URŠKA JEŽ is passionate about creating new stories, establishing new companies. Strong believer, that the future is interdisciplinary and based on cooperation and honesty. Creating new business models. Loves to move boundaries of possible – professional and personal. Connecting the dots into something new and impactful.

Even though a technical and analytical mind, love of sales and working with people has brought a vast number of experiences and achievements, mostly in: sales, establishing new companies in the shortest possible time (hence – the “blitzkrieg” ;)) and management. Her goal is always to establish an open and dynamic culture of open communication, trust and high engagement of teams to establish the impossible. Never afraid to move boundaries and set new opportunities. More of an “out of the box thinker” and highly goal oriented. With a strong stress in team work. Empowering people to create lasting impact.

Educated at Mechanical Engineering Faculty, she is one of very few female managers with engineering background. She was the “heart & soul” of the first privately owned accelerator in South Eastern Europe – ABC Accelerator in Ljubljana and is now continuing her own story in the connectivity of startups and enterprise world. As a multilingual (speaking 8 languages), communicative and proactive person she was always welcomed in executive management teams. She’s been working in Greece, Serbia, Hungary, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Austria. . Her positive energy, empathy and wide international experiences are making her a great manager and at the same time a leader that inspires teams she’s working with. Urska is a

Inspirational and empowerment speaker, mentor, coach and trainer, who firmly believes that the future is interdisciplinary, connected and green.