Ivana is originally from Bulgaria, where she studied general mechanical engineering and then business administration at the Technical University of Sofia in cooperation with two German universities. Thanks to her many years of experience as a Project Management Officer (PMO) in a medium-sized manufacturing company in Germany and her certification as a project management specialist (IPMA Level D according to ICB 3.0), Ivana has extensive technical and practical knowledge in project management

In addition to traditional PMO tasks, she has helped establish professional project management within the company and has been responsible for driving forward the cross-location introduction of MS Project and MS Project Online. In this context, she has trained over 130 project managers and employees in MS Project. In her current position as a project and process specialist at a large Swiss company, Ivana develops solutions for digitalization in her field and participates in various sustainability and process optimization projects

At the end of 2021, Ivana decided to obtain the Swiss Federal Certificate of Competence as a trainer in order to underpin her practical knowledge in adult education with the relevant specialist knowledge. Encouraged by the positive experiences she had during her further training, she took the plunge into self-employment in 2023 to pursue her passion on a part-time basis—using her knowledge and experience to enable project managers and staff to develop professional project planning and control in MS Project. In her free time, Ivana devotes herself to raising her young daughter and volunteering with the German and Swiss project management associations, where she serves on various committees and enjoys exchanging experiences and networking.