American Databricks arrives in Belgrade - new Research and Development center will be led by Dragan Tomić

American Databricks arrives in Belgrade - new Research and Development center will be led by Dragan Tomić

Author: BIT

We are pleased to inform you that one of the founders of the Belgrade Institute of Technology - Dragan Tomić - will lead the new Databricks development center in Belgrade. 

After 25 years of a great career, including the position of general director of the Microsoft development center in Belgrade, Dragan Tomić takes over the position of VP of Engineering, in charge of launching the Databricks development center in Belgrade. 

Databricks is a Data and AI company founded in 2013 by the inventors of Apache Spark, gathered around a project at the University of California, Berkeley. Founded and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Databricks has become one of the leading companies in the field of data analysis, artificial intelligence and processing of Big Data sets. 

As a leading Data and AI company, Data Bricks has taken over $3 billion in investments so far, and the latest valuation is a whopping $30 billion. Data Bricks clients include renowned companies such as Rivian, Sega, Shell, Adobe, Cisco, Dell and Panasonic. 

One thing is certain, that this venture of Dragan Tomić will continue the series of great things he has successfully done in Serbia and thus significantly influence the further development of the domestic industry and the maintenance of its good image in the world IT community.

 

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