Matija Lah Author

Christian Cote is an IT professional with more than 15 years of experience working on data warehouse, big data, and business intelligence projects. Christian has developed expertise in data warehousing and data lakes over the years and has designed many ETL/BI processes using a range of tools on multiple platforms. He's presented at several conferences and code camps. He currently co-leads the SQL Server PASS chapter. He is also a Microsoft Data Platform Most Valuable Professional (MVP). Matija Lah has more than 18 years of experience working with Microsoft SQL Server, mostly from architecting data-centric solutions in the legal domain. His contributions to the SQL Server community have led to him being awarded the Microsoft MVP award (Data Platform) between 2007 and 2017/2018. He spends most of his time on projects involving advanced information management and natural language processing, but often finds time to speak at events related to Microsoft SQL Server where he loves to share his experience with the SQL Server platform. Madina Saitakhmetova is a developer specializing in BI. She has been in IT for 15 years, working with Microsoft SQL, .NET, Microsoft BI, Azure, and building BI solutions for medical, educational, and engineering companies. Her adventure with Microsoft BI began with Analysis Services and SSIS, and in later years she has been building her expertise in ETL/ELT, both on-premises and in the cloud. Finding patterns, automating processes, and making BI teams work more efficiently are challenges that drive her. During the past few years, BIML has become an important part of her work, increasing its efficiency and quality.