Dario Matika was born in 1961 in Pula, Croatia. An expert in marine arms, a brigadier and a PhD holder, a professor at the Croatian Military University in Zagreb. A former managing director of the Institute for Research and Development of Defence Systems in the Croatian Ministry of Defence. He took part in many international symposiums and has published about 100 research papers. A co-author of the textbook Vojska i javnostand books Sustavi digitalnog upravljanja, Turizam i sigurnost.