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.
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.
Davor Hrg
Davor Hrg is a programmer with 12 years of experience in software development in the field of information and telecommunication technologies.
Davor was employed at Iskon Internet, Tramot Ltd., Alterbox Ltd., Argonaut Ltd. and Optima Telekom. By mere chance he takes a position at Inland Navigation Development Centre Ltd., where he gets interested in ICT utilization for the inland waterway sector, together with Damir Obad and Vedran Bolfek. The three are “guilty” of RIS implementation on the Danube in Croatia. The quality and innovation of their work was recognized in Europe as well, resulting in RIS implementation projects in Slovakia, Serbia, France and Bulgaria.
The projects where Davor was involved include: data exchange via AIS network, ERI web interface, CGI administrative interface for Linux on the Blackfin platform, multiple PHP backend administrative interfaces, NtS web service, web service for the CB-RIS project (electronic data exchange interface), internal CRM solution at Optima Telekom. He demonstrates extensive experience in the following development tools and programming languages: Java J2SE and Java development tools, Java J2EE (EJB3), Tapestry web framework, PHP, Javascript/CSS, MYSQL, ORACLE, .NET (J# and C#), FLASH-Actionscript, Unix/Linux, Windows systems (95,98,NT, 2000, XP), Borland-Delphi, CGI.
Davor was actively involved in the implementation of an EU project, PLATINA, acting as IT expert for RIS related activities, as well as web development of four RIS /IWT reference websites.
He is an active member of NtS and ERI expert groups.
Apart from having knife sharpening as a hobby, he is a very good goal keeper
Davor Hrg is a programmer with 23 years of experience in software development in the field of information and telecommunication technologies.
Davor was employed at Iskon Internet, Tramot Ltd., Alterbox Ltd., Argonaut Ltd. and Optima Telekom. By mere chance he takes a position at Inland Navigation Development Centre Ltd., where he gets interested in ICT utilization for the inland waterway sector, together with Damir Obad and Vedran Bolfek. The three are “guilty” of RIS implementation on the Danube in Croatia. The quality and innovation of their work was recognized in Europe as well, resulting in RIS implementation projects in Slovakia, Serbia, France and Bulgaria.
The projects where Davor was involved include: data exchange via AIS network, ERI web interface, CGI administrative interface for Linux on the Blackfin platform, multiple PHP backend administrative interfaces, NtS web service, web service for the CB-RIS project (electronic data exchange interface), internal CRM solution at Optima Telekom. He demonstrates extensive experience in the following development tools and programming languages: Java J2SE and Java development tools, Java J2EE (EJB3), Tapestry web framework, PHP, Javascript/CSS, WEBGL, MYSQL, ORACLE, .NET (J# and C#), FLASH-Actionscript, Unix/Linux, Windows systems (95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, 7, 8), Borland-Delphi, CGI.
Davor was actively involved in the implementation of an EU project, PLATINA, acting as IT expert for RIS related activities, as well as web development of four RIS /IWT reference websites. He is an active member of NtS and ERI expert groups.
Apart from having knife sharpening as a hobby, he is recreationally training Taekwondo.
