Radovan Bacovic is a Staff Data Engineer who lives, enjoys, and codes in Novi Sad, Serbia. He has spent around 20 years in the data world, with a profound background in application development at large international companies worldwide, and he stays eager to discover new data technologies in a rapidly changing environment. That long view across both software engineering and data platforms informs how he approaches building pipelines and platforms today.

He is an active member of the broader data community: a member of the Snowflake Squad and the dbt Spotlight program, and a strong advocate for the open source community and the open-core approach. A self-described fervent data geek and aspirational conference speaker, he is delighted to share his extensive experience with a wider audience, in writing and on stage.

When he is not working with data, Radovan is a passionate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.