Mentors & Experts

Vaida Vaižmužytė is a Project Management Professional PMP. Starting in the IT sector, she held various career positions for more than ten years and now is able to manage different projects and teams.

Vaida has implemented an unprecedented multi-million-dollar data center construction project managed by a leading Scandinavian IT company, while connecting it to the existing infrastructure. Vaida was responsible for managing the entire project, including infrastructure and construction components, specification, changes in technological data center project, procurement bidding process, procurement management, budget management, as well as management for changing stakeholders and their expectations. Thanks to Vaida’s project management skills and diplomacy, the project was successfully managed on time, budget and scope for the first time, both Design and Facility certificates were obtained.

Vaida is also a Co-Founder and General Manager of artwork’s liquidity and finance start up artXchange Global, which is poised to become the second Lithuanian unicorn. Vaida is responsible for the process management and business development for the start-up, which allows it to start providing sustainable services for the collective investment in the artworks and ensuring the guaranteed price of works of art.

Vaida is actively interested in martial arts and also practices meditation, which allows her to maintain high emotional intelligence and focus skills. The constant research for further knowledge has led Vaida to Process Management studies at ISM University.

Senior IT manager with more than 20 years of management experience in people management, governance, budgeting, strategic planning, digital innovations, employee performance management, project deliveries. Excellent skills proved during the extensive experience in outsourcing, RFIs/RFPs, procurement, agreements, negotiations, product maintenance and development. Experience in managing workplace support and logistics, ATM maintenance, User support (Helpdesk), IT systems monitoring.

I have some great experience while working as an IT project manager in complex long-term mobile app projects while experimenting and introducing new solutions to the market. I loved working with those projects! It was hard but I have grown as a person and as a professional. I cherish that experience so much, that I would like to share my knowledge, passion and inspire others to pursue this career path as it is so dynamic, challenging and never boring!

A Database Query Languages Lecturer at Vilnius University and a Data Analytics Lecturer at VilniusCodingSchool with more than 10 years of experience in the Data Analysis field. At the same time I am a PhD student of Artificial Intelligence. I am very happy to be part of this program and share my experience with my mentees!

IT and tech has been a part of my life since I was in school. 15+ years in various roles related to Software Development gives me a chance to embrace it from different perspectives. A creative approach to project and people management by applying a mix of various methods, frameworks and tools to help teams work more efficiently. It’s really amazing to work with people and teams, help them grow and perform by adopting an agile mindset. I’m always happy to share my knowledge and experience, especially in project and team management, agile mindset, personal and professional growth.

I am Sheldon and have over 12 years of experience in planning, delivery and execution of projects in Cybersecurity. I started my career in the IT Sector as a System Administrator and then worked my way as a Security and Risk Consultant.

I am proud to say that my career in Security, has really given me some amazing opportunities to visit some amazing countries in the world and also meet and learn from some really inspiring people along the way.

Cybersecurity is evolving and will continue to evolve in the coming years. I personally feel there are still alot of opportunities towards growing the Cybersecurity space. I admire people who show their keen interest in dedicating their time and efforts towards developing their skills and making our world a little more Secure.

I am an IT software engineer, stepping into a leadership role. Throughout my career, I have acquired a lot of knowledge and experience in every aspect of the web product lifecycle (from the initial idea to the final result). And my learning journey continues to this day – I am passionate about broadening my knowledge horizons which I utilize for day-to-day problem solving, coaching, and supporting my team.

Specialties: Product design (Research, UX, UI), WEB design, typography, graphic design, information design.

Started off my journey in IT being 13 years old hosting and making code changes to a game server which reached 500 consecutive online players. My career started off in a 24/7 Security Operations Center in which I was monitoring an enterprise IT infrastructure and discovered how interesting and alive the cybersecurity world is. This led on to me continuing in various Security Engineering roles building up and managing security infrastructure from zero. In my experience – Cybersecurity is rarely just a technical issue.

I have more than 20 years in general IT, went full stack experience wise, did some freelancing gigs, transitioning into leadership roles, open-minded and looking for new ideas from junior generation 🙂

I have experience in product&project, customer experience management: planning, analysis, customer voice, pilots, implementation, control, KPIs, follow-up, business plan calculations. All way long have many lessons learned that I am ready to share. My 4 years of mentorship experience is within the companies ESO & Ignitis holding.

I’ve started my career with Econometrics and Economics studies. I’ve landed into various data analyst/data steward/business analyst positions within banks, consultancy and telecommunications, which required a good combination of understanding the end goal while still being capable to grasp technical level. New jobs have resulted in new domain knowledge and new tools, so learning and self-learning were always crucial. Openness and curiosity are what I call the success criteria. It also leads me to new experiences and, I believe, in the upcoming collaboration with mentees.

I have a coaching certificate from International Coaching Federation (ICF). I have practice with individual coaching on personal topics. Also – professional mentorship within the organization internally. It included various levels – junior-mid-senior specialists and team leaders.

At Toptal Laimonas is responsible for scaling Toptal’s business sustainably through building a culture of modern Agile project and program management, focusing on the implementation of business-oriented delivery frameworks across the Product Management and Engineering functions. He brings over 15 years of experience in the IT industry, working both at hyper-growth startups and Fortune 50 (Microsoft) and 500 (CSC) companies.

Laimonas holds a Bachelor’s in Business Information Management and a Master’s in Communication Science from Vilnius University where he also used to lecture on IT Project Management. He is a co-founder and a board member of “Agile Lithuania” association and speaks at various local and international conferences.

I am a senior cybersecurity capacity building consultant with extensive experience in managing international cybersecurity and defence projects. I work with governments and private sector organisations in the following areas:

– Development of National Cyber Security Policies and Strategies

– Development of National Critical Information Infrastructure Identification and Protection Frameworks

– Deployment of Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Assessments for Nations

– Creation of Cybersecurity Crisis Management Regulatory Frameworks and Governance Structures

– Improving National Cybersecurity Legislations

4 years ago, my journey to the tech world also started from WGT where I participated as a mentee. During all these years full of new challenges and learnings through various courses and certifications programs, my career successfully has grown to a Senior QA engineer. So, I am excited to come back to this program as a mentor not just to share my knowledge and experience gained through all these years working in a Global company but to encourage and support someone on her first steps to the fascinating tech world.

Financial regulations professional with a good insight into the regulatory environment and associated challenges, a team leader committed to integrity and excellence. A natural leader, a team spirit. Came from an academic background in financial markets I have a keen interest in financial markets, products, and securities laws and regulations. Experienced product owner currently working on a challenging regulatory agenda building sustainable BI solutions for a data-driven company.

I’ve never planned to work in IT. I started my career as a Business Consultant, later worked in a few other companies as a Change Manager & Business Development Manager. However, I always had a feeling that something was missing & that I was not where I was supposed to be. And this feeling continued until I started working in the IT industry, where I found that being a Product Manager in a cross-functional team is what I am truly madly deeply passionate about. So I am glad to share with others my experiences, learnings, and mistakes I’ve made along the way to IT.

Leading collaboration tools transformation strategy in Danske Bank – moving towards cloud based workstream and social collaboration solutions. With more than 10 years experience in project management field, even in current role a lot of my focus is dedicated to change delivery and improving employee experience.

I am QA engineer with more than a decade of experience in database, microservices testing. As a passionate software tester in data analysis and test automation I’m interested in product quality assurance processes improvements. I enjoy sharing my knowledge and I’m eager to help those who would like to try this role too.

Irmantas has over 8 years of experience in the Information Technology industry, with experience in areas such as Serverless Solutions, Cloud Solutions Architecture, Security, Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD automation.

Since the beginning of his career, Irmantas has worked as a platform engineer for a mission-critical large-scale DevOps Platform. He has worked in both the Agile Scrum team and Service Reliability Engineering team; building infrastructure automation using infrastructure-as-code, following CI/CD best practices and supporting platforms following Service Reliability Engineering practices. He then transitioned to a role of System Team DevOps Lead Engineer in Financial Services – architecting, designing, and implementing large-scale solutions for the client. Currently working as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Juvare, helping to deliver best-of-breed Emergency & Response solutions.

I am a business-minded IT professional with more than 5 years of experience in IT service providers companies. During my career I have a proven record of working with large and enterprise organizations. The skills of Project Management, Sales Management and Business Development are the ones I am strong at and ready to share with my mentee. As well, this year I am finishing to gain my Master Degree in Innovation and Technology Management at ISM University. As I have my personal experience changing my career towards IT, I will be happy to share it and empower others to do so.

From bachelor’s in psychology to Software Engineering. I have started my path in IT from being a data analyst. In that time a have gained experience with Python, SQL and other tooling that might be helpful. Although first few steps in IT might be hard, hopefully we could conquer them together by finding ways to defeat them!

Creative leader, Lean thinker, Visionare, Strategist, Brainstormer, Question asker, Mama, food lover, fluency in multiple languages. Since 2014 I have been improving, transforming, digitalizing processes in global operations. Consulting, mentoring and empowering Teams & Leadership to drive change and efficiency. 200+ Workshops & trainings conducted, 600+ BPMN, VSM, Customer Journey maps created, 500+ improvement projects implemented. My secret key to success for any project at work, in personal life or for a career aspiration is never quit and don’t forget Thomas Edison words “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t.

Hi! My name is Agne and I am a UX/UI Designer. I am educated as a Digital concept developer and Multimedia designer, and for the last years, I have been involved in the fields of user experience, design, creativity, digitalization and innovation. My work portfolio consists of a wide range of projects and graphical assignments, such as UX/UI for apps and websites, digital design, design facilitation in workshops and hackathons, explainer videos, visual consulting, ect. I strive for quality, constant development and am always keen on new challenges.

Recently I joined Grundfos, where I work as a Senior UX/UI Designer, and my past experiences include a UX/UI Designer role in a software development company STRONGMINDS and co-managing a micro-company in Innovation Lab, where I worked with visual communication, explainer videos, digital design and concept development.