Ivana is an International Business Development Executive at IWConnect, leading company’s growth strategy primarily in the EMEA region by utilizing the internal technology knowledge and IT expertise to address client’s requirements while successfully converting them into customized business proposals. Global IT solutions for clients who share the company’s passion for growth and excellence along with lvana’s clear vision for success.
She is an experienced C-level executive and corporate Board member with 15 years working in the FDI sector, international affairs, and IT industry. As a cross-functional energetic leader Ivana is scaling high performing sales functions within a hyper-growth business to Fortune 1000 companies.
Above and beyond, Ivana is an official Member of FORBES Councils and former Forbes Fellow Under 30. She is Women in Tech Ambassador and Mentor, Member of the Financial Times’ group Women at the Top and Member of MACH Alliance where she is actively giving her utmost contribution as a real role model into empowering, mentoring, and inspiring young women to pursue their careers in the Tech world.
Raised with the belief: “You can achieve anything if you eagerly want!”, from her youngest age Ivana started to show her winning spirit accompanied with an innate capacity and integrity to lead others – she was awarded the Best student in generation in High school. Her rich and distinctive educational background (Bachelor of Economics and Master of Computer science & Engineering) brought her to new challenges when Ivana received scholarships for Executive MBA studies at University of Sheffield, along with successful completion of the Executive Program at York University- Schulich School of Business in Toronto, Canada.
Ivana speaks 5 languages and evidently, she has never stopped learning and achieving new milestones by constantly increasing her learning curve- just last year she was one of the winners of the LEADER Project by Ivey Business School at the Western University Canada. In between the years, she has accomplished several diplomas from Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, moreover Ivana has completed the Academy for International Business Officials in China and has been recognized as one of the Best young European leaders by the Austrian Leadership Programs (ALPs) among other decision-makers from around the world.