Damir Obad

Damir Obad, M.Sc. in electrical engineering and computing. Having 10 years of professional experience and spearheading Inland Navigation Development Centre Ltd. for the largest part of career, Damir becomes CEO at RGO Communications Ltd. in 2012. He is currently occupying the position of the Chief Technology Officer.

Having initiated the CroRIS project in 2003, Damir may easily be considered a RIS pioneer in Croatia. The project was financed by the Ministry of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure and the intention was to have the RIS implementation synchronized with EU developments in order to provide a standardized and harmonized CroRIS system which would be in line with the EU transport policy. After the project was successfully carried out on the Croatian Danube section, business ventures spread to Europe. Damir’s professional background includes RIS standardization, IT system design, elaboration of technical specifications, implementation and integration of extensive information and telecommunication systems. Within the key expert role, he was involved in RIS implementation in Slovakia, design and integration of the Slovak AIS network (Automatic Identification System). He was also involved in RIS implementation on the Seine River in France as the key expert for system specification, system design and AIS network implementation. Within the scope of the RIS implementation in the Republic of Serbia, Damir was the team leader in charge of implementation of Blade server as well as Lock Management System at Đerdap. Carrying the role of the AIS expert, Damir was in charge of equipment procurement, AIS implementation and integration within RIS implementation in Bulgaria. Within the scope of the Slovak AIS system upgrade, as a team leader, he was responsible for the integration of the radar system as well as the Gabčikovo Lock Management System in the AIS system.

Having the IT expertise, Damir was involved in implementation of numerous EU funded projects: COMPRIS, CB-RIS, Adriatic3S, IRIS Europe, IRIS Europe II. He is a member of numerous European expert groups: Inland ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display Information System), NtS (Notices to Skippers), ERI (Electronic Reporting International), as well as a member of the Negotiating Team for the Accession of the Republic of Croatia (transport). 

In his free time, he does free climbing, plays football, badminton and the good old Olympic discipline, Call of Duty.