Background
Obsitnik, Vincent was born in 1938 in Moravany, Slovakia.
Obsitnik, Vincent was born in 1938 in Moravany, Slovakia.
Graduate with honors, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1959. Master of Business Administration in Finance, American University, Washington. Attended, International Business Machines Corporation Advanced Management School, Sands Point, Long Island.
Attended, International Business Machines Corporation Advanced Management School, La Hulpe, Belgium. Attended Unisys executive program, University Pennsylvania Wharton School, Philadelphia.
Prior to his current appointment, Ambassador Obsitnik was appointed in 2006 by President George West. Bush to the United States. Presidential Delegation to the Commemoration of the 65th Anniversary of the Tragedy in Babyn Yar in Ukraine. In 2005, he was appointed by President George West. Bush to the United States. Presidential Delegation for the Austrian State Treaty Anniversary. The purpose of the Commission is to be concerned about the cultural heritage of Americans from Central and Eastern Europe.
Ambassador Obsitnik worked to bring international attention to the plight of the 17th and 18th century Greek Catholic wooden churches of Slovakia and, through his leadership, two of the most endangered churches have been restored.
Ambassador Obsitnik has had corporate executive careers with the International Business Machines Corporation, Unisys and Litton Corporations. At Unisys Corporation, as President of the Systems Development Division, he led a $600 million business with 3000 employees marketing and developing advanced electronic and computing systems
At Litton Corporation, he was Vice President, International and directed business expansion into the European and Latin American markets. In 27 years at the International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, his responsibilities spanned the areas of Marketing, Sales, Manufacturing, Engineering and Program Management.
He spent 8 years with the International Business Machines Corporation World Trade Corporation with manufacturing responsibilities in Europe, Latin America and Asia.
In Latin America, he had overall responsibility for the management of manufacturing plants in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. In Asia, he was responsible for manufacturing logistics of all International Business Machines Corporation operations. Following these careers, Ambassador Obsitnik started and became President of International Investments Incorporated., a consulting company, working in the areas of joint ventures, technology licensing and privatization projects between the United States. and Central Europe.
His father worked as a coal miner in Pennsylvania, after which the family moved to New Jersey, where he grew up.
Upon graduating from Linden High School, in Linden, New Jersey, he received an appointment to the United States. Naval Academy and graduated with the Class of 1959. He then served the next five years as an officer in the United States. Navy, in destroyers and submarines.
Ambassador Obsitnik graduated from the United States. Naval Academy in 1959 with honors. He received his Master of Business Administration in Finance from The American University in Washington, District of Columbia He has also attended the International Business Machines Corporation Advanced Management School, Sands Point, Long Island, New New York The International Business Machines Corporation International Management School in Louisiana Hulpe, Belgium.
And the Unisys Executive Program at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ambassador Obsitnik is fluent in the Slovak language and has an understanding of Russian.
He is a marathon runner and plays tennis and squash.
Appointed member United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, 2001—2006. Appointed member, United States presidential delegate Austrian State Treaty Anniversary, 2005, Commemoration of the 65th Anniversary of the Tragedy in Babyn Yar, Ukraine, 2006.
Married; 4 children.