Empowering Talents to Discover Tech
„Women Go Tech“ – the first mentorship and tech content sessions programme in Lithuania dedicated to helping women start and accelerate their careers in IT and engineering sectors.
About us
“Women Go Tech” was launched by Association INFOBALT and World Economic Forum initiative Global Shapers Vilnius in 2016.
Our goal is to empower women to seek for professional careers within tech sector and to strengthen gender equality in the labour market as well as women leadership.
We envision to create 500 success stories of women in tech by the end of 2021, by helping them to:
– Find a job in TECH
– Get promoted in TECH
The programme is supported by key TECH enterprises located in Lithuania as well as Lithuania TECH start-ups and has also gained international recognition across various global events.
Throughout the 4 seasons:
– Out of 420 programme alumni, 236 have already reached their goals within TECH.
– More than 200 mentors and experts have shared their knowledge.
– We have organized and attended over 100 events in Lithuania and abroad, reaching more than 5000 people.
Choose your tech track
There are 10 different tech tracks in the fifth season of Women Go Tech. Choose a career that you want to pursue and get help from your mentor and our community!
Mentors and experts
„Women Go Tech“ mentors and experts come from various tech backgrounds. Diversified by their fields of expertise, they are all united by the common vision and willingness to share their knowledge in order to help others successfully step into tech.
Visvaldas Kasperavičius
Head of Quality
HELLA LITHUANIA
Aliona Viršutienė
Director of Engineering
VINTED
Jurgita Nikliauzaitė
Manufacturing Engineer
HELLA Lithuania
Laimonas Birštonas
Project Manager Operations
HELLA Lithuania
Justas Jurgaitis
Head of Facility management
HELLA LITHUANIA
Ieva Gražulevičiūtė
Backend developer
VINTED
Tadas Bružikas
Marketing Data Science Team Lead
VINTED
Mantas Skinderis
Head of Launch and Change Management
HELLA LITHUANIA
Vaida Nevardauskaitė
Head of Business Intelligence
TRANSUNION
Donatas Kimutis
Team Lead
VINTED
Mantas Kentra
Senior Software Engineer
METASITE
Darius Rekašius
Head of IS development
AXIOMA METERING
Dominyka Ragauskaite
Senior Product Manager
VINTED
Igor Savin
Team Lead
VINTED
Mantvydas Vaičius
Head of Commerce (Brass Meters)
AXIOMA METERING
Maxim Zakletskiy
Head of Operations
HELLA Lithuania
Tomas Eglinskas
Software Engineer
WIX
Adas Bradauskas
Product Manager
WIX
Giedrius Jaloveckas
Senior Product Designer
WIX
Miglė Paškauskė
QA Guild Lead
WIX
Mario Banares
Product Manager
WIX
Liudas Gulbinas
Head of Collaboration Technology
DANSKE BANK
Aistė Miškūnienė
Director of Engineering
VINTED
Deividas Strioga
Android developer
VINTED
Mindaugas Raudys
Production Manager
AXIOMA METERING
Ernesta Maciuitiene
Payments Product Manager
VINTED
Imantas Aviltis
Head of RnD QA group
AXIOMA METERING
Tomas Konovalovas
Head of Product Delivery
TRANSUNION
Indrė Graudinaitė
Team Leader-Decisioning Services
TRANSUNION
Gintaras Misiūnas
Delivery Lead
GENIUS SPORTS
Dalia Miklaševičiūtė
League Products Support and Implementation Manager
GENIUS SPORTS
Danguolė Jankauskienė
Team manager
TELIA LIETUVA
Tautginas Gelžinis
Head of Technical Department
AXIOMA METERING
Donatas Jankantas
Head of Network Engineering and Automation
DANSKE BANK
Živilė Vajegaitė
Lead Data Scientist / Team Manager
DANSKE BANK
Karolina Griciune
Head of Behavioural Modelling
DANSKE BANK
Viktorija Zubrickienė
Head of Internal Factory
HELLA Lithuania
Ina Semionova
Product Designer
VINTED
Aušra Juodgudytė
Enterprise Lean Six Sigma manager
LITTELFUSE
Dalia Lašaitė-Kamantauskė
CEO
CGTRADER
Rasa Jonkutė
UX Designer
TRUSTPILOT
Indrė Chomentauskienė
Chief Operating Officer
METASITE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Vytautas Ašeris
Department manager
DANSKE BANK
Renata Urbonė
IT inovacijų ekpertė, antreprenerė
LEANERIA, ESPERONUS
Vytautas Vaškevičius
CEO
SEKASOFT
Ona Juodkienė
Development Director, Head of IT Operations
DANSKE BANK
Igor Gubaidulin
Head of UX and Design
NFQ TECHNOLOGIES
Daina Rutkauskienė
Analitinių kompetencijų grupės vadovė
GJENSIDIGE
Monika Kavaliauskė
CEO
CASZYME
Darius Chmieliauskas
UX dizaineris
SWEDBANK
Aušra Kropaitė
Projektų vadovė
DXC TECHNOLOGY
Vytenis Pakėnas
Founder / Manager
DONEDEAL TODAY
Jurgita Aliukonienė
Business Analyst
TIETO LIETUVA
Tomas Skačkauskas
Programavimo vadovas
GO-ERP
Tadas Bružikas
Data Scientist
VINTED
Vaida Vaižmužytė
Paslaugų teikimo vadovė/projektų vadovė
BALTNETOS KOMUNIKACIJOS
Ramūnas Stanišauskas
Head of Quality and LEAN
GIRTEKA LOGISTICS
Emilija Valantiejūtė
UX Researcher
Olegas Pridiuk
Developer Relations
Aurelija Urbonavičiūtė
Partnerė ir bendraįkūrėja
ANATOMY (SYNTHESIS CONSULTING)
Domantas Laurynas
Product Management
TRUSTPILOT
Gražina Deveikytė
Projektų vadovė
IDĖJŲ PUODAS
Jurgita Macijauskienė
Žmogiškųjų išteklių vadovė
HELLA LITHUANIA
Mantas Marčiulaitis
Steigėjas, vadovas
IMDIGITAL
Maija Aniskovic
HEAD OF PEOPLE DATA
IGNITIS GRUPĖ
Laimonas Jonas Vasiljevas
Product Owner / Manager
MASTERCARD
Milda Karoblytė
Senior UX designer
MEDIAPARK
Janos Pasztor
Back-end engineering
DEVOPS ENGINEER
Laura Ambrutienė
Produkto vadovė
DAY Q ANALYTICS
Monika Katkutė-Gelžinė
Vadovė
TEACHERS LEAD TECH / BIT&BYTE
Ramūnas Keizikas
Grupės Direktorius
ADFORM
Justina Sirenko
IT project manager / Sales Professional
BALTNETOS KOMUNIKACIJOS
Evelina Rimkienė
Pardavimų Vadovė
TECHNOPOLIS UMA LIETUVA
Egidijus Doviakovskis
Projektų direktorius
VICONUS
Ieva Riliškytė
Senior Continuous Improvement Project Manager
R1 RCM (INTERMEDIX LIETUVA)
Andrius Rimkūnas
Verslo plėtros vadovas
MINIMOTO
Paulius Ažaneckas
Projekto vadovas
AURORA
Aurelija Židickytė
Departamento direktorė
ESO
Tomas Martinkėnas
Chief Information Security Officer
LUMINOR
Kamilė Sinkevičiūtė
SEO strategė / Inbound komandos vadovė
EVOLVERY
Aurelija Pavinkšnytė
Scrum Master / Project manager
CENTRIC IT SOLUTIONS LITHUANIA
Marius Jurgelėnas
Front-end Developer
Argyle
Elina Chodzkaitė-Barauskienė
Verslo Plėtros Vadovė
AUGA
Agnė Balkevičiūtė Lajienė
Direktorė strateginėms iniciatyvoms
1CLICKFACTORY
Diana Daugerd
Vyr. duomenų analitikė
EXACASTER
Aleksandr Kazanskij
Senior Software Developer Specialist
NASDAQ
Ornela Ramašauskaitė
Steigėja
INSTITUTE OF TRENDS
Arūnas Penkaitis
Direktorius
FLEET SYSTEM COMPETENCE CENTER
Aušra Gustainienė
PMO Ofiso vadovė
MCKESSON EUROPE
Renata Šumskaitė
Pokyčių vadovė
FinTech ir verslo konsultantė
Jonas Bačinskas
Country Manager LT/LV
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY
Erika Maslauskaitė
Chief Commercial Officer
Nikulipe
Gediminas Pekšys
Co-Founder & CEO
OXIPIT
Reda Štarė
Vadovė ir bendraįkūrėja
PLATECULTURE
Arnas Bastys
Team Lead/QA Engineer
TRANSFERGO
Jurga Globienė
IT sprendimų architektė
SWEDBANK
Tomas Beniušis
Informacijos vadovas (CIO)
BALTIC AMBER SOLUTIONS
Mantas Kapočius
Partner, Services director
PRIVACY PARTNERS
Giedrius Markevičius
Asociacijos prezidentas
INFOBALT
Jonė Vaitulevičiūtė
Partnerė
STARTUP WISE GUYS
Andrius Byčkovas
IT Delivery Centre Director
COGNIZANT
Elena Vengrienė
Direktorė
ALGORITMŲ SISTEMOS
Vilma Mačiūnaitė-Uckevičienė
IT paslaugų vadovė
OUTOKUMPU
Edvinas Mandravickas
Programinės įrangos inžinierius
UNITY TECHNOLOGIES
Alvydė Palaimaitė
CEO
Lietuvos Marketingo Asociacija
Jovita Nenortaitė
Projektų grupės vadovė
DXC TECHNOLOGY
Giedrius Valuckas
Direktorius
PROGRESYVŪS VERSLO SPRENDIMAI
Natalija Jonušienė
CEO
DOCLOGIX
Milena Medineckienė
Strateginės partnerystės prodekanė
VGTU
Laura Stumbraitė
QA Engineer
SHOPIFY
Rimantas Misevičius
Vyr. technologijų vystymo inžinierius
LITTELFUSE
Lina Šiumetė
Verslo Operacijų Vadovė Baltijos šalims
INTRUM BALTICS
Justina Klyvienė
Vadovaujanti partnerė
FUTURE LEADERSHIP
Agnė Vaitkevičienė
Direktorė
FROCETH
Rimantas Žylius
Valdybos narys
NRD CYBER SECURITY
Jurga Girdzijauskaitė
Front-end programuotoja
OBERLO
Oskaras Anosovas
UX Director
GENIUS SPORTS
Mindaugas Jonuškis
Direktorius
NOVAMETA
Paulius Briedis
Direktorius
ROBOTIKOS MOKYKLA
Audrius Ruseckas
Tinklo strategijos departamento direktorius
ESO
Mindaugas Stasionis
Direktoriaus pavaduotojas
VILNIUS FACTORING COMPANY
Marija Velžė
Team Lead
TRANSFERGO
Lina Strelkauskienė
Head of Unix & Linux
TELIA LIETUVA
Dainius Mežanskas
Director, Software Development
ORACLE
Vita Valeikaitė
Product Manager
TRUSTPILOT
Julija Rimšelė
Vadovė
Vilnius Coding School
Diana Drobyševskaja
Senior Manager
SAI GLOBAL
Vilma Škarnulytė
Akcininkė ir brando ambasadorė
KARJEROS GENAS
Why?
Persistent talent gap in tech industry requires multi-faceted initiatives globally to bring about change. “Women Go Tech” aims to empower more talents to discover tech by addressing the gender equality issue in this sector, where today women remain significantly underrepresented:
– In the EU, women constitute 17% of ICT specialists
– Only 14.8% of European start-ups are founded by females
– ICT is considered as an option for career only by 0.7% of female Lithuanian high-school students
Our approach
Through one-on-one mentoring sessions with industry experts, programme mentees are able to get guidance on clarifying their career paths and discover their professional potential. They also attend content sessions where they get familiar with the routines of working in tech. Actively involving our mentees to the community building activities, we aim to foster the cross-learning and experience sharing across the like-minded women. Learning from their like-minded peers, our community members gain additional motivation and support needed to strenghten their sense of belonging in the tech environment and to accelerate their progress towards their individual goals.
Timeline
December
Launch of the applications
December – January
Selection process and interviews
February
Season #5 opening ceremony
February – July
Mentorship meetings and events
August
Closing conference “weGOtech”
Alumni stories
I would like to encourage people who are interested in engineering but lack the courage to make changes in their career – from my own experience, I can tell that having the right motivation one can achieve a significant breaktrough even in short periods of time. Myself, I have started studying mechanical engineering without any prior knowledge of this area, since I decided to shift my career after 10 years of managing a business. The experience and tips by the mentor I met during “Women Go Tech” programme helped me clarify my career goals and I have already landed a job in an engineering company.
Eglė Mikalauskienė
III season Alumni | Mechanical Engineering Student
I had some basic knowledge about programme testing before joining “Women Go Tech”. However, my progress was rather slow and I wasn’t sure how to accelerate and improve my knowledge. Right away after the first meeting with my mentor, we have started to solve this problem – frequent sessions, continuous learning, conferences, seminars… The whole package of events and experiences, which helped to expand my TECH knowledge to a great extent. Receiving valuable guidance from my mentor, I have now became a competent tester, able to evaluate problems from different angles.
Laura Kasiulytė
III Season Alumni / Freelance Tester
I am sure that my mentor’s tips and guidance to the right direction was a key factor helping me to land in a new position as a tester. Thanks to “Women Go Tech”, I had a chance to visit many different TECH companies, which increased my motivation to become a professional in this field, so that I could be in the same level with its experts and speak with them in thei language.
My advice – find out what you TRULY WANT, develop an action plan accordingly and implement it step by step, without having any doubt that “you might not succeed”. You will.
Frančeska Dobrovolskytė
III season Alumni | Junior Tester at SEB Lithuania
“Women Go Tech” is not only one of the best programmes I’ve ever participated but it is also a mesmerising community, which empowers you to start seeking for your goals. It is a huge motivation boost when you need it the most and a priceless experience. During this programme, I’ve started implementing my tech idea, I met many brave women and with the help of my great mentor acquired my dream position.
Beatričė Farias
II season Alumni / Android developer at Treatwell
The most amazing thing at WGT is not only the opportunity to find a mentor but also the fact that they are matched to YOUR profile and current goals, considering your expectations, personality and career plans, even if they are sometimes quite extraordinary 🙂
Mantė Makauskaitė
II season Alumni / Co-Founder at Afri | Ko, ICT4D, Development Cooperation, e-Government Consultant
Starting at WGT, I was only looking for the right ways on how to step into IT. After 5 months, I was already programming on my own without any fears to start this new career as a developer. Once it was only a dream and today I already work at IBM.
Indrė Nemuraitė
II season Alumni / Junior Application Developer at IBM
“Women Go Tech” is the great place to find your true strengths, expand your knowledge and get inspiration from highly talented people. I am so proud and happy to be part of this community!
Guostė Klimienė
II season Alumni / AML development specialist at Luminor
WGT does not only give access to mentorship with field experts but also to community, where you can find like-minded peers, looking for their path in tech industry. It provides professional guidance, support, and gives you a chance to build lasting friendships.
Inga Langaitė
II season Alumni / Product Owner at Scale3c
I joined “Women Go Tech” to get guidance on shifting my career from biotechnologies to IT. This superb programme was full of new discoveries – an opportunity to learn from the tech specialists, get to know other mentees and their ambitious stories, see the leading Lithuanian IT companies from the inside. A few months after this programme I started in a new position as an IT project manager! I am very grateful for all these opportunities and support from “Women Go Tech” community.
Jurgita Špakovskaja
II season Alumni / IT Project Manager at EnterNet, UAB
Our board
Žydrūnė Vitaitė
Head of Sales at Eldes
Co-founder of Women Go Tech
Paulius Vertelka
Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager at Google
Co-founder of Women Go Tech
Jarūnė Preikšaitė
Head Of Marketing at Whatagraph
Women Go Tech Board Member
Jolanta Jurgaitytė
HR lead at MessageBird
Women Go Tech Board Member
Our staff
Emilija Pečiulytė
Communications Manager
Women Go Tech
Živilė Uščinė
Community Manager
Women Go Tech
Evelina Klibaitė
Events Manager
Women Go Tech
Iniciators
Sponsors
Friends
