Here are some of our volunteers and associates whom you are free to contact if you have questions or need their advice.
Name: Dragan Zahariev
Education: Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (2008)
Profession: CEO & Software Engineer at VISTA POINT
Contact me about: Career in IT industry
Contact: dragan.zahariev@vista-point.io
Name: Viktor Simjanoski
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2011), University of Chicago (2013)
Profession: Quantitative researcher at Citadel
Contact me about: math competitions, career in quantitative finance
Contact: simjanoskiviktor@gmail.com
Name: Bojan Serafimov
Former competitor at IMO and IOI
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2018)
Profession: Computer Systems Engineer, neon.tech
Contact me about: IOI/IMO preparation advice, MIT, Career in programming
Contact: bojan.serafimov7@gmail.com
Name: Valentin Gjorgjioski
Former competitor at BMO, BOI and IOI
Education: Jozef Stefan International Postg School (2015), Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (2005)
Profession: Co-founder and Jack of all trades at Grabit
Contact me about: math and informatics competitions, let me tell you where I was wrong 🙂
Contact: gjorgjioski@gmail.com
Name: Stojan Trajanovski
Former competitor at IMO, BMO and JBMO
Education: Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands (PhD, 2014); University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (MSc, 2011); Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (Dipl. Eng., 2008)
Profession: Applied and Data Scientist at Microsoft
Contact me about: math competitions; Machine Learning, Data Science; career in academia and industry, differences in academic and industrial research
Contact: stojan.trajanovski@gmail.com
Name: Filip Bujaroski
Education: Harvard (2018)
Profession: Software Engineer at Microsoft
Contact me about: Applying to US universities, debate, extracurricular activities
Contact: filipbujaroski@gmail.com ; filip.bujaroski on Facebook
Name: Bojan Joveski
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013)
Profession: Head of Engineering at Primer
Contact me about: math competitions, career in startups, computer engineering
Contact: bjoveski@gmail.com
Name: Kliment Serafimov
Former competitor at IOI and BOI
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2020), MENG 2022, UWC Adriatic 2015
Profession: Algorithm Engineering, Program Synthesis. Co-Founder of School of the Future and Networking 101 Summer Academy. Founder of MetaHyper Corporation in San Francisco.
Contact me about: MIT, UWC, programming, education, Macedonian patriotism, general questions, philosophy, etc.
Contact: serafimovkliment@gmail.com
Name: Vladimir Maksimovski
Education: University of Rochester (2018)
Profession: Software engineer at Ramp
Contact me about: IOI preparation
Contact: vladimir@maksimov.sk
Name: Michael Georgievski
Former competitor at IJSO, BPhO, EuPho and IPho
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2017)
Contact me about: advice and materials about physics competitions, college application
In USA Contact: michael.georg007@gmail.com
Name: Zoran Dimov
Former competitor at IMO and IOI
Education: Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (2008)
Profession: Software Engineer at Microsoft
Contact me about: Informatics/Mathematics competitions, IT industry career
Contact: dimovz@gmail.com
dimovz@gmail.com
Name: Bobo Stankovikj
Education: UWC Robert Bosch College (2016), Princeton (2020), Peking University (2022)
Profession: management consultant in the field of renewable energy
Contact me about: United World Colleges (UWC https://www.mk.uwc.org), апликации за факултет
Contact: bobo@mk.uwc.org
Name: Sanja Simonovic
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BSci 2020, MEng 2021)
Profession: Senior Data Scientist at Indeed
Contact me about: math competitions, college applications, education and life in USA, choosing a major at university, career in Data Science or Software Engineering, emigrating to USA or Canada with student or worker visa, general inquiries
Contact: sanja_sss@yahoo.com
Name: Todor Ristov
Former contestant at IMO, BMO and JBMO
Education: Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (2006), University of California, San Diego (2009)
Profession: Security Software Engineer at Aurora
Contact me about: math competitions, career in security & cryptography
Contact: ristov.todor@gmail.com
Name: Tamara Mitrovska
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BSci 2022, MEng 2023)
Profession: Software Engineer at miim.ai
Contact me about: math competitions, college applications, MIT, life and work in USA
Contact: mitrovska05@gmail.com
Name: Jasna Ilieva
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2026)
Contact me about: math competitions
Contact: jasna.ilieva@gmail.com
Name: Nadezda Ilieva
Former competitor at IMO, EGMO, BMO and JBMO
Education: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (MSc 2025), Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (Dipl. Eng., 2022)
Contact me about: math competitions, life and studies in Switzerland, FEIT, EPFL.
Contact: ilieva.nadezda@gmail.com
Name: Andrej Risteski
Education: BSE in Computer Science (Princeton), PhD in Computer Science (Princeton)
Profession: Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Machine Learning Department
Contact me about: academic career path in math/computer science, help with applying to post-graduate studies, academic job market, choosing research areas in math/computer science.
Contact: aristesk@andrew.cmu.edu
Name: Predrag Gruevski
Former competitor at IMO and IOI
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2015)
Profession: Software Engineer
Contact me about: IOI / IMO preparation, MIT, career in software engineering, startups
Contact: obi1kenobi82@gmail.com
Name: Andrej Bogdanov
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2000, 2001), UC Berkeley (2005)
Profession: professor at University of Ottawa
Contact me about: study or career in theoretical Computer Science or cryptography
Contact: abogdano@uottawa.ca
Name: Vladimir Kolovski
Former competitor at BOI, IOI and ACM ICPC
Education: University of Maryland – College Park (PhD, 2008), American University in Bulgaria (B.Arts, 2004)
Profession: Senior Staff Engineer at Databricks (previously at Google, Oracle, Novartis)
Contact me about: informatics competitions, career in computer science (Silicon Valley)
Contact: vkolovski@gmail.com