Mentoring is best described as an educational process when mentors share knowledge with the purpose of surfacing potential in their protégés.
Lina Zubytė. Head of Quality. Doodle
Lina Zubyte is a passionate Quality Advocate who loves to ask questions, test, collaborate with diverse
departments, and investigate issues. Lina has worked in companies of different sizes (large multinational
companies and startups), moved between countries for work, and has had to adapt quickly to get out of
her comfort zone. She shares her writings on all things quality at https://qualitybits.tech, and you can find
her on Twitter as @buggylina.
Justina Vaitkienė. Senior developer. Ignitis group
I’m a senior Oracle developer. Nine years ago I started my career with Oracle technologies. In
this time I’ve worked on every step of software development from business needs analysis and
solution design to development and testing. I’m passionate about Agile and worked as a Scrum
master for a year and a half. Being a Scrum master and working in senior positions I was in a
mentoring role which made me realize that I really enjoy sharing my knowledge and gaining
new perspectives from the people I coached.
Darius Grinvaldas. Head of Model Risk & Validation department. Luminor Group
Experienced risk management professional with a demonstrated performance in leading
experts/teams/leaders in the financial services and modelling industry. Before Luminor, I have
worked for ten years in Danske Bank as expert and leader.
Have deep understanding of IRB (PD, LGD, EAD) area, including various business contexts,
methodological modelling considerations and regulatory environment challenges. Currently
focusing on model risk aspects of IRB, IFRS9, ICAAP/ILAAP and other modelling areas.
Andrius Didžiulis. Head of Analytics. Barbora
My decade long career is all about data. At first, I sold it, then produced it, eventually collected and analyzed it. Now, it is high time I started sharing my knowledge about this vast field with others.
Vytenis Pakėnas. CEO. Lucid Agreements
He is an entrepreneur by heart, identifying new opportunities in traditional sectors. Then he combines a fast-growing business with IT knowledge and long-term ambitions. Fast and standard iterations help to achieve common goals with the teams I lead.
Vaidas Lauzeckas. CEO. Metasite Data Insights
Vaidas, Founder of Metasite Data Insights, leads a small team that is passionate about working with numbers in all shapes and colors. By using the best products/tools in the market, we help companies to analyze and better understand their data. Analytics is often not the core business of an enterprise and it is normal that one may not know how to store/process data, ensure its quality or what instruments to choose for reporting. MDI provides a wide range of services: from classical data engineering to data warehouse building, dashboard development, authority reporting or more advanced topics like machine learning, revenue recognition & reconciliation and more.
Udeme Udofia. Data Scientist. TELESOFTAS
I am a Data Scientist with vast experience across different teams and sectors like Oil and Gas,
Education, Telecommunication, Health, Banking and Finance, IT. I am passionate about the
growth of Data enthusiasts and helping them to jump start their career in the world of Data
Science.My interests cuts across sharing my Tech experience with IT practitioners in order to help
them with making the right decisions and choices in their Tech career.
Mantas Venslauskas. Data analytics projects lead. ESO
My professional career with data started via Tesonet and continued in Exacaster. Now, I am in ESO, leading data projects. Started Data Guild (internal data analytics learning initiative) and Data Talks (internal data conferences). Also, I am one of data analytics lectors at Vilnius Coding School.
Tadas Bružikas. Manager of Data Science & Analytics, Marketing. Vinted
I am particularly interested in using data to accelerate the company growth. To me, well-functioning econometric and machine learning models are simply the means to an end rather than the goal itself.
I’m looking forward to sharing my experience and knowledge with smart and curious minds! Currently, I’m leading the marketing data science & analytics teams at Vinted where we ensure that all decisions in the company are data-driven. No matter if it’s a multi-million euro marketing investment or a decision which TV ad to air – data science and machine learning are at the core of our decisions.
Next to the big data and complex models, I’m growing the team and helping fellow data scientists and leads to improve as professionals. Having a long-term plan and strategy, enabling others, and removing blockers for them to do their best is are main responsibilities.
Rūta Vitaitė. Project Manager assistant. HENT AS
I have 8 years of experience in Project Management in the building construction industry. Graduated transport engineering and started my career in Lithuania as a design engineer in aluminium facade company and climbed my steps from design engineer to a Project Manager. During my career I was living and working in Finland, Sweden and Denmark and have been a part of the biggest projects in Scandinavia. Currently living and working in Copenhagen and building 40.000m2 Comfort Hotel Airport.
Ayman Arandi. Director and founder. Penki Pojuciai, Lt Iris Solutions, Ps
Ayman Arandi is a tech entrepreneur with experience in designing, launching, and running startups. He co-founded Iris Solutions in 2012, currently the leading provider of interactive sensory technology in the MENA region, with more than 50,000 children and adult users around the world. Iris has been recognised by Google, the World Economic Forum (WEF), and a number of global heads of states as a 4th industrial revolution start-up. Prior to founding Iris, Ayman worked in telecom, banking, and development sectors.Ayman worked as Global Director and Accelerator co-Lead for the Hult Prize Foundation, the world’s largest engine for the creation of youth-generated for-good, for-profit enterprise. Ayman also served as a curator of the Ramallah Hub of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community, a country chair in Palestine for the Global Dignity Initiative by Prince Haakon of Norway. Currently, he is on the advisory board of the Engineering faculty of An-Najah University. Ayman is also a founding member of NEWPal, and a fellow of KAAYIA, YouthActionNet, GES, and GE Programs. Ayman holds BSc in Computer Engineering from An-Najah University, an MSc in Management, Information Systems and Innovation from London School of Economics and Political Science, and a diploma in Negotiation from Harvard Law School – NSI Program.
Katrė Zienkaitė. Senior Product Designer. Shopify
I am a Product Designer with a passion for research, solving problems, all sorts of mapping, reading, and over the top fashion. Currently, I work at Shopify lowering the bar for entrepreneurship.
Renata Urbonė. Co-owner, manager. LEANERIA, ESPERONUS
Renata Urbone is change maker, entrepreneurship and innovation expert with +20 years of experience in ICT & consulting. Expert Evaluator of projects and applications for financing, business ideas.
Specialties: digitization, entrepreneurship, innovations, reforms planning, economic analysis, strategy consulting, capacity building, project management, ICT business development, analysis, etc.
Make things happen and perform to get them done.
Vytautas Ašeris. Director of Engineering. Vinted
Experience gained from a variety of different roles (as an analyst, software developer, team manager, department manager, tribe coach and director of engineering) allowed me to clearly understand that life-long learning is the common denominator in any field, let alone – in IT. I strongly believe that the greatest success is achieved by those teams and those individuals, who not only possess great skills and drive but also put a great deal of effort into their development and improvement. Only then we have a chance to succeed in this ever-changing and evolving world of IT. And some magic of Emotional Intelligence on top – as a secret ingredient, which (still) tends to get overlooked.
Agnė Balkevičiūtė Lajienė. Director for strategic initiatives. 1clickfactory
I am fascinated by constant change, an educated workforce, an international spirit, and endless IT opportunities. I help businesses grow. I am good at identifying the core challenge, creating strategies, building infrastructures to release services, and attracting and maintaining customers in both local and international markets.
Marija Velžė. Engineering Manager. TransferGo
I have a master’s degree in Software Engineering and 10+ years of experience in Product and People Management. The world of IT caught my eye when I was still in middle school and this career path seemed as an obvious choice, however during my studies I have realised that I don’t want to be a software developer. This made me question my decision until I’ve learned that IT is not just development. Even though I have found my place – the journey wasn’t easy. My goal as a mentor is to help others like me to find their way in the world of Technologies with less stress and self-doubt.
Karolis Grigas. Developer. Qoorio
Developer with more than 10 years of experience, with field knowledge of team leading and
mentoring, both within and outside companies. Most of my technical experience is with web
and anything that happens in browsers. Trained and spent most of my career outside
Lithuania.
Visvaldas Kasperavičius. Head of Quality. HELLA LITHUANIA
Quality first! This is my moto not only at work but, also, in a daily life. Work in automotive business is very dynamic and challenging. But all the challenges we face helps us to get additional knowledge and acquire new experience that I’m adapting together with my team. My biggest motivation is my team – their progress and development makes me move further.
Justas Jurgaitis. Head of Facility management. HELLA LITHUANIA
I have over eight years of experience in facility management and team-leading positions in large commercial property establishments and the automotive industry. My professional experience in a fast-paced client-focused environment has taught me to make quick and effective decisions while working on multiple projects at once, to solve problems quickly, and to act in critical situations. For the last 3 years, I have been responsible for the facility management of HELLA factory building, various building replacement projects. One of the biggest projects was to start a factory development and construction from the scratch in a greenfield project, and now run an extension of the building construction. By contributing to the Women Go Tech initiative, I believe I can share my experience and knowledge, while also improving together with the participants.
Christoph Scherbeck. Supplier Quality Engineer. HELLA LITHUANIA
I`m working for HELLA since 2006. During that time, I worked in various positions including the shopfloor and Quality Laboratory. In the last years I was responsible to establish and maintain the required quality of our purchased products and suppliers as Supplier Quality Engineer. I moved to Lithuania in 2018 to establish a Supplier Quality department from scratch and support the establishment of a reliable local supply chain at HELLA Lithuania.
Mantas Skinderis. Head of Internal Factory. HELLA LITHUANIA
Strong result oriented and well-structured professional with a proven record of managing projects from concept to completion, generating and building relationships and guiding individuals to success. Skilled in building cross-functional teams, demonstrating exceptional communication skills and making critical decisions during challenges. Strong Automotive process, methods and tools knowledge, ability to use technical background and understanding of manufacturing processes in achieving defined targets
Edvinas Mandravickas. Software Engineer. UNITY TECHNOLOGIES
I have spent most of my career developing mobile games. My passion and willingness to improve encouraged me to deepen my knowledge in various areas of programming. After seven years in this market, I am proud to have had the opportunity to work with many talented programmers, artists, and game designers while creating games in Lithuania and abroad. I am delighted to have joined the Unity Technologies team, with whom I work every day to facilitate the work of future mobile app developers. I enjoy every moment here because I can not only learn something new but also pass my knowledge to others.
Ieva Ronkaitytė. Project Manager. Western Baltic Engineering
Project Manager with more than 14 years of experience in the ship design and shipbuilding industry. I gained international experience as an intern in the world’s leading ship classification society DNV GL also subcontracting as a ship design professional in Finnish and German companies. Daily, I am applying gained knowledge in Lithuania’s biggest marine engineering company as a lector of a shipbuilding and repair at the University of Klaipeda. Nevertheless, I am working in the same field for quite a long, I never get bored, and I am sure that engineering is an exciting choice for curious and talented people! So, I can’t wait to share my best knowledge on project management and engineering with my mentees!
Julija Patašnik. Director of Operations. EIS Lietuva
During my 25 years of experience in the fascinating world of IT I still admire the unbelievable opportunities it brings for both product and self development. As a specialist I have registered thousands of bugs to help the software meeting quality criteria and wrote hundreds of lines of code to produce clear and concise reports facilitating software development processes. I also had a great honor to participate in my colleagues’ careers’ start either as organizational units’ leader or coordinator of IT courses. Now I am focused at product management processes ensuring they both satisfy company’s needs and bring sense and common vision to the smallest operation, heading another little step towards the common goal.