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.

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, Product and Technology

Jason Michael

“See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.” ― Douglas Adams

Associate 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.

Associate Director of Recruitment

Justin Gonzalez

"Knowledge is realizing that the street is one-way. Wisdom is looking both directions anyway" - Albert Einstein

Director, Business Development

Nadia Frigiola

“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” – Albert Einstein

Senior Career Advisor

Lilly Marie

“Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story will be the education of our heroes." -- Plato, Republic, Book II

Head of Research

Tijana Mirkovic

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

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

Senior Manager, Digital Strategist

Lauren Lorenzo

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

Project Team Lead, Market Research Recruitment

Aleksandra Šurlan

Aleksandra leads a team of Project Managers & Recruiters, whose goal is to reach core decision makers and opinion leaders for participation in B2B Qualitative Studies. "Are there going to be... choirs and things?" WOULD YOU LIKE SOME? - Terry Pratchett

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

Marketing Associate

Tamara Miletic

Doing is becoming.

Web & 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.

Business Development Associate - Market Research

William Powell

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

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

Project Manager

CHRISTOPHER MENDOZA

Chris is a Project Manager at Ivy Exec building out Company Profiles that provide insightful views into the companies Ivy Exec members should be working for.

Project Manager

Jeremy Morak

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

Market Research Coordinator - Market Research

Richard Allen

"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - Christopher Robin

Business Development Associate, Higher Education

Andrew Valdez

"All you need is love.. and food!"

Senior Recruitment Researcher

Milica Skutelis

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

Controller

Jessica Anghel

Jessica is a seasoned Controller who loves crunching numbers all day and loves being a native New Yorker.

Team Lead / PHP Developer

Neven Blazic

Neven a PHP guru in the making, fears no project big or small.

Technical Project Manager and QA Head

Dina Dobrivojevic

Dear bugs, beware! The test machine is ON.

Senior Software Developer

Andrej Bicok

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

Senior Software Developer

MARKO MILOSEVIC

"Code never lies, comments sometimes do."
Ron Jeffries

FRONTEND DEVELOPER

DUNJA VASIC

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

QA Analyst

Slavna Dadic

No bugs shall pass!

Acquisition Strategies and Job Board Team Lead

Bojan Rajovic

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

Manager, Digital Strategist, Higher Education

Murielle Hsieh

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

Project Manager – Market Research

Mirjana Djergovic

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

Project Manager, Market Research

HANNA BIHORAC

"I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life.... if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it." - Roald Dahl

PROJECT MANAGER, MARKET RESEARCH

NINA TOMIC

“Expect the best, plan for the worst and prepare to be surprised.” ― Denis Waitley

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

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.

Recruitment Research Associate

Bojana Horvat

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

Lead Generation Team Lead

MARKO POUČKI

May the Source be with you!

LEAD GENERATION ASSOCIATE

RELJA MARKOVIC

"Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from bad decisions."

LEAD GENERATION ASSOCIATE

MARIJA JOVANOVIC

"Impossible does not exist!" - Soja Jovanovic

Lead Generation Associate

IGOR VUCINIC

"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort" - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Data Quality Analyst

Ivana Vujadinovic

"No coffee no workee."

Data Quality Analyst

Milijana Radic

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

Data Quality Analyst

Milica Stankovic

“Data will talk to you if you’re willing to listen to it.” - Jim Bergeson