Born in Split in 1978. After finishing law at University of Zagreb worked in as lawyer in Notary office, Addiko bank d.d. and was partner in law firm Bardek, Lisac, Mušec, Skoko, Šarolić d.o.o..
In 2013 Marijana incorporated her own law office and has been since then providing support to startup and technology companies in daily operations, investment, labour and regulatory framework.
For the last 10 years Marijana has been startup mentor in ZIP today ALGEBRA LAB and has actively participated as founder of CroAI (Croatian Artificial Intelligence Association) HOME | CroAI and founder and vice president of CRO STARTUP CroStartup – Croatian Startup Ecosystem.
Marijana graduated from Cotrugli Business School in 2014 as member of EMBA X generation.
Since 2017 she has been active member of Croatian and regional Data Science and AI ecosystem giving lectures, panel participation and public appearances on AI regulatory framework and AI Ethics related issues and event gave a TEDx Zagreb talk on AI.
In 2016 Marijana cofounded PWMN CROATIA /PWN ZAGREB pwn.hr NGO that promotes gender balanced leadership in professional environment and she has been president of the organisation since then. In addition she has been active member of MBA Croatia and for the moment she serves her second mandate as Supervisory Board member.