His research and practice are in the area of designing high-performance organizations, including corporations, military, and government. He received his Ph.D. from The George Washington University's School of Business, working under the direction of Dr. Elliott Jaques on systemic theories in organization science. Dr. Ivanov's interests and works include research and papers in the fields of organizations and societies, Why Organizations Fail, Accountabilities of Democracies, Organizations for the Battlefield, and Organizational Assessment of the U.S. Department of the Army.