Ivan Bakrac

Ivan Bakrac has an extensive work experience in the financial industry. Ivan is currently the Head of Treasury at ConsenSys | Digital Assets, a position they have held since January 2023. Prior to this, they served as the Director of Market Strategy at ConsenSys | Digital Assets from September 2021 to January 2023.

In addition to their role at ConsenSys, Ivan Bakrac has held various adjunct faculty positions at prestigious universities. Ivan has been an Adjunct Faculty - Lecturer in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) at Columbia University since August 2023. Ivan also served as an Adjunct Professor in Financial Technology & Analytics at Stevens Institute of Technology starting from June 2022 and is currently an Adjunct Professor in Global FinTech & AI & Business Data Science at Berkeley College since July 2021. Furthermore, Ivan Bakrac will be joining Wake Forest University as an Adjunct Professor of Practice in Emerging Technologies in September 2023.

Prior to their academic roles, Ivan Bakrac worked as a Portfolio Risk Manager at Celsius from March 2021 to September 2021. Before that, they worked as an Independent Consultant specializing in Financial Data Science from December 2018 to March 2021.

Ivan Bakrac has prior experience in portfolio management and research roles. Ivan served as the Head of Multi-Sector Portfolio Management at Invesco US from May 2014 to October 2016. Prior to that, they worked at Franklin Templeton Investments as a VP in Fixed Income Portfolio Management & Quantitative Fixed Income Research from March 2005 to April 2014. Ivan also worked as a Quantitative Research Consultant in Emerging Markets Fixed Income at HSBC for a short period in 2004.

Overall, Ivan Bakrac's work experience spans various roles in treasury management, market strategy, academia, risk management, financial technology, and portfolio management.

Ivan Bakrac has a Master of Science degree in Financial Analytics | Data Science (STEM) from Stevens Institute of Technology, which they obtained in 2020. Prior to that, they earned a Master of Science degree in Financial Engineering from NYU Tandon School of Engineering in 2007. Ivan also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree from Baruch College, which they completed in 2004, with a major in Finance and a minor in Mathematics. Additionally, they obtained a certification in Master of Science - Financial Analytics | Data Science (STEM) from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2021.