Mentoring is best described as an educational process when mentors share knowledge with the purpose of surfacing potential in their protégés.
Michael Hopwood. Senior Technical Writer. Wix
I am a certified senior technical writer in the finance IT sector, with significant experience in EU- and worldwide standards and project work, as well as practical accomplishments in software project delivery and documentation. I have trained in software development and worked in a wide range of IT services roles, and I believe strongly in workplace equality, life-long learning, and professional engagement.
Agnius Žukas. Senior Software Engineer. Saldo Finance
Senior software engineer with extensive expertise in large and small system architecture designing and development. Positivity, knowledge sharing, responsibility and lead the way attitude these are the values I strive for every day.
Tomas Gadišauskas. Researcher. Freelancer
Tomas Gadisauskas – researcher and developer in the field of femtosecond laser applications for metal and glas surface proccesing. The basic research direction – development, perfection of superhydrophilicity, superhydrophobicity and their use for antifouling, selflubrication, osseointegration and optimization of liquid-solid adhesion and wetting processes. Has developed a concept implementation of hybrid additive-subtractive fs laser 3D fabrication for medical devices. Associate developer of patented hybrid near field optical microscope platform to measure mechanical and chemical properties of nano-objects. Certified military instructor.
Dalia Jankeviciūtė. Strategic partner manager. Google
Digital publishing and monetisation specialist working with the biggest publishers within the Baltic region in Google. I’ve been in the company over 4 years and co-founded Women@Baltics chapter as well as currently leading Women@CEE; coached over 520 professionals and 40 facilitators in 7 countries on self promoting skills whilst being an ambassador of women and underrepresented groups empowering program #IamRemarkable. Also, I am a newly certified professional coach!
Rolandas Gricius. Engineering manager and Linux Product Owner. Nord Security
I went over dire waters of IT industry and overall ups and downs, touched my feet into Systems Administration and Developer careers, had rocky experience with my startups, settled with Engineering Manager role in R&D like department in one of the Lithuania unicorns.
I feel it is the right time to share my experience, vision of the IT field and state of it in 2020s, probable development directions and perspectives.
In my career I have met a number of women and I have seen different directions of growth, I have seen varied receptions of them by colleagues, clients and management.
You want advise from one of the “seen it all” old school professionals who have seen how Internet surfaced in Lithuania and was part of it being junior? Or insights how IT startup business works now in 2020s? You are wellcome!
Aušra Lingytė. Senior Project Manager. Corner Case Technologies
Being a project manager in the fascinating world of IT requires understanding of not only the product requirements, but also the client and your team. The tech world might look complicated from the first sight, but if you take a deeper look – it is super interesting and challenging.
Jurga Sefton. Scrum Product Owner. BCA Marketplace
I am a Certified Scrum Product Owner, with several years of hands-on product ownership roles within agile development teams, in both Scrum and Kanban settings. Prior to becoming a Product Owner, I had 12+ experience in SEO (Search Engine Optimisation), with a core focus on web B2C and B2B products that heavily relied on search engine traffic. I’ve picked the skills through working experience, and have served as a Head of SEO for the UK’s leading online business directory at the time. My work experience is solely UK-based, so I am happy to share the ins and outs of a Product Owner working in a Tech department in the UK.
Kotryna Krisiūtė. Product Manager. Vinted
Thinking backward from the problem to solution – finding the best possible one, and it doesn’t need to be yours. Product management is about using all means at hand – from user feedback to input from engineer – to create valuable product for your user.
Kristina Šermukšnytė-Alešiūnienė. Managing Director. KlasterLT
I have been working in IT company for 11 years as a product development team lead. Was one of the founders of Agile association in Lithuania and a board member of the First Board of association. My experience is very broad from how to not be afraid to step into the tech world and how to choose the right path. I have been mentoring in many hackathons events on national and international levels. Currently, I am a mentor in an EIT Food project EWA for women in the Agrifood sector.
Liudvikas Dicevičius. Senior UI designer. Tia
Being UX designers, we promise the users to solve their day to day issues using proven design principles, while keeping business needs in mind. Let me teach you how to keep that promise!
Lukas Jablonskas. Product Manager. Vinted
Product management is about finding the right WHYs in your user needs and your team needs. What comes next, is continuously looking for ways to become better at finding these WHYs, communicating and addressing them. On a day-to-day basis, at Vinted I work with various product teams (engineers, analysts, designers), lead cross-domain projects, and actively participate in hiring.
Raimonda Žilinskaitė. IT project manager. DRD / IKEA
Currently I work as a Project manager in IKEA daughter company DRD. I could help you to have a better understanding of Agile way of working, communication and expectations management of key stakeholders while working with Product development Team. I believe most important for you to understand what role is the best fit for your personality, interests and what skills you would need to develop further. I can help you with that
Karolis Tumalavičius. Manager of IT Operations / Shift supervisor. AmerisourceBergen
I am a very curious person with a nag for details. In my world, everything is interconnected and even slightest deviations from normal state are clues on what is going on.
My passion was computer science since I was 6 years old and I am trying to keep it that way by constantly updating my knowledge on complicated topics and trying to understand the subject better.
Skaistė Ramanauskaitė. QA, junior developer. Freelancer
This summer I graduated bachelor degree of software engineering in Kaunas University of Technology where I learned not only development, but also studied information systems management, analytics and testing. I also have two years of QA experience and a half year position as a junior developer.
Paulius Labanauskis. Technical Team Lead. Railsbank Technology
My initial interest in IT began by learning to break things; entering the unexpected value in a web form and maybe seeing what I was not supposed to. Not long after I learned that building is actually more valuable and also more engaging. To build a quality and complex software system contributions must come from so many different people, not one of them being able to see the full picture; much like seeing a skyscraper – you see a shiny glass facade but you rarely have to think that each bolt had to be put in there by a person. I have been working professionally as a developer and lead for over 10 years in engineering, ad tech and fintech and feel happy every day I have discovered the fascinating field of information technology.
Donatas Grinkas. Head of Operations. Pixevia
I’m IT professional with international experience in various companies – Adform, AppNexus, Danske Bank, Platform Lunar and now Pixevia. During my career I’ve worn many hats: client support specialist, team lead, account manager, business developer, project and product manager. All of this gave me unique ability to manage even the toughest projects and to navigate complex challenges. Now I want to share this experience and encourage young talents to choose IT.
Deivydas Daugėla. Head of IT Service Desk. COWI Lithuania
My whole professional career I have spent time working in all sorts of customer care and service excellence fields. Currently I oversee IT Service Desk section in COWI, a Danish global engineering and consulting company. Before I have led a team of webcasting analysts for AMERS region clientele. Just like everyone of us, I am not only interested in technology world but also in understanding that it is our future.
Alius Petraška. Application Architect. IBM iX
I am husband, father, passionate full-stack developer & MTB bike rider fueled by curiosity & driven by problem-solving who cares deeply about Mobile Apps & beautiful pixel perfect Web Design, elegant code, and the intersection of the two. I love the challenge of solving problems and dreaming up original ideas that get me out of bed in the morning and keep me working late at night. The biggest passion for me is about delivering high quality products with rich front-end technologies. I’m constantly trying to learn new skills and technologies and add them to what I already know.
Andrius Veinšreideris. System Support Team Lead. TransUnion
I turned to IT 25 years ago, so I saw its progress. What has happened during this time is truly impressive and it is probably difficult to find an area that would have improved so much and influenced other technologies. I have improved together and in various roles, from deep technical, to process management.
Now I work as a team leader helping people discover themselves in the IT world. It is an equally interesting experience. I am happy to see someone growing and improving with confidence, but at the same time – making the environment better.
My strength is to talk about IT understandably.
Šarūnas Matulevičius. Head of Product. CoinGate
I am product management professional working exclusively in FinTech sector for the past five years. My current position is Head of Product at cryptocurrency payments solution provider CoinGate. My experience consists of working in both startups and corporations, all of these operating in international markets. I have experience in leading international teams and products. Part of my experience was gained in Silicon Valley, while residing in West Union’s office in San Francisco. Besides the professional domain, I have substantial experience in writing, public speaking and involvement in voluntary or non-profit organizations or movements.
Gil Tayar. Senior Software Architect. Roundforest
From the old days of DOS, to the contemporary world of Software Testing, I was, am and always
will be a software developer. I have in the past co-founded WebCollage, survived the bubble
collapse of 2000 and worked on various big cloudy projects at Wix. My current passion is figuring
out how to test software, which I have turned into my main job as Senior Architect at Applitools. I
religiously test all my software, from the early days as a junior software developer to the current
days at Applitools. Unfortunately for me, I haven’t yet answered the big question of my life – I still
doesn’t know whether static languages or dynamic languages are best.
Ignas Vosylius. CEO. Axioma Metering
I have started my path in Tech from sales in small start-up and as in any start-up, I had a chance
to contribute to wide range of activities. Throughout the years my responsibilities grew together
with the company, I was responsible for export, client relationships, marketing, business
development, procurement and product development. Recently I have begun managing the
production company which is in rapid growth phase and in the need of transformation in many
areas of business. Although changes in Tech companies always gets down to technical
solutions, it is very important to look at these changes from the point of view of the final user. I
believe, that I have an ability to talk about things slightly differently than it is accustom in tech
field.
Vitalij Kacanovskij. Scrum Master and QA mentor. Freelancer
More than 4 years experience in QA and now moving my Scrum Master carrier. Used to work in Nasdaq, Cognizant and Amadeus. Currently I am freelancing and have my own business.
Mario Bañares Colastra. Product Manager. Wix
I moved to Lithuania 6 years ago from Canary Islands. I am a Telecommunication Engineer that slowly fall in love with Product Management. There is no better feeling that see a product succeed and be used by many different people around the world. I’ve been working 5+ years in Product Management, in both B2B and B2C. I am very happy to be able to help others and share all my knowledge and experience.