Ivan Kahanec has profound expertise with public and media relations including social media. Currently his fields of specialization as an PR consultant include external relations, crisis communication, development and formulation of traditional and new media strategies, as well as position pieces and service for journalists and media. As a PR consultant he is responsible for public relations activities on slovak market of online investment bank Saxo Bank and also online insurance company Genertel.
Prior to his current position, he worked as a journalist for various print media, including the leading Slovak newspapers SME, the weekly Trend, and other technology magazines. He also managed and maintained the section mobil­.sme.sk focusing on telecommunications within the website of SME. As a journalist he mainly covered economic themes, information technologies, telecommunications and transportation.
Ivan Kahanec studied information technologies, including data processing and analysis, at the Faculty of mathematics, physics, and informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava.