Dusanka Delovska-Trajkova

Dusanka Delovska-Trajkova has more than 25 years of experience in computer science and automation in a variety of environments: corporate, government, educational and not-for-profit, in Macedonia and the U.S. She attended Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Macedonia and graduated with an electrical engineering degree at a time when computer science and automation were described as part of the electrical engineering programs. Delovska-Trajkova came to the United States in 2000 after the war in Kosovo. Once in the States, she worked for the Council on Foundations. She returned to Macedonia in 2006 to accept a position as counselor to the president of Saints Cyril and Methodius University, working to consolidate the IT system between 23 schools. After that, she returned to America and was working at the Pew Research Center when she heard about a position at a startup in Rockville, Maryland. She had always worked for established organizations, and the idea of building something from the ground up was exciting to her. As IT director, Delovska-Trajkova was instrumental in helping to build Ingleside at King Farm into the successful community it is today. She was promoted to chief information officer at Ingleside, where she brings her vision and energy to developing technologies that will be a part of the business and life strategies for Ingleside, Ingleside communities and affiliates. Her focus is on helping each community adapt to new organizational innovations and to developing and executing new business strategies.