Meet the people at Ivy Exec who are working hard to elevate your career.
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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.
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Chief Growth Officer
Alex Baranpuria
The greatest mistake one can make in life is to be in continuous fear that you will make one.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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HR & Operations Manager
Sanja Jovanovic
"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin." - Anthony Robbins
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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
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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
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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
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Manager, Business Development, Market Insights
Lamia Metwalli
"You didn’t come this far to only come this far."
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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
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Business Development Associate
Kyle Cissone
"We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down." Kurt Vonnegut
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Business Development Associate
Jiyi Jung
"You want to change your life? Change the way you think." - Harvey Specter
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Business Development Associate
Justin Haslam
"It's not who you are underneath, but what you do that defines you." - Batman
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Client Relationship Associate, Business Development, Market Insights
Violeta Velisavljev
Opportunities don't happen. You create them.
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Account Manager, Market Insights
Maja Blagojevic
"Believe you can and you are halfway there." - Theodore Roosevelt
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Sales Support, Business Development, Market Insights
Miroslav Kiceskulov
"The best thing about the future is it comes one day at a time" - Abraham Lincoln
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HEAD OF RESEARCH, Market Insights
Tijana Mirkovic
Tijana oversees the execution of client mandates and research initiatives for Ivy Exec.
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Project Manager, Recruitment Marketing, Higher Education
Milica Stankovic
"Comfort is the enemy of achievement." - Farrah Gray
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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
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Team Lead, Market Insights
Marko Pantic
"Don't try." - Charles Bukowski
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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
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Team Lead, Market Insights
Bojana Horvat
"Live now, make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again." - Captain Jean-Luc Picard
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Team Lead, Market Insights
Milica Skutelis
“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” - Zora Neale
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Project Manager, Learning & Development Specialist, Market Insights
Ivana Perovic
Focus on the good & always do your best!
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Milica Vojinovic
When people try to rain on your parade, poke them in the eye with your umbrella.
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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.”
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Nikola Jovanovic
"Life begins where fear ends" - Osho
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Anna Simonovic
“Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.”
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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
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Tamara Stancic
“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Igor Cipe
"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story." - Orson Welles
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Nada Lukic
The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts. - Marcus Aurelius
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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
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Ivana Samardzic
“I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do.” ― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Nina Gruborovic
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." - Milton Berle
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Miomira Zivkovic
Change is the only constant. - Hearclitus
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Milutin Beocanin
I don't search, i find. - Madonna
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Jovana Djurdjic
Be the glitch you want to see in the matrix.
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Valerija Marinkovic
Tables turn, bridges burn, you live and learn. - Drake
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Jelena Majkic
Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open. -Sir James Dewar
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Selena Susa
What we know matters, but who we are matters more. - Brené Brown.
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Katarina Nicic
What we think, we become. - Buddha
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Project Manager, Market Insights
Andrijana Milosevic
"So long, and thanks for all the fish." - Douglas Adams
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Senior Associate, Market Insights
Milica Jarcevic
The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. - Colin R. Davis
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Senior Associate, Market Insights
Milena Biga
One day, it will look like it all happened overnight.
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Senior Associate, Market Insights
Mihajlo Cukic
There are no mistakes, only opportunities.
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Senior Associate, Market Insights
Miriam Federico Dragosavljevic
"Whatever you do, for work or play, do it with passion!" - Monsieur Christian Dior
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Senior Associate, Market Insights
Ivana Kazic
"If you don't dare to take a chance, you have already lost."
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Senior Associate, Market Insights
Andjela Strikovic
"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
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Senior Associate, Market Insights
Jelena Jankovic
"We are stars wrapped in skin, The light you are seeking has always been within." ~ Rumi
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Senior Associate, Market Insights
Kristina Andric
"The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces." - Will Rogers
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Associate, Market Insights
Nina Asanin
"It always seems impossible until it's done." - Nelson Mandela
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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
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Associate, Market Insights
Jovana Brusin
It always seems impossible until it's done.
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Associate, Market Insights
Stefan Djolic
Try not. Do… or do not. There is no try. -Yoda
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Associate, Market Insights
Jelena Karadzic
My tastes are simple. I am easily satisfied with the best.
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Research Support, Market Insights
MARKO POUČKI
May the Source be with you!
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Marketing Project Manager & Member Services Team Lead
Zorka Djurovic
Think like a lady, drive like a man.
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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
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Acquisition Strategies and Job Board Team Lead
Bojan Rajovic
"The customer"s perception is your reality" – Kate Zabriskie
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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
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Career Advisor
Anastazija Gavrilovic
"Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better." Samuel Beckett
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Content Marketing Associate
Snezana Petrovic
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” ― Albert Einstein
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Associate Director of Product
Dina Dobrivojevic
Dear bugs, beware! The test machine is ON.
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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
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Team Lead, FRONT END DEVELOPER
Danijel Kosijer
"The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way." - Keanu Reeves
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Head of Software Quality Assurance
Slavna Dadic
No bug shall pass
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Associate Product Manager
Murielle Hsieh
"You only live once? False. You live every day. You only die once" -- Dwight K. Schrute
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Back End Developer
Jelena Vukojevic
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Peter Drucker
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Front End Developer
Branislav Bacic
"The sky is not the limit, your mindset is."
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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
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Recruiter
Ivana Skamla
"You may never know what results come from your actions, but if you do nothing there will be no results."
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Administrative Operations
Vanja Karlicic
"I don"t have any other message than don"t forget you are alive". J.S.
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Digital Marketing Coordinator
Katja Dragojlovic
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” - Andre Gide