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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Solvita Bērziša. Data Science Associate Manager / Docents. Accenture Baltics
Solvita Bērziša
Data Science Associate Manager / Docents
Accenture Baltics
I have graduated doctoral degree in engineering science with an information technology specialization. Currently, I work at Accenture Baltics as a data science & big data consultant and I am a docent at Riga Technical University and guest lecturer at RISEBA University. I’m leading the data science meetup group “Riga Data and Advanced Analytics, AI Meetup”. In 2013 I have been awarded the IPMA Outstanding Research Contribution by a Young Researcher 2013 for research on “Application of Knowledge and Best Practices in Configuration of Project Management Information System”. My specialisations are data science, big data engineering, project management, business analysis, quality management, software testing and test management, DB programming, and data warehouse design.
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Jolita Petkienė. Head of Process Management Division. Axioma Metering
Jolita Petkienė
Head of Process Management Division
Axioma Metering
I have been working in product engineering for 14 years. I gained various experience in quality and process management, application of continuous improvement practices, team leadership. It’s time to share this experience and show how exciting and dynamic this activity is. I admire the brave people who are looking and not standing still, putting extra effort into guiding them and helping them find their way. And through this experience, I try to analyze myself and understand what else I have to learn, where I can find meaning. Therefore, in this project as well, I hope to expand my circle of acquaintances and learn something new and inspire women who are brave for change.
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Gabrielė Ignatavičienė. Lead UX designer. CAST AI
Gabrielė Ignatavičienė
Lead UX designer
CAST.AI
Every problem has its roots. My way of getting to the bottom of things is to get people talking. Solving a UX issue works best when you wear different hats that are part of every UX design role.
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Irina Ivanova. UX/UI Designer. Accenture Baltics
Irina Ivanova
UX/UI Designer
Accenture Baltics
Part of my role consists of understanding what people are trying to accomplish. What do our customers what to accomplish? What’s the business goal of our client? What’s my team trying to achieve? And how can I play a role in that? All this enables me to define a problem and work towards solution.
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Diana Gold. CIO. Telia
Diana Gold
CIO
Telia
Motivated, proactive, adaptive and goal oriented Senior IT Manager with more than 15 years experience in IT project delivery, operations, GRC and team management activities. As a Certified Agile Coach (SAFe Program Consultant) believe that Agile best practices help in achieving results faster and with better quality. As a leader – good at inspiring people and strong at managing teams to reach goals and top performance.
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Dainius Pilypas. Business Analyst. Devbridge
Dainius Pilypas
Business Analyst
Devbridge
My working passion is Product Development with current angle of Business Analysis. The career path that I experienced shows my constant reach for growth and gaining ever different knowledge as I graduated in different fields: Business Management and International Communication. In any case, this greatly benefits my profile as I feel confident in communicating across the teams and with different stakeholders. I also believe in sharing knowledge with other professionals who would like to take a similar career path. I am always open for mentoring as well as sharing the mistakes I made along this journey. Main working tools: Jira, Confluence, Miro, Figma, SQL Management Studio.
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Martynas Urbonas. Senior Business Analyst. Danske Bank
Martynas Urbonas
Senior Business Analyst
Danske Bank
I am looking forward to sharing my knowledge on how to become the best business analyst, how to bring value by creating simple solutions that solve complex problems, working in agile and plan-driven teams, using various modelling tools, knowing usual patterns of organizational behavior and discuss what works and what doesn’t.
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Karolis Bartkevičius. Senior Ecosystem Security Engineer. Mambu
Karolis Bartkevičius
Senior Ecosystem Security Engineer
Mambu
– Cyber security (fundamentals, hands on, advanced technology-specific topics);
– Computer networks (fundamentals, common protocols, Internet);
– Low-level development (C, Linux kernel, driver etc.);
– Managing small teams (team lead role);
– Project management basics (requirements, planning, stakeholder management).
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Giovanni Di Noto. QA, Cybersecurity, Board tech adviser. Omega365, cloudyBoss
Giovanni Di Noto
QA, Cybersecurity, Board tech adviser
Omega365, cloudyBoss
French-born, Euro-grown, Australian-adopted, with a blend of Mediterranean ancestry and Asian lifestyle, I am a global leader in the cloud economy arena, and have been blessed with many opportunities to lead brilliant teams of inspiring professionals who have made their mark for the past 3 decades and keep on thriving across many sectors of the hyper-connected world stage.
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Reda Šakurskienė. Head of Marketing Department. Novameta
Reda Šakurskienė
Head of Marketing Department
Novameta
Engineering and technology are much more than building machines. It is communication, problem solving and creativity – things I am passionate about. That is why I have chosen manufacturing for my career, where I have had already tried quite a few different hats on – design engineering, R&D, sales, marketing, and management.
I am here to show you how exciting and versatile engineering is. And hopefully help you find the field in engineering that you are passionate about.
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Monika Vaitkutė. UX Designer. OXYGEN
Monika Vaitkutė
UX Designer
OXYGEN
3+ years of experience working as a UX designer. Worked in agencies and recently joined a startup company. Main projects included: admin panels, eCommerce and, telehealth. Current position UX designer at Oxygen. Plus started an Instagram blog and trying to bring more valuable information into the community.
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Valeras Narbutas. Lead Software Developer. Macaw International Lietuva
Valeras Narbutas
Lead Software Developer
Macaw International Lietuva
I have work experience for 13+ working with various employers: government institution, bank IT center or private capital. I have knowledge about differences of work process in very large company and smaller ones. I can advice on dangers and benefits for personal development while working your dream job.
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Raminta Žemaitė. QA tech lead. Informacinių technologijų organizacija
Raminta Žemaitė
QA tech lead
Informacinių technologijų organizacija
I work as a QA for more than 10 years. I have experience on web and app testing process, customer support, QA team management. I can share my experience and show what it’s like to be a part of the new product everyone will use.
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Kęstutis Mikelėnas. Solution Architect. CID Lietuva
Kęstutis Mikelėnas
Solution Architect
CID Lietuva
Kęstutis wrote his first line of code nearly 30 years ago. And as soon as he touched web development – it was love at first sight. This passion led him into a career of enterprise level web application development where for the last decade he has been leading teams in creating software for 3M, Daimler, Volkswagen, Liebherr, FAZ and others. Over the years working closely with his teammates and mentoring a fair share of junior developers he has realized what makes a team great and what it takes to become a great team member that you can rely on and fully trust. Now instead of focusing on writing amazing software his focus has shifted to building great teams that create even better software.
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Mantas Skara. Software Engineer, Quality. Unity Technologies
Mantas Skara
Software Engineer, Quality
Unity Technologies
Quality Assurance specialist. For a past few years worked as a manual tester in Mobile QA team at Unity Technologies. In past year, transitioned to Automation side of QA, writing automated tests and improving current automation workflows in the team.
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Dovilė Morkvėnaitė. Head of portfolio management division. Ignitis group
Dovilė Morkvėnaitė
Head of portfolio management division
Ignitis group
I am an expert in Energy sector focusing on Electricity consumption and production forecasting, trading with 12 years of experience in the industry. Throughout my career I have developed good effective decision-making, critical thinking and leadership skills. For last 4 years I am a team leader for very many-sided unique team in which management I believe I have succeed.
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Irma Kaukienė. CEO. Ignitis group
Irma Kaukienė
CEO
Ignitis group
I am IT and business administration professional by formal education (PhD in Computer Science and EMBA / MScs in business administration) and by professional experience.
My career path shaped me as a professional – I started as a programmer, moved to IT project management, later to business and IT consulting, and then joined Ignitis group – first as Head of Group IT, and currently I am CEO of Ignitis group service center (which provides both IT and business support services for Ignitis group companies). I strongly believe that nowadays more than ever IT solutions play crucial part in any organization success. However, during my career I also learned that understanding the context of organizations (strategy, values, goals, culture, stakeholders) plays crucial part in success of any IT professional. Mind the context. Let’s learn together. -
Nerijus Adomaitis. Service delivery manager. UAB EPSO-G
Nerijus Adomaitis
Service delivery manager
UAB EPSO-G
2 years of experience as product owner in telco business in private sector. All the operations selling products and customer care across multiple chanells in Teo (now Telia) group. 5 years of experience as product owner and business analyst in Ignitis group. Responsible for group of information systems (~100 of them) – pricing, processes, alignment with self-service in a group of 19 companies. Present – service delivery manager in EPSO-G group. Implementing centralized processes for IT service delivery.
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Ismael Capel Cuevas. IT BI & Data Unit Manager. Luminor Group
Ismael Capel Cuevas
IT BI & Data Unit Manager
Luminor Group
Experienced manager of programs, projects and teams, always involved in the global strategy definition, implementation and governance. Permanent student of new technologies and methodologies2, like finding solutions to challenges and creating new opportunities. Team Builder, I like finding and cultivating Talent. Specialized in Data & Analytics, having worked on several countries and markets, with international teams allocated on multiple locations
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Matīss Priedīts. Risk Data Management Team Lead. Luminor Group
Matīss Priedīts
Risk Data Management Team Lead
Luminor Group
Expert in data analysis and business intelligence with strong mathematics and statistics theory. I am used to fast paced and ever-changing environments.
Very experienced SAS, SQL, SAP BO, KNIME, Microsoft Excel, Jira, Confluence user. Good at filling gaps between IT and business people. -
Erika Maslauskaitė. Chief Commercial Officer. Nikulipe
Erika Maslauskaitė
Chief Commercial Officer
Nikulipe
She has over ten years of experience in digital transformation, business development, brand strategy, and communications. Her passion for celebrating innovation is known in the industry through her work in tech, product development, and media industries. Currently, she is acting as CCO of the Fintech Company Nikulipe with a focus on alternative payment methods. Erika is also an active part of the Lithuanian tech community, namely as the ambassador at the WomenGoTech mentorship initiative, where she aims to inspire budding tech professionals and entrepreneurs. She is also the co-Founder of mobile software development company deverium and LOGIN Tech Festival – the largest innovation gathering in the Baltics.
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Dmitrij Berlinskij. User Experience Designer. Samesystem
Dmitrij Berlinskij
User Experience Designer
Samesystem
My mission is to help out company owners and business managers to develop strong online brand experience and powerful products by applying design thinking. Although my main focus is UX and product design, great things are achieved together. That’s why everything that relates to people facilitation, peer to peer reviews, management, feedback, workshops is deeply important to me. My love for design does not end with aesthetics (Which I love to stay hands-on). I am led by conversion data, consumer insights, and psychology. It is important to discover reasons in Qualitative and Quantitative research before we start to design.
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Rita Paškevičiūtė. Department manager. SEB BANK
Rita Paškevičiūtė
Department manager
SEB BANK
I am a Senior IT Executive with 20+ years of experience in delivering enterprise-level initiatives, building and leading high performing teams and developing business. I have wide-ranging technology leadership experience and good understanding of diverse business domains. I am a self-confessed data evangelist, a true believer in the power of data to transform a business.
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Sigita Jurkynaitė. Director of CyberSOC. NRD Cyber Security
Sigita Jurkynaitė
Director of CyberSOC
NRD Cyber Security
I am currently leading the CyberSOC team at NRD Cyber Security in Lithuania. I have international experience in cybersecurity project management, coordination of expert communities and training, having previously worked at GÉANT, Europe’s leading collaboration on e-infrastructure and services for research and education, where I managed multi million euro projects, coordinated information security community activities, led Special Interest Groups, and organised cyber security trainings in Europe and Asian countries.