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About the author of this bocce project/website
ZIJO SARIC
He was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina and has lived in Seattle, United States, since 1995. As a young man, he played many sports, including bocce, which he has been playing for almost 40 years. In bocce, he was involved as a player, coach/instructor, referee, organizer, and official.
Zijo established the first bocce sport club in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1984 and later many other clubs across the country. Together with a group of sports enthusiasts, he established the Bocce Sport Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1988.
Sports Engagements, Duties, and Achievements:
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World Bocce Federation Continental Delegate for North America, 2002-2006, |
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President of Bocce Sport Federation of Yugoslavia, 1991-1992, |
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President of the Bocce Sport Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1988-1995, |
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Representative of the Bocce Federation of Yugoslavia at World’s Bocce Federation Congress held in Gap, France, 1991, |
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Director on the Board of Directors of the United States Bocce Federation, 2001-2004, |
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Founder and President of the Seattle Bocce Club, the first bocce club in Washington State, |
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Founder and President of the Bocce Club “Sarajevo 84”, 1984-1990, |
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Founder and President of the Bocce Club “Bosna”, 1991-1995, |
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Member of Presidency of the Sports Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1992-1995, |
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Yugoslavia national bocce team player in the World Bocce Championship in France in 1991, |
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Bosnia-Herzegovina national bocce team player in the European Bocce Championship in Croatia in 1994, |
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Manifold national bocce champion of Bosnia-Herzegovina in a team and single competition, |
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National bocce record holder in the precious throwing, |
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Player in a number of international tournaments, |
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Player in two United States Bocce Championships, |
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Bocce sport coach-instructor after completion of the First Yugoslavian Bocce School in Pazin, Croatia in 1985, |
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Bocce referee of the federation rank, |
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Founder and organizer of the First Bocce School in Bosnia-Herzegovina in Sarajevo, |
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Organizer of a number of local, regional, national competitions, and international bocce tournaments, |
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Designer and constructor of the “Central Sarajevo Bocce Facility” and many other bocce courts, |
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Sports journalist, contributing to Sarajevo’s newspaper “Oslobodjenje”, Radio “Zid”, |
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Editor-in-chief of the sports magazine “BH Sport”, |
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Member of the Association of journalists of Bosnia-Herzegovina, |
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Author of the first promotional TV bocce sport movie in Bosnia-Herzegovina, |
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Publisher of the bocce rules and regulations booklet “International Technical Regulations” for the area of Yugoslavia in 1991, |
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Author of the website seattlebocce.com, one of the largest bocce websites in the world in 2001, |
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Publisher of the bocce “International Technical Rules – English Edition” 2022 and 2024. |
Professional Career Background:
Co-founder of Active Web International, a high-tech company in Seattle, WA, with Microsoft as a major client,
Founder and Chief Computer Technology Engineer of the Seattle Computer Services, in Seattle, WA, a computer consulting company specializing in the service and support of businesses, professionals, and home computing needs throughout the Seattle Metropolitan Area,
Sr. Systems Engineer / Systems Administrator / Project Manager in a high-availability production environment for more than 25 years,
Architected, engineered, and led the most complex technological projects for companies in information technology, telecommunications, education, real estate, and banking industries, including Casey Family Programs – 2 billion non-profit private foundation, the largest foster care and child welfare organization in the United States.
Educational Background:
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Master of Science in Project Management, |
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Degrees in Computer Systems Technology and Telecommunications Engineering, |
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Bachelor of Law, |
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Multiple professional certificates: |
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MCITP - Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator, |
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MCITP - Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator, |
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MCITP - Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Support, |
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MCTS - Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: System Center Operations Manager, |
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MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional: Windows Operating System, |
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PMP - Project Management Professional |
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ITIL v3 – Information Technology Infrastructure Library |
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MOF – Microsoft Operations Framework |
Awards:
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League of Innovation in Colleges: Innovation of the Year 2000 Award |
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For successful completion of breakthrough Internet 2 (PNW GigaPop) University of Washington/Seattle Colleges partnership project. |
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