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