Bart van Aalst is a skilled data engineer currently employed at Adyen since January 2024, where the focus is on delivering end-to-end payment capabilities and data-driven insights for businesses. Previously, Bart worked at IKEA as a machine learning engineer, contributing to global fulfilment and logistics operations. Bart has extensive experience at BigData Republic, serving in various capacities including senior machine learning engineer and machine learning engineer, for clients such as Ahold Delhaize and ProRail, where significant projects involved developing predictive models and data quality management. Bart's journey in data science began at Air France-KLM, backed by a Master of Science in Business Analytics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, along with additional studies in the same field.