Darko Etinger, PhD, is a Full Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Informatics at Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia. His academic, research, and leadership work focuses on digital transformation, business process management, advanced process analysis, and the application of artificial intelligence in technical and business systems. He contributes to national and international research and development projects, including EU-funded initiatives such as the European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) Adria and IPCEI-CIS in collaboration with Infobip. He initiated Croatia’s first accredited, fully online undergraduate and graduate degree programmes in Informatics and contributed to the development of the accredited Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence programme. Professor Etinger serves as Advisor to the Rector for Artificial Intelligence and Digitalisation, with responsibility for developing and implementing the University’s digital transformation strategy. He is a member of the national working group for CARNET’s e-University project and a key contributor to the establishment of the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence, a joint initiative of the University of Pula and CARNET. He is also a member of the Croatian Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the Croatian Operational Research Society (CRORS).