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INTERVIEW
In Canada for ten years many islands, we used a combination our logic is that every employee may
we apply a combination of 3G and satellite modems to send propose an investment project. This is
of voting at the polling the results from the polling places to followed by a sequence of procedures,
place by voting through the central location for processing of research, preparation of prototypes,
the Internet or by votes. Overall, the project was suc- until an idea is transferred to the reg-
phone. In USA there are cessful, however a lot of logistics was ular development process or until it is
frequent combinations required. We conduct the elections in rejected.
of voting by mail, at Mongolia since 2012, on several occa-
the polling places, and sions. The next elections are in June One should have in mind that to-
lately also through the this year when our technology will be day it is not enough to innovate only
Internet for the citizens used again. In this case we have sig- in the field of development of applica-
who are not in the nificantly less voters with the right to tions or electronics. It takes products
country at the moment vote, however the greatest challenge is that are easy to use, and we make it so
of voting. In order to the size of Mongolia The fact that the important for a simple reason that the
achieve greater turnout, elections in Mongolia have been orga- voting machines use all structures of
the voting lasts several nized several times with the applica- citizens. Simply everyone has the right
days tion of our technology, speaks in favor to vote. Therefore we have a special
of the trust that a young democracy group within the company that deals
such as Mongolia gained in our prod- with the experiences of the voters and
ucts, technology, as well as in the ad- which performs researches on the ba-
ditional services that we provide. sis of prototypes and determines how
easy it is to use something.
What is important in this entire What is specifically the work of
story is that the latest technology is your company’s office in Belgrade?
being used. This requires innovations.
How much do you invest in the re- Mr. Obradovic: Belgrade’s office of
quired research? Dominion Voting exists since January
2005. At the beginning we gathered a
Mr. Obradovic: I think that today small team of engineers for develop-
everyone understands that sustain- ment of applications. Today it is a team
able progress is not possible without of 50 engineers that work on the devel-
investments in innovations and ef- opment of new products. The products
ficient processes. Our development such as Democracy Suit Election Man-
team comprises of more than 25% of agement System, ImageCast Evolution
the total number of employees in the and ImageCast X are completely devel-
company. We have three development oped in Belgrade.
centers, Toronto, Denver and Belgrade.
We are the only company in this sec- In Belgrade, same as in the region,
tor that has its own team for develop- it was not difficult to find quality ex-
ment of voting devices, and not only perts. Some of them now work for
for applications and for software. The our company in Toronto. Considering
other companies engage other firms the distance from our target markets,
that perform development of electron- sometimes it was difficult to realize
ics, mechanics and embedded software some of the specific demands of the
for their needs. In this manner, our market or the process of certification
investments in innovations are im- of the devices for special markets.
portant, however this leads to a better Still, by sending people from here to
price of the final products, as well as attend trainings, or by bringing here
better quality control. Within the com- our employees from USA and Canada
pany we have a special working group we have always managed to overcome
that will deal with analysis and moni- the distance problem, the time zones
toring of the implementation of the and the non-familiarization of a spe-
innovations in the company. Namely, cific field such as the voting.
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