About

Welcome to my Business Intelligence blog:

This is a blog dedicated to Microsoft SQL Server technology,  Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Platform.

About author:

Mladen has been working on implementing Business Intelligence and Reporting solutions for more than 13 years now and as a full stack BI Developer and a big Microsoft BI fan, he has been through all Microsoft BI and data analytics platform journey since version of SQL server 2000 and to the most recent version and all its services as well as all other related and complementary Microsoft technologies. His expertise goes beyond all traditional and the latest Azure technologies to some like .NET development, portal solutions (SharePoint), infrastractural experience (Active Directory, Networks, Servers, MS Exchange Server, Network). As an versatile developer and consultant, he also possesses the greatest and the latest Microsoft Certifications.

His memory goes back to good old days and when Microsoft Data Platform evolution really started with the moments like: Ancient SQL 2000 gets replaced by SQL 2005 with full and rich Microsoft BI stack. As a reporting platform, there was SQL Reporting Services, then Microsoft Scorecard Manager 2005, then Performance Point Server, then Performance Point integrated within SharePoint, then BI addons came out (Power Pivot, Power Query, Power View), and then Power BI came in and grew on its own as a serious data visualization platform. In the same time traditional BI evolved to Cloud Azure platform with full range of services and while analytical SQL Server Analysis Services got his companion Tabular Model with rich data modeling options as well as new DAX language which enriches many flexibility of the older brother MDX. 

Mladen currently works as a Data Analytics Consultant and Sr. Business Intelligence Developer at Dimensional Strategies Inc. based in Canada and still enjoys his BI journey working with many clients in North America.
As a passionate data and analytics professional, there is no barrier for him in the data world and and just to name a few here are some industries that he went through: Finance, Banking, Sales, Marketing, Pharmaceutical, Realty, Manufacturing...