Mentors & Experts
Mentoring is best described as an educational process when mentors share knowledge with the purpose of surfacing potential in their protégés.
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Katrė Zienkaitė. Senior Product Designer. Shopify
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.
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Renata Urbonė. Co-owner, manager. LEANERIA, ESPERONUS
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.
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Vytautas Ašeris. Director of Engineering. Vinted
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.
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Agnė Balkevičiūtė Lajienė. Director for strategic initiatives. 1clickfactory
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.
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Marija Velžė. Engineering Manager. TransferGo
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.
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Karolis Grigas. Developer. Qoorio
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
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Visvaldas Kasperavičius. Head of Quality. HELLA 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.
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Justas Jurgaitis. Head of Facility management. HELLA LITHUANIA
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.
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Christoph Scherbeck. Supplier Quality Engineer. HELLA LITHUANIA
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.
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Mantas Skinderis. Head of Internal Factory. 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
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Edvinas Mandravickas. Software Engineer. UNITY TECHNOLOGIES
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.
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Ieva Ronkaitytė. Project Manager. Western Baltic Engineering
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!
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Julija Patašnik. Director of Operations. EIS Lietuva
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.
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Michael Hopwood. Senior Technical Writer. Wix
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.
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Agnius Žukas. Senior Software Engineer. Saldo Finance
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.
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Tomas Gadišauskas. Researcher. Freelancer
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.
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Dalia Jankeviciūtė. Strategic partner manager. Google
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!
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Rolandas Gricius. Engineering manager and Linux Product Owner. Nord Security
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
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.
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Jurga Sefton. Scrum Product Owner. BCA Marketplace
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.
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Kotryna Krisiūtė. Product Manager. Vinted
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.
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Kristina Šermukšnytė-Alešiūnienė. Managing Director. KlasterLT
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.
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Liudvikas Dicevičius. Senior UI designer. Tia
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!
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Lukas Jablonskas. Product Manager. Vinted
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.