Mentoring is best described as an educational process when mentors share knowledge with the purpose of surfacing potential in their protégés.
Gintarė Radžiūnė. IT Business Analyst. Telia Lietuva
I have changed career from customer service to IT. Started from the most basic IT position and travelled through several positions to be where I am now, happy and eager to share the story with others. I am open minded, creative and always eager to learn. I work closely with stakeholders, conduct workshops/demos, gather requirements, etc. Working with Scrum/SAFe frameworks.
Gert Lõhmus. Data and Business Intelligence professional. Luminor Group
I have over 5 years of experience working with data and with financial services. I connect business and data to improve the products and services for customers and build data driven organisations.
However, my strongest skill is building highly efficient teams. With my refined skill set, I create a collaborative environment and bring a customer-centric atmosphere that enables teams to innovate and thrive. Always being hands on and together with the team solving the challenges.
My never slowing intellectual curiosity has made me a lifelong learner. I am always learning to gain new perspective, whether it is a new language, dancing, cooking or NLP. I take every challenge as an opportunity to prove that Mission Impossible is just a movie title.
My specialties: + Building and leading high-performance teams + Data Strategy/Roadmap + Business Storytelling + Transformation to Data-Driven Organisation + Data Business Designer +Growing/Advising Start-Up Organisations.
If you’re interested in grabbing coffee and talking (or hearing how data can change every product), please reach out.
Gerda Aleksandravičiūtė-Peckaitienė. Engineering Manager. Mambu
Nice to e-meet you! I’m an engineering manager in Mambu. During my 8-years career, I had a chance to wear multiple hats, including project, business operations and people management. My mission to encourage women to join the tech world started in Palestine back in 2017. I’m still on that mission.
Felix Andresen. Head of Risk Data & Analytics. Luminor Group
Felix is leading Luminor’s modelling and analytics teams within the Risk Division and has over 12 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining Luminor, Felix was a Vice President at BlackRock’s Financial Markets Advisory Group, advising banks, central banks, and governments. He originally started his career in M&A for Deloitte and holds a Master in Quantitative Finance, an MBA, and a Diploma in International Economics.
Evelina Kazina. Business Analyst. Genius Sports
I have over 8 years of professional experience and after majoring in finance, have landed in IT! The world of IT caught my eye because I like the newest technologies and being part of it – “work smart, not hard” is a great moto that represents the magical world of Technologies.
I strongly believe that continuous learning makes a difference in both professional and personal life. Thus, for my learning, I put a great deal of effort into development and improvement. In 2018 I have also finished programme “Leader as a coach” approved by ICF (International Coach Federation). Coaching principles and values I do use in my career, daily life and in communication with Teams/ Collegues/ Clients and will definitely will use with mentees. My goal as a mentor is to help others like me to find their way in the world of Technologies.
Egidijus Skrodenis. Business development manager. NormallS Tech
During my career I developed, structured, managed and implemented various scale projects and products: from infrastructure projects, such VIA Baltica highway to Public transport management platform (software).
Edgars Burtnieks. Frontend Developer. Printful
When creating something new, I try to participate and be in the loop throughout the whole process – analyzing and research, design, prototyping, development, testing. To at least understand what goes into each step of the process, goes a long way. Collaboration for the win! My expertise is being juggled between design and front end development. I have high attention to details and usually provide more than one option. My main focus is set on clean and consistent code, overall workflow, using best practices, design systems, accessibility. And yes, all that is possible while having fun and listening to music!
D Brandt. Tech Lead (Back-End). Develop Diverse
I want to make the world a better place through technology. Also, I love wind turbines! Professionally, I have been a back-end developer for 5 years, working in both Java and Python. Since I have worked in start-ups exclusively, I have extended knowledge about and experience with how to connect with front-end, internal processes, etc. I also have of experience with software architecture, databases, servers, and leading the entire product development.
I have been a mentor in Women in Tech Denmark this year (beginning of 2021), where I had a peer that was rolling out her educational UX-tech platform. Currently, I am a mentor in an organization (Paper Airplanes) that teaches Python to women in conflict areas. I have 3 mentees that I assist on a weekly (minimum) basis.
Daniil Titkov. Software Engineer for Sovereign Clouds. Microsoft
Dad, tech professional, software engineer, and software Architect. Over ten years of experience in building software, leading brave destiny-mates engineers to battle with challenges and trying to develop life-changing-systems with the help of technology. Always looking for ways to self-educate, to learn new ways of walking the same road, and to understand the un-understandable.
Spent 1 year as part of Sorcery for Kids. Teaching the little ones engineering fundamentals. Spent more than 4 years as a tech coach to Fortune 150 companies around the world. Currently acting as a facilitator in resolving blocker to my colleagues around the organization through coaching practices. Moto: Never give up. Fate loves purposefulness.
Dainius Šablinskas. Cloud engineer. Macaw
Valuable experience gained working in big international companies like Barclays, Danske Bank or Macaw.
I currently work in the IT/Cloud sector but I also have experience in scripting/developing in .NET framewrok.
I am mostly working with tech such as Powershell, C#, Azure, DevOps, MSSQL.
Clicking keyboard is safe so after work I love to compensate it with dangerous stuff like skiing, wakeboarding, kiting, knitting, parachuting, cycling, cat angering.
Aušra Dilijonaitė. Senior Manager. PwC Norway
I am a cybersecurity and risk professional with focus on strategy and transformation, implementation of information security management systems, risk management, cloud and operational security. Over the last 15 years, I’ve worked as an auditor, SOC analyst, consultant and manager on varied size projects in different industries. I’m also a co-author of the book “Digital Forensics”. As a mentor, I hope to share my knowledge and experience, give back to the community and contribute to increasing diversity in the field. I enjoy helping others to find their place or a path in cybersecurity.
Aurelija Petkevičiūtė. Front-end Developer. IBM
I am a front-end developer with a quite extraordinary career path. I started by finishing medicine and got a medical doctor degree. Then I thought: “Oops! Wrong degree” and switched to software engineering. My career as a developer began in the back-end with C#, .NET. However, love for the front-end took over. Currently I am working with React, even though my tech stack is not limited by this library. I believe that developers should not stick to only one technology, because it comes and goes. Good logical thinking and understanding of the basics help quickly adopt new stuff and keep up with an industry.
Arūnas Stankevičius. Engineering manager. Kesko Senukai Digital
Engineering manager with several years of professional experience. I am a person who likes to learn new technologies and solve the most complex problems with my current knowledge, experience, and creativity. Always eager to learn something new and share my experience and knowledge with others.
Artūras Stifanovičius. Tech Lead, Xamarin Developer. Visma Lietuva
I would describe myself as a .NET developer and have been working on various technologies for WEB, Desktop and Apps. Currently I am working as a team and project lead in one of the best [measured by fun atmosphere] and strongest [technically] teams you can find in Vilnius. I believe that everything can be achieved when revisiting your goals on the go and renewing your plan. I guess this can apply not only to the constantly changing technology world, but in any field. That’s why I always follow this simple credo: “Prepare for the worst, expect the best and take what comes”. I hope you will follow it as well.
Andrea Coifman. Senior Data Scientist. CLOUDEON
I come from a very diverse background! I have experience in Machine Learning, Software Engineering and Data Science from different countries: Spain, Denmark, Sweden and now Lithuania! I currently work in the IT/Cloud sector but I also have experience in the BI sector and consumer electronics. I am mostly working with tech such as Python, C++ and Azure, and I have just recently finished a Leadership programme in LSE, which I would like to use to mentor girls on how to negotiate promotions.
Agnė Kelminskienė. Agile Coach. Revel Systems
I believe that there are no non-transferable skills. In the last five years, I changed my profession three times. From communication expert to product analyst, to agile coach and manager. I understood how finding synergies between different people and organizations can be as valuable as having deep knowledge in one field. Working with a team requires complementary talent and a different background or unique experience is a way to gain it. But many times you need a perspective to see the value you can bring. And this is where the mentorship shines!
Justina Balčaitytė. Head of UX/UI. Adeo Web
UX/UI designer with a laser focus on creating data-based solutions that convert. Obsessed about making things align. Currently creating silky-smooth eCommerce experiences for large scale projects at Adeo Web.
Lukas Četyrko. Full Stack Developer. Revel Systems
Working as a full stack software engineer for 2 years. Currently developing and maintaining an Online Ordering solution at Revel Systems. Also, have experience of several years as a quality engineer.
Matheus Castro. Software Engineer. Revel Systems
I am a systems engineer, software developer and machine learning enthusiast. I am currently working as a full stack developer and I have around 5 years of experience in the tech world. I have already developed systems for many kinds of clients such as Georgia Pacific, Vallourec, Vale, Avanco and many others. From all the tech specialties we have, I would definitely choose front-end development as my favorite because JavaScript is a bright and crazy world that I love to dive into and create applications which will impact directly on people’s life. Furthermore, I am always up for a challenge in order to develop myself personally and professionally.
Skaistė Deikaitė. User Experience Designer. SEB
I am a detail-oriented design professional with more than five years of experience in various design industries in the EU and EE.
Visual and UX/UI designer, expertise in design thinking, wireframing, UX interactive prototyping, final user interface, etc. I am enjoying collaborating with other designers, developers, copywriters, and more to create amazing products.
Rasa Mažutienė. Director of Quality Assurance. Juvare
I truly believe that finding your own style to get things done is a skill to aspire. This motto is the driver of my professional career in IT. I started as manual tester and advanced my career by gaining experience through testing various products, leading testing and working with different people. All of it allowed me to become an advocate of agile testing practices. Currently, I am responsible for defining and executing quality strategy at Juvare, worldwide provider of emergency preparedness and response software solutions. In addition to that I’m an active IT community member and part-time lecturer in KTU, my alma mater. I am proud that my team members and my students are really successful in their careers, so I hope that sharing my experience will help WGT mentees to advance in theirs too.
Ieva Kriaučiūnienė. Head of Design. kevin
After getting acquainted with graphic design, and having experienced the adventures of large and small creative works, today I dive even deeper into the design. I am going deep into the science of user experience, user-centred design, web design and usability testing.
Overseeing, guiding and coaching an international team of designers is no less familiar to me than working with a creative team in order to create concepts for advertising campaigns or address the challenges in real-time.
My secret is simple – I believe that good design is not just about beauty. It also has to be functional and help brands by hitting directly at the heart rather than in the brain.
Giedrė Kazlauskaitė. User Experience Designer and Researcher. Interactio
I am a human-centric design professional, with a strong sense of aesthetics and attention to detail. I believe that a wonderful idea solving the wrong problem will fail, therefore, my intention is to understand this process and contribute to that with the UX approach.
Kastytis Janavičius. Production Engineer. Inter IKEA Group
Leading the fast-growing segment, managing medium to large scale manufacturing and development projects are a few activities that I am skilled at. Through planning, development, progress monitoring, quality control and risk management, which are required to achieve goals, I have demonstrated success in team leadership, negotiation and mediation between companies and significant suppliers worldwide.