Meet the people at Ivy Exec who are working hard to elevate your career.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Elena Bajic

Passionate about entrepreneurship and and new ideas, Elena founded Ivy Exec while at Columbia b-school. Elena believes that small teams who are dedicated, driven and united around the same vision are capable of achieving amazing things. That"s why she loves working at Ivy Exec.

Chief Growth Officer

Alex Baranpuria

The greatest mistake one can make in life is to be in continuous fear that you will make one.

Chief People Officer

Sara Farkas

“When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing” ― Bo Schembechler

VP, Marketing and Member Services

Greg Hunt

Greg leads the marketing efforts at Ivy Exec. He’s based out of the NYC office and can be found most weekends watching soccer on the Lower East Side.

VP, Business Development, Market Insights

Sam Lippin

'The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.' ― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Market Insights

Mirjana Ciric

Responsible for Strategic Development, Mirjana develops client relationships and delivers high quality results for Ivy Exec and its partners.

HR & Operations Manager

Sanja Jovanovic

"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin." - Anthony Robbins

Business Development Manager, Market Insights

Stephanie Shang

"Sometimes the future changes quickly and completely, and we're left with only the choice of what to do next. We can choose to be afraid of it, to stand there trembling not moving, assuming the worst that can happen, or we step forward into the unknown and assume it will be brilliant." - Christian Yang

Senior Manager, Business Development - Market Insights

Divya Patel

“When it is obvious that goals can’t be reached, don’t adjust the goals, but adjust the action steps.” - Confucius

Senior Manager, Business Development - Market Insights

Steven Hakim

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." — Winston S. Churchill

Manager, Business Development, Market Insights

Lamia Metwalli

"You didn’t come this far to only come this far."

Associate, Business Development, Market Insights, Consulting Vertical

Nick Rubino

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to reach my destination. - Jimmy Dean

Business Development Associate

Kyle Cissone

"We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down." Kurt Vonnegut

Business Development Associate

Jiyi Jung

"You want to change your life? Change the way you think." - Harvey Specter

Business Development Associate

Justin Haslam

"It's not who you are underneath, but what you do that defines you." - Batman

Client Relationship Associate, Business Development, Market Insights

Violeta Velisavljev

Opportunities don't happen. You create them.

Account Manager, Market Insights

Maja Blagojevic

"Believe you can and you are halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt

Sales Support, Business Development, Market Insights

Miroslav Kiceskulov

"The best thing about the future is it comes one day at a time" - Abraham Lincoln

HEAD OF RESEARCH, Market Insights

Tijana Mirkovic

Tijana oversees the execution of client mandates and research initiatives for Ivy Exec.

Project Manager, Recruitment Marketing, Higher Education

Milica Stankovic

"Comfort is the enemy of achievement." - Farrah Gray

Senior Project Manager & Business Operations, Market Insights

MILOS PAUNOVIC

“I don't want all that much. But I want to be fine. I want to live a simple life with many good moments and a lot of fun.” – Erlend Loe

Team Lead, Market Insights

Marko Pantic

"Don't try." - Charles Bukowski

Team Lead, Research Manager, Market Insights

Djina Nedovic

"I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring." - David Bowie

Team Lead, Market Insights

Bojana Horvat

"Live now, make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again." - Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Team Lead, Market Insights

Milica Skutelis

“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” - Zora Neale

Project Manager, Learning & Development Specialist, Market Insights

Ivana Perovic

Focus on the good & always do your best!

Project Manager, Market Insights

Milica Vojinovic

When people try to rain on your parade, poke them in the eye with your umbrella.

Project Manager, Market Insights

Antonija Sudarevic

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Project Manager, Market Insights

Nikola Jovanovic

"Life begins where fear ends" - Osho

Project Manager, Market Insights

Anna Simonovic

“Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.”

Project Manager, Market Insights

Dejan Milos

“What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know. It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so.” - Mark Twain

Project Manager, Market Insights

Tamara Stancic

“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde

Project Manager, Market Insights

Igor Cipe

"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story." - Orson Welles

Project Manager, Market Insights

Nada Lukic

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts. - Marcus Aurelius

Project Manager, Market Insights

Tamara Pejcinovic

''Surround yourself with people who challenge you, teach you, and push you to be your best self.'' -- Bill Gates

Project Manager, Market Insights

Ivana Samardzic

“I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.” ― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

Project Manager, Market Insights

Nina Gruborovic

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." - Milton Berle

Project Manager, Market Insights

Miomira Zivkovic

Change is the only constant. - Hearclitus

Project Manager, Market Insights

Milutin Beocanin

I don't search, i find. - Madonna

Project Manager, Market Insights

Jovana Djurdjic

Be the glitch you want to see in the matrix.

Project Manager, Market Insights

Valerija Marinkovic

Tables turn, bridges burn, you live and learn. - Drake

Project Manager, Market Insights

Jelena Majkic

Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open. -Sir James Dewar

Project Manager, Market Insights

Selena Susa

What we know matters, but who we are matters more. - Brené Brown.

Project Manager, Market Insights

Katarina Nicic

What we think, we become. - Buddha

Project Manager, Market Insights

Andrijana Milosevic

"So long, and thanks for all the fish." - Douglas Adams

Senior Associate, Market Insights

Milica Jarcevic

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. - Colin R. Davis

Senior Associate, Market Insights

Milena Biga

One day, it will look like it all happened overnight.

Senior Associate, Market Insights

Mihajlo Cukic

There are no mistakes, only opportunities.

Senior Associate, Market Insights

Miriam Federico Dragosavljevic

"Whatever you do, for work or play, do it with passion!" - Monsieur Christian Dior

Senior Associate, Market Insights

Ivana Kazic

"If you don't dare to take a chance, you have already lost."

Senior Associate, Market Insights

Andjela Strikovic

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

Senior Associate, Market Insights

Jelena Jankovic

"We are stars wrapped in skin, The light you are seeking has always been within." ~ Rumi

Senior Associate, Market Insights

Kristina Andric

"The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces." - Will Rogers

Associate, Market Insights

Nina Asanin

"It always seems impossible until it's done." - Nelson Mandela

Associate, Market Insights

Mladen Niksic

“Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.” - Michael Scott

Associate, Market Insights

Jovana Brusin

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Associate, Market Insights

Stefan Djolic

Try not. Do… or do not. There is no try. -Yoda

Associate, Market Insights

Jelena Karadzic

My tastes are simple. I am easily satisfied with the best.

Research Support, Market Insights

MARKO POUČKI

May the Source be with you!

Marketing Project Manager & Member Services Team Lead

Zorka Djurovic

Think like a lady, drive like a man.

Medior Graphic Designer, Marketing

Jelena Tucic

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” - Haruki Murakami

Acquisition Strategies and Job Board Team Lead

Bojan Rajovic

"The customer"s perception is your reality" – Kate Zabriskie

Customer Experience

Milijana Radic

“I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.” ― Erica Jong

Career Advisor

Anastazija Gavrilovic

"Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better." Samuel Beckett

Content Marketing Associate

Snezana Petrovic

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” ― Albert Einstein

Associate Director of Product

Dina Dobrivojevic

Dear bugs, beware! The test machine is ON.

Team Lead, Back End Developer

Andrej Bicok

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. -Martin Fowler

Team Lead, FRONT END DEVELOPER

Danijel Kosijer

"The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way." - Keanu Reeves

Head of Software Quality Assurance

Slavna Dadic

No bug shall pass

Associate Product Manager

Murielle Hsieh

"You only live once? False. You live every day. You only die once" -- Dwight K. Schrute

Back End Developer

Jelena Vukojevic

"The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Peter Drucker

Front End Developer

Branislav Bacic

"The sky is not the limit, your mindset is."

Front End Developer

Marko Ljubanovic

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” — Albert Einstein

Recruiter

Ivana Skamla

"You may never know what results come from your actions, but if you do nothing there will be no results."

Administrative Operations

Vanja Karlicic

"I don"t have any other message than don"t forget you are alive". J.S.

Digital Marketing Coordinator

Katja Dragojlovic

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” - Andre Gide