Personal details:

First name:               Nikica
Last anme:               Bilic
Date of birth:            13th December 1971
Place of birth:           Pula, CROATIA
Nationality:               Croatian

Education:

Elementary school:   Mosa Pijade, Pula1978 - 1986
High school:              Branko Semelic, Pula 1987 - 1990
University:                 University of Naval Architecture, Zagreb
Degree:                     M.Sc.Naval Architect, May 1998

Other qualification:

Languages:              Italian (activ), English (activ)
Music school:            Ivan Matetic Ronjgov, Pula 1982 - 1986
Yacht  Licence:        1996
Rowing sport:           1985 - 1990
Nautical Academy:   1998

Career history:

Uljanik Shipbuilding Computer System (2000 - 2001)
- Software support manager
- Naval architect and yacht designer

- surface defining of ship hulls with CAD/CAM software
- design and project of 35m motoryacht for Heliyachts Internetional
- few preliminary designs for shipyard Heli d.d.
- project of pontoon/travel lift launching device for Heliyacht International
- hull surface development for 35m motoryacht

Shipyard Heli, Heliyacht Internetional (2001 - 2002)
- Chief designer
- Project manager

- redesign of 36m motoryacht
- design of 24m motoryacht
- redesign of 66m motoryacht ''Rosen Cavalier''
- design of internal transportation devices in Heli d.d. shipyard
- refit projects cost calculations
- yacht refit redesign and structural calculations
- refit 24m motor yacht ''Cohete''
- refit 51m motor yacht ''Airwaves''
- refit 15m sailing yacht ''Malf''
- refit 10m trimaran ''Diabolica''
- refit 20m sailing yacht ''Mezzaluna''
- refit 31m motoryacht ''Timeless''
- refit 26m sailing yacht ''Freedom''

Waterline Ltd. - 50% company owner (2003 - 2004)
- Owner/designer

- refit 54m motor yacht ''Seagull II'', complete strip-out, redesign and refit
- refit 11m motor yacht - teak deck
- refit 12m sailing yacht - teack deck

Beta Marine Ltd. - company owner from 2004

- refit 54m motor yacht ''Seagull II'', project documentation subcontractor
- new workboat project 14m (complete documentation and construction supervision)
- refit 15m  fishing boat
- refit 20m sailing yacht
- Internet database website www.croatia-marine.com owner
- 14m firefighting boat concept
- 14m passenger boat concept
- 25m motoryacht concept
- 59m motoryacht concept