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.

VP & General Manager of Professional Services

Alex Baranpuria

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

Director of Marketing

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.

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

Manager – Expert Networks & Market Intelligence

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, Digital Strategist

Mirjana Ciric

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

Director of Software Products & Engineering

Jeff Lovell

"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
- Bill Gates

Jeff is a life-long surfer, active outdoorsman, insatiable learner and entrepreneur. Despite transitioning to management, he still actively develops web projects and has professionally managed more than 100 software products across web, iOS, and Android platforms.

Senior Manager, Digital Strategist

Lauren Lorenzo

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” ― Aristotle

Sales Manager – Market Research

Robin Lindberg

"Play for the name on the front of the shirt and they will remember the name on the back" - Tony Adams

Business Development Associate - Market Research

William Powell

“Age is of no importance unless you’re a cheese.” – Billie Burke

Market Insights Sales

Christian Ortez

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." - John F. Kennedy

Career Advisor

Andjela Milenkovic

"A goal without a plan is just a wish."

Head of Research

Tijana Mirkovic

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

Senior Recruitment Researcher

Milica Skutelis

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

Project Manager

Jeremy Morak

"Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right."

Account Manager, Digital Strategist, Higher Education

Sanja Pesic

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

Project Manager, Higher Education Recruitment

Milica Stankovic

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

Content Manager

Mara Fahl

"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." - Dorothy Parker

UI/UX & Graphic Designer

Marko P. Manojlovic

File. New. Add. Transform. Move. Add Effect. Resize. Ctrl + Z, Ctrl + Z. Resize. Move. CTRL + C. CTRL + V. Save For Web. #Win.

Lead Software Engineer & Systems Architect

Andrej Bicok

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

Data Scientist & Technical Project Manager

Dina Dobrivojevic

Dear bugs, beware! The test machine is ON.

Head of Software Quality Assurance

Slavna Dadic

No bug shall pass

Manager, Digital Strategist, Product

Murielle Hsieh

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

Back End Software Engineer

Milos Babic

“Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen.” - Edward V. Berard

Front End Software Engineer

Dunja Vasic

Web developer with passion for front-end. Living by balancing between art and logic.

Front End Software Engineer

Boris Cuk

“Give a man a program, frustrate him for a day. Teach a man to program, frustrate him for a lifetime.” ― Muhammad Waseem

Front End Developer

Danijel Kosijer

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

Front End Developer

Branislav Bacic

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

System Admin

Aleksandar Stancic

When he enters a shell he becomes a Super Admin!

Acquisition Strategies and Job Board Team Lead

Bojan Rajovic

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

Product Associate, Software System Analyst

Ivana Vujadinovic

"Work is love made visible." -- Khalil Gibran

Customer Experience and Mentorship Coordinator

Vanja Karlicic

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

Recruitment Researcher

Zorka Djurovic

Think like a lady, drive like a man.

Business Development Associate

Zoe Smith

“If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.” - Michelle Obama

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

PROJECT MANAGER, MARKET RESEARCH

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

Project Manager, Market Research

Ekin Zengul

"Change your thoughts and you change your world." -- Norman Vincent

Project Manager, Market Reserach

Filip Stanic

"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too." -- Paulo Coelho

Project Manager, Market Research

Milica Vojinovic

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

Associate, Recruitment Research

Bojana Horvat

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

Associate, Market Insights

Zorana Mihic

"Let’s go invent tomorrow rather than worrying about what happened yesterday." - Steve Jobs

Associate, Market Insights

Lara Radojkovic

‘When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day’- E. Woodward

MR Coordinator

Tamara Stancic

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

Accountant

Jessica Wong

"You can't be that kid standing at the top of the water slide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute." - Tina Fey

Product

Alan Arechiga

“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer” - Douglas Adams

Recruitment & HR Specialist

Nina Kastratovic

"Yes, it's (almost) all about the money... But PEOPLE make money, so respect your employees. Invest in them. Care for them. The return on investment is at least duplicated."

Recruitment Researcher

Kristina Kojic

"At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies" - Larry Bossidy

Lead Generation Team Lead

MARKO POUČKI

May the Source be with you!

Digital Marketing Coordinator

Katja Dragojlovic

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

Associate, Business Development, 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

Market Insights Sales

David Drillings

"Great moments are born from great opportunity" - Herb Brooks

Associate, Market Insights

Ana Karaleic

"There were so many things we feared and we shouldn't have. We should have lived." Ivo Andric

Associate, Market Insights

Marko Pantelic

"Don't try." - Charles Bukowski

Project Manager, Market Insights

Nikola Jovanovic

"Life begins where fear ends" - Osho

Project 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

Sales Support, Market Insights

Marijana Kotevski

" The biggest room in the world, is the room for improvement." - Helmut Schmidt

Business Development Associate, Market Insights

Ismelka Gomez

"Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain" – Frida Kahlo