Ivan Maric

Director on DANTE’s Board and Deputy Director of University Computing Centre – SRCE, University of Zagreb

Ivan Maric is a Deputy Director and CTO of University Computing Centre – SRCE, University of Zagreb. He received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from University of Zagreb in 1990. He is a prominent member of the team which initiated experimental implementations of the Internet in Croatia in 1990 and 1991 by establishing and constructing the academic computer network CARNet. Since the beginning of the 90s he has been the leader in the construction of the CARNet network and implementation of the latest information and communication technologies. Ivan Maric represents CARNet in the GÉANT NREN Policy Committee. From December 2004, he is a member of the GÉANT2 Executive Committee. Since 2005 Ivan Maric was actively involved in international connection of CRO-GRID project with EU FP6 project Enabling Grid for E-sciencE (EGEE II). Currently he acts as CRO-GRID Joint Research Unite representative in EGEE II project. In November 2006 he was appointed as official Croatian e-IRG delegate.