Mentors & Experts

The best parts in any activity are starting, doing (planning, creating, communicating), and finally celebrating the results.

Specialization to perform in the challenging global field of privacy and cybersecurity. It is a bridge between law, governance, and technology aspects of EU and global data protection and cybersecurity issues. It varies from drafting contracts and rules, providing consultations, performing audits, etc.

Challenged with different viewpoints and experiences where the difference becomes our strengths, with a broader skillset of decisions making, communication skills, and related soft skills where every step can become our better way to pursue happiness.

Experienced and self-motivated Business Development/ Key Account Manager for local and international business with more than ten years of IT & telecommunications industry experience.

A strong leader with the ability to increase sales and develop strategies to keep strong partnerships with customers for the long term.

Highly skilled in Negotiation, Project Management, Customer Relationship Management, Sales Management & Business development.

Strongly believe that right people lead business to success & everyday routine needs to have something FUN to keep your brain out of burning.

During my career, I have moved from diplomacy to IT and to my current position – leading a dedicated team drafting cybersecurity strategy, policy documents, and drafts of laws and regulations. My previous experiences as a diplomat helped me a lot in quickly learning to operate in a new environment, get to know new team members, identify, and engage stakeholders both from inside and outside organizations, draw up, communicate, and implement action plans. I believe in being an optimalist – doing your best under given circumstances, accepting reality, and not being afraid to fail.

Cyber security mindset enthusiast, with a sense of reality. Experienced in cyber security operations, management and design. Passionate about threat intelligence, ethical hacking, forensics and, most importantly, work ethics and business culture. Interested in but not limited to cyber security governance, including vulnerability management, security information and event management, cyber security controls and standards, development, and automatization. Result-orientated which leads to safe, secure and successful tomorrow.

I have experience of 5 years working as a data analyst in an international environment. I can share both technical aspects of my role, the main tools, courses, programming languages, industry trends and also soft skills that help to build successful career. Being an open minded and curious person I can also share my experience on self-development, work-life balance and encourage to take further steps toward your career goals.

Ten years ago I started my journey to the technology field. I’ve joined one of the first Graduate programs to kick-start my journey. Started in project management, then moved into product development (mobile, data, UX, etc.) Currently, I lead an engineering area @MobilePay. I get to work with amazing people creating top products and helping each other to become the best version of ourselves!

Once I heard a saying that working in IT field can be compared to participating in the Olympics, which I truly believe it’s true. Both athletes and successful developers work hard every day to become better versions of themselves, and what for? To show what they can do, when the time comes. As developers we learn new technologies and try to keep up with ever-evolving IT world. I code almost every day, and it’s the easiest part of my job, not because the issues I am solving are easy, but because I practice a lot.

I am Arunas. With more than 20 years of experience in IT field I have been involved in various tech roles, with the last 15 years – in management and leadership. Management and leadership is my passion – empowering others to deliver results via coaching, mentoring, best agile practices and just working together to reach the goals. What makes me happy is when I see others grow and achieve their goals. I can guide you through the paths of project management, leadership, HR practices, Agile, team empowerment, strategic thinking and much more. Let’s start the journey!

I have been interested in software development since high school, so studying software engineering was an easy choice. For 5 past years, I have been working as a front-end developer.

I have around 1 year experience as a QA, where I had an opportunity to practice both manual testing and performance testing techniques. Then as a System Analyst I learned how to communicate with business clients, plan tasks and priorities for development teams, draw UML diagrams explaining systems requirements. Then I started working as a Software Engineer where I have been working for the longest so far. I mostly develop BE applications, work with various SQL and NoSQL databases, manage deployments with various tools (Kubernetes, TeamCity)

I’m a backend developer who is passionate about improving ways of working, increasing code quality and team work while getting things done. It’s a challenge to balance these out but it gets better with time.

I have more than 8 years experience in the IT sector. During that time I had a chance to work in different IT positions in public and private sectors. This gave me a broad understanding of how IT and cyber security management processes are organized in different organizations. I am happy to have the opportunity to share my experience with those who are just starting their journey in tech.

Engineering management professional with years of experience in IT project management, development team leadership, creating and executing strategic initiatives aligned with IT. Throughout my career I have worked both in start ups and corporations, with collocated and scattered multicultural teams, in waterfall manner and in fast changing agile environments. My personal values at work circle around respect, integrity and leaving things better than I found. As a leader I promote emotional intelligence, healthy work environment and exploring ones career path that leads to happiness

Innovative developer with experience in implementing back-end and front-end for various kinds of systems, while making use of best practices. Constantly trying to keep up the pace in this ever evolving software development world. In my spare time I enjoy keeping myself busy by heading out for a run, jumping on a mountain bike, listening to podcasts and learning/enjoying new things.

Rokas is an experienced Software Engineer who kicked off his career as a database security specialist, continued in unix system operations, and worked as a software developer across various enterprises. He has been working with Kubernetes and Cloud Tech since 2017, is fluent in GoLang and Java, and believes in 12-Factor Apps and Lean development. Currently, Rokas is the Founding Engineer|Engineering Manager at CAST AI. During his career journey’s diverse experiences he discovered that only constant challenge forces to learn and grow. In his free time, he enjoys swimming, kick-boxing, and racing others on a Kart track.

Since I grew up in a family of IT specialists, I have always felt like belonging in the world of technologies. After my studies of multimedia design and interning as a front-end developer I ended up finding my biggest passion in quality assurance. I am currently working with automation and manual testing, finding both of them equally interesting and important. In addition to my day-to-day work, I am leading the QA team while also mentoring newcomers from time to time, which I really find passion in doing. It is very fulfilling to be able to help someone to become stronger as a professional. Therefore, I am really excited to share my experience and contribute to the growth of the IT community.

A software testing professional with over 4 years of testing experience in a wide range of software products ranging from Telecommunications, Advertising, Insurance, and Business Intelligence. Amarachi started her career in her home country, Nigeria where she worked for 2 years before moving to Lithuania as a QA specialist in 2019. She currently works as a QA Engineer in the Business and Analytics team of Revel Systems where finds herself delving deeper into the data world. When she is not working, you will find Amarachi making videos for her Youtube channel where she vlogs about her life in Lithuania or singing karaoke.

What fascinates me about the field of UX is that it is so versatile, and that its original purpose and aim is to enable people in the right way. A UX designer has the roles of an analyst, researcher, creator, innovator, advocate, strategist, … it is always exciting. And it is beautiful to see that more and more talents are joining this profession.

I started my career in Tech as a Marketing Manager, then moved to Product Management. I consider myself a tech specialist in spite of having no programming experience. I created IT products for educational, betting and fintech companies. Being a product manager is a great job that allows me to contribute to amazing things while tapping into my creativity.

Long and wide experience for a variety of areas and roles. Starting with hands on IT support and system administration around both infrastructure and applications. Have done some project management, group management roles as well as leading departments and companies. Todays role is less technical, more a mix involving people management, business development and commercial aspects. Having tried both the hardcore technology side and the other side with only people allows me to understand that I do like the mix of technology and people. Staying to long in either end will sooner or later have we working towards the other end. When you mix talented people with good technology then often you will see great developments and amazing results.

A highly proactive Sales Team Driver with an outstanding record in building strategies for sales channels expansion in international construction or IoT markets. Driven to succeed, I am a target-driven person with a proven ability in developing successful sales in different World markets. And lead a team of perfectionist to common goals. I do believe that learning is a key factor of opening doors of growth please join me in growing.

I wanted to be in the tech world from a very young age. I had a chance to start my career in the QA Engineer position, and I fell in love with it instantly. It fascinates me that this area is very broad: every day you can learn something new, shape your role in a team, have a say in what is delivered to the clients. I seek constant improvement in everything I do and try to be a T-Shaped professional. Also, I’m an advocate for automation. After almost 8 years as a QA Engineer, I think it’s time to share my experience and lead someone on an exciting journey into the quality assurance world.

During my 20 years career within SEB Baltic IT, I gained a lot of experience both in IT operations and IT development fields. It gave me an opportunity to grow as Professional and the Leader.

Participating in and managing different projects in the Baltics I gained priceless experience in planning and managing workflows and time schedules, building architecture, solving technical questions. I gained a lot of experience working with different people in different countries and managing International Team. In incident/problem handling area I learned to take decision in a timely manner with highest possible quality for our customers and to work well under high pressure. I’m technician from beginning to the end. Positive approach and focus on everyday tasks, this is who I am.

How can I help You to discover IT? Believe me once You are in you will love it same way I do!

Currently, I am responsible for engineering operations and country activities at Juvare, worldwide provider of emergency preparedness and response software solutions. Spending 17+ years in software engineering taught me to be a team player, servant leader, and apply agile mindset daily. While gradually moving through various roles from hands on, process to leadership it became evident – when teams and individuals feel empowered they invest into self-development and are eager to share their knowledge. I am excited to become WGT mentor and empower more women to advance their career in IT by sharing my knowledge in software delivery process, development life cycle and leading change.