesday, October 13 • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CT