Roelant is a globally recognized data expert, speaker, and writer with over 25 years of experience in data management. As a consultant, trainer, developer, software vendor, and corporate decision-maker, he has experienced data management from many angles. His passion for automation and model-driven engineering has been a constant throughout his career.After beginning his career developing BI solutions, he quickly became fascinated by pushing the boundaries of automation, especially in the data integration space. Having led large-scale data projects worldwide, he remains a firm believer that harnessing patterns, automation, and code generation is the key to making data solutions more efficient, manageable, and, most importantly, adaptable.