Elda Isakaj
Elda Isakaj’s drive, passion, and analytical mind make her ideally suited for the Information Technology profession. Elda has 5 years of combined experience in the fields of Information Technology and Information Systems Management. She holds a Bachelor degree in Business Informatics with focus in Management Information Systems and also a Master of Science degree in Information Systems in Economics from University of Tirana.
Elda joined Tirana Court of Appeal in May 2016 as an Information Technology Specialist, providing strategic oversight and leadership for the continued development of an innovative, robust, and secure information technology environment throughout the Court.
In addition, Elda has conducted numerous researches and took part in execution of a number of projects (ICMIS and ForTheRecord System projects) in collaboration with EURALIUS and USAID, which have proved to be critical in her career development.
Prior to joining Tirana Court of Appeal, Elda worked at Jehona Software shpk where for a short time she had the opportunity to be a key staff in implementing several projects and as a Management Information System Specialist at Megatek sha, where she assisted in the administration of all Line of Business (LOB) applications of the company. Her first professional experience was a four months intership at the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Entrepreneurship, in the Statistics and Information Technology Department as an IT Specialist.
Elda's long-term goal is to expertise in Management Information Systems so she can increase herself as an asset to the information industry and to be a fundamental part of the powerful technological workforce of her country.
Ina Gjika
Ina Gjika is a committed professional in the fields of banking, finance and economics. She has been working for four years at ProCredit bank, part of the German development-oriented financial group. She has held several positions such as: Client Advisor for private clients, Client Relationship Manager for medium and large businesses and currently, she works as a Credit Risk Specialist for medium and large exposures. Ms. Gjika is also a CITF candidate (Certification for the International Trade Finance), as an EBRD scholarship recipient.
She has successfully graduated from the three-year Management Programme in Furth, Germany, an executive track within the ProCredit banking group, designed to be attended by a strictly selected number of employees with managerial potential.
She holds a double BA degree in Business Administration and Political Science and International Relations and a Minor in Economics, from the American University in Bulgaria, where she graduated with the highest distinctions. Ms.Gjika also worked as a Teaching Assistant for the Corporate Finance and Business Ethics courses, as well as a Writing Tutor. She has been an active member and organizer of the Model UN simulations, and an Organizational Committee President at the Outgoing Exchange Functional Area, in the international student-run organization, AIESEC.
She is a scholarship recipient at the Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program– a program sponsored by the US Department of State. As part of the program, she spent a high school year in the USA, living with an American host family and engaging in local community service. After returning to Albania, she served as a YES Alumni Coordinator for the Albanian YES Alumni and has been actively volunteering in organizing different youth - targeting projects. Ms. Gjika is highly interested into the sustainable development topics, seeking to specialize in the Economics of Development field and further contributing in the Albanian development.
Her extra-curricular interests include freelance writing, reading non-fiction books of politics and philosophy, as well as travelling and experiencing new cultures
Klaudio Prifti
Klaudio Prifti is an experienced specialist of Digital Banking with a demonstrated history of working at Banka Kombetare Tregtare, the biggest bank in Albania. Skilled in project management, business statistics, finance and accounting, he holds a Master of Science in Finance from University of Tirana. He has also worked as a part-time adjunct lecturer at Faculty of Economy, but he is also very eager to learn continuously. Klaudio is a perfectionist and a winner striving for excellence, in his free time he loves books, football and PlayStation."
Ledion Lico
Ledion Lico is a highly experienced IT professional and researcher. He actually works as the IT director of Gener 2 Group, one of the biggest companies in Albania that operates in Construction, Retail, Real Estate, Media and Telecommunications. He has managed several important projects including planning and implementing IT Systems for big shopping centers and TV stations (CNN affiliate) with new and advanced IT technology. His last two projects are: implementing Smart Home and Smart Building Technology for a 700+ apartment project and implementing a new advanced Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for the group. Working in very diverse lines of business, he has deep knowledge of various business IT processes and platforms.
His passion is Data Science and he is fascinated by the power of the hidden information that you can get from Big Data. He is a published author of several papers in the data mining and Business Intelligence (BI) areas. In addition to his experience in IT, he also works as a Lecturer in the Polytechnic University of Tirana teaching interesting and innovative subjects like Programmable Electronics.
He can also be found on bike rides or running in the Grand Park of Tirana.
Mateos Shehu
Mateos Shehu is a young architect and urban planner with professional experience in regional and local development, strategic investments, and urban policies. Upon graduation, Shehu began working for the public sector where he was involved in projects of different scales which ranged from the partitioning Albania into regions to the planning of “micro spaces”. He completed his bachelor's and master’s degree with the highest honors at Epoka University and has since directed his area of research towards innovative computational methods for solving urban problems. Currently, Shehu works at the municipality of Tirana where he is responsible for creating GIS services.
Megi Shuke
Megi Shuke has studied Informatics at the University of Tirana. During her studies, she has also been part of an international youth organization-AIESEC, at first as a member, then as a local Vice-president and finally as President.
Megi has always had a passion for teaching which has led her to many short-term experiences in Europe, as well as one-year teaching in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
She is currently teaching coding at a private school in Tirana, her future plans are to study Educational Technology in the United States.
Rezarta Myrtollari
Rezarta Myrtollari started her career at the National Institute of Statistics, first as a specialist in National Accounts and later as head of sector for Data Integration and Analysis, responsible for estimation of macro-economic indicators and administrative and statistical data integration and processing. Exposed to several training courses and programmers, she developed an interest in the usage of data analytics for better business intelligence and decision support. Currently Rezarta is working for one the UN agencies in Albania.
Rezarta graduated with a bachelor in Business Informatics where she was awarded “One of the ten excellent students” and a master of science in Information Systems from Faculty of Economy at University of Tirana. During this time, she was selected to be part of the project “Academic Exchange for Progress” where Rezarta had the opportunity to study for a semester at Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Rudina Breçani
Rudina Breçani is an Albanian architect, awarded by Epoka University as the best graduating student of the Department of Architecture for the class of 2017. She has cultivated her academic proclivity by engaging in scientific research in her spare time and in the two years since graduation she has managed to present in two of the most respected building simulations conferences worldwide - IBPC 2018 in New York and IBPSA 2019 in Rome - among others. Additionally, one of those researches has been published as an original contribution in a high-impact factor international journal: Sustainable Cities and Society, which publishes applied studies with focus on environmentally sustainable and socially resilient cities.
Having always been drawn by all the different facets of her profession, she has previously been employed in the public administration sector as an urban planner, worked as a graphic designer, and surveyed cultural monuments as an intern. Currently she is exercising her diploma as the head architect in a private company in Albania, coordinating projects from building design to strategy drafting in the city and national scale. Simultaneously, she will represent Albania in the 2020 Venice Biennale of Architecture as part of a four-people team with a pavilion and the corresponding research under the overall exhibition theme of “How will we live together?”.