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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Goda Sadzevičiūtė. Head of Projects. Banking Lab
Goda Sadzevičiūtė
Head of Projects
Banking Lab
Communication is at the core of Project Management. From cross-team cooperation to successfully managing client expectations and mitigating the change in the company’s DNA, it has to be clear, concise and motivating. I believe that asking the right questions no matter how hard they might be, are necessary to manage the risks and achieve results we can all be proud of.
In my career I have learned that no matter how culturally different the people may be, if you happen to work on the same project, you also have to take on the responsibility to create a comfortable environment where thoughts are heard, and the super-powers of each team member are embraced.
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Greta Galubauskaitė. User Experience Designer and Researcher. WIX
Greta Galubauskaitė
User Experience Designer and Researcher
WIX
My mission is to help UX/UI newbies to find a way in a wide field of UX/UI and answer questions like – What is it? Where and why can you realize yourself? Where could I start? What knowledge and tools are required? As a UX/UI instructor, I’ve heard and answered these questions multiple times. I will share the experience gathered over several years working in multiple small and big companies and empower you to take a solid step in your upcoming career.
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Greta Milišauskienė. Senior QA Engineer. NRD Systems | Member of NRD Companies
Greta Milišauskienė
Senior QA Engineer
NRD Systems | Member of NRD Companies
I am Greta – QA engineer. During 4+ years of working in IT area I contributed to many GovTech projects which impacted not only Lithuanian citizens experience by using eGovernment solutions but also such countries as Zanzibar, Aguilla, Uganda etc. And now I am excited to share all experience and knowledge with growing IT talents.
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Ignas Kaziukėnas. Software Engineer. Uber
Ignas Kaziukėnas
Software Engineer
Uber
I like mentoring because you can help other people learn from your (and others) mistakes. Having worked in several vastly different companies I have first hand experiences of contrasting company cultures and challenges the engineers face. As you may have already guessed it’s pretty much never just about coding and the best engineers that I have met still have a very wide array of skills that make them successful. All of this can be very confusing for the newcomers and I hope that I can provide guidance on how to navigate the rough seas of starting your career in IT.
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Indrė Jurkevičiūtė-Bačkė. Project Manager, HR Technology & Analytics. Western Union
Indrė Jurkevičiūtė-Bačkė
Project Manager, HR Technology & Analytics
Western Union
I am driven to create things, to make the ideas happen. Throughout my career I have tried multiple hats: project manager, teacher, product owner, scrum master, data analyst, instructional designer…
And one constant thing among them all is same me. Today I’m developing technologies for HR and a better employee experience while leading Agile HR transformation adventure.
I hope I could help you see how all your experiences make sense together and become a unique advantage in any path you choose.
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Karolis Malcevičius. Senior Product Designer. Lyft
Karolis Malcevičius
Senior Product Designer
Lyft
Interdisciplinary designer with 10+ years of experience in building digital products. Driven to solve big problems, creating innovative solutions along the way. Shaped products at Lyft, Instacart, Trafi, Treatwell and many other awesome companies.
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Sigita Pettifer. Senior UI/UX Designer. NFQ
Sigita Pettifer
Senior UI/UX Designer
NFQ
I’m Sigita, advocate for a human centred design. Currently I am a Senior UX/UI designer in NFQ. I believe that design is a process, and that through research and exploration, the right solution will present itself. During my career, I had a privilege to work with many high- profile clients, from various industries, including Nestlé, HSBC and LEGO.
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Povilas Godliauskas. Founder & Coaching Psychologist. coach lt
Povilas Godliauskas
Founder & Coaching Psychologist
coach.lt
Hi! I am a psychologist with 6+ years of experience in coaching, recruitment, and talent management. I believe openness, acceptance, and empathy are the key factors of successful relationships. Right now, I am interested in the scientific and practical power of coaching psychology to increase the performance and wellbeing of tech professionals.
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Vilma Kairytė. Senior Analyst – Business Intelligence. TransUnion Baltics
Vilma Kairytė
Senior Analyst – Business Intelligence
TransUnion Baltics
For as long as I can remember, I did not relate my future with data analytics or IT field at all. However, for my master degree I decided to challenge myself and switch from social sciences to mathematics. These studies opened my eyes on how powerful, interesting, deep data can be and opportunities with it if processed properly. And so, for the past 4 years I enjoy helping business to make data-driven decisions.
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Vytautas Jakštys. Chief Product Officer. Eskimi DSP
Vytautas Jakštys
Chief Product Officer
Eskimi DSP
In my head, there are 2 things product managers usually focus on: 1. Build the right thing 2. build the right thing right I used to believe a perfect product manager knows all about building the right thing right. I don’t believe that anymore. I’m now learning how to know what’s the right thing to build. Happy to share what I have learned so far, about both points.
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Bas Wallet. UX Lead / Design Manager. CERN
Bas Wallet
UX Lead / Design Manager
CERN
I’ve been designing for the web since the 90’s and helping organizations grow since the 00’s, in agency, start-up and in-house environments. My mission is to empower companies to create valuable, inclusive and empathic products and organizations. I advocate for multicultural, multipersonal and multigenerational comprehension.
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Arūnas Umbrasas. Manager of Data Science and Analytics. Vinted
Arūnas Umbrasas
Manager of Data Science and Analytics
Vinted
I’m the manager of Special-Ops – a data science team providing cross-domain research, analytical support and data engineering services at Vinted. My passion is solving business problems with data and enabling others to do the same. During my career, I worked with a diverse set of stakeholders on various data-related projects. Specifically at Vinted, I experienced a fast-growing business first as an individual contributor and later as people later. This allows me to give a perspective on what is expected of a data specialist by various business units as well as by hiring managers. Having pivoted to the field from a less technical background, I can also advise on learning and adapting to tech when you lack previous experience.
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Gintarė Kvasaitė. Product Owner. MobilePay
Gintarė Kvasaitė
Product Owner
MobilePay
As a Product owner I took the lead in various types of projects, from corporate websites leading micro teams of 1-2 developers and a web designer with project duration between 3-4 months, to big scale and complex systems, leading teams of 7-8 developers, QA specialists, UI/UX designers, project duration lasting for 2-3 years. I participate in all project life cycles from business case analysis to closing and transition. I believe that value is created by people and technologies are just tools. Good company climate, mutual understanding and respect are the key elements to successful projects.
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Monika Valatkevičienė. Team Manager, Product Management Operations. Adform
Monika Valatkevičienė
Team Manager, Product Management Operations
Adform
I feel curiosity and passion not just for the product and customers, but also for the production process itself! I consider my strengths to be: the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, the ability to work under pressure, positive thinking and the ability to set priorities. Shortly, I’m a simple, open and caring person. For me – challenges are just a natural part of trying to get things done!
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Irma Matonė. Data Engineer. Cognizant
Irma Matonė
Data Engineer
Cognizant
My last ~5 years of career are focused to data engineering. I also love to solve performance issues caused by huge amount of data, so kind of DBA in my heart. I work with Microsoft stack mostly, but have understanding of other tools too. If you are keen to know more about the world of data, then I’m right person to talk to.
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Emilija Lamanauskaitė. Data Engineer. Cognizant
Emilija Lamanauskaitė
Data Engineer
Cognizant
Working as Data Engineer I am responsible for maintaining and developing analytics platform in Azure Databricks. I can help get started with programming skills needed for data related work as well as technologies that are commonly used in data engineering.
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Lina Armonienė. Senior product manager. Adform
Lina Armonienė
Senior product manager
Adform
I grew as professional working both in startups and large IT companies in various positions. Last 6+ years I’m focusing on product development. For me product management is about bringing ideas to life that maximize value for customers, in collaboration with a number of people.
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Ieva Ruškytė-Jasinskienė. Senior Business Analyst. EIS Group
Ieva Ruškytė-Jasinskienė
Senior Business Analyst
EIS Group
A determined and analytical personality, hard-working, fast, and result-oriented team player, business and solution-oriented professional with the ability to prioritize work and a strong will to learn business beyond the numbers. I myself have changed my career path toward Tech, so I am more than willing to share my experience.
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Eglė Dubauskė. Head of Quality Production. HELLA Lithuania
Eglė Dubauskė
Head of Quality Production
HELLA Lithuania
More than 6 years of experience as Quality for Production responsible in the Automotive Electronics industry as a solution oriented and seasoned professional. Demonstrating strong interpersonal and presentation, exquisite time management skills, ability to work on more than one project at a time, demonstrated by being among the top performers, while being engaged in other activities, such as dynamic, results-oriented problem solving, keeping customers requirements ensured, balancing the team work packages, quick reaction in urgent situations. Experienced in successful management of diverse groups of people, enjoy working as a team member as well as independently, strongly committed to team building and staff development. Excellent analytical skills with the ability to analyze situations accurately and effectively, capability to learn and apply new technologies.
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Pijus Vaškevičius. Technical Team Lead. Telesoftas
Pijus Vaškevičius
Technical Team Lead
Telesoftas
A hands on technical team lead. Interested in working in remote/hybrid teams in agile environment and implementing pragmatic solutions. With experience of running autonomous development teams and implementing top to bottom solutions. Some things to know about Pijus: he finds it really weird to talk about himself in 3rd person.
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Jonas Minelga. Chapter Lead. Danske Bank
Jonas Minelga
Chapter Lead
Danske Bank
I am a Chapter Lead with more than 10 years of experience and PhD in Informatics Engineering. During my career, I have done all kinds of development, from mobile apps to web applications and my passion – back-end. I love microservices architecture, messaging, and constantly search for new easier ways to solve complex problems. I value teamwork, love knowledge sharing, always seek improvement and now starting to dive into management world.
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Tomas Šeputis. Head of IT Service Desk & Workplace Technology. TELIA LIETUVA
Tomas Šeputis
Head of IT Service Desk & Workplace Technology
TELIA LIETUVA
I have many years of experience, couching and seeing talents grow as manager of first line IT. I have changed my positions several times, so understand meaning and value of support during change. My key knowledge is how to operate an IT Service Desk and how to ensure customer business continuity from the first line.
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Elvinas Didika. Head of service desk. Danske Bank
Elvinas Didika
Head of service desk
Danske Bank
An IT professional with 5+ years of leadership experience in IT Operations within financial sector. I have started my career as IT Service Desk analyst and took on a number of Team management positions (within IT Service Desk as well as platform development). For the last 2 years I am heading Global Service Desk of 70+ people across 3 locations (Lithuania, Denmark and Finland) which is supporting 20.000 Danske Bank Group colleagues globally. During my tenure at Danske Bank, I have been responsible for launching new support channels for the users, including but not limited to Self-service portal and AI powered chat bot. I am constantly sharing my experience on AI, customer support, service desk operations in international conferences, e.g. ITSMF, ServiceNow Knowledge, Vestergaard; and I am really keen to share my knowledge with WGT mentees.
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Giedrius Kriščiukaitis. Head of Software development. Ignitis group
Giedrius Kriščiukaitis
Head of Software development
Ignitis group
Head Of Software Engineering at Ignitis Group. Experienced web developer. Engineering IT solutions and business value using Lean-Agile mindset. Strong project management skills, good communicator, speaker in conferences, colleague and people leader.