For the last 10 years Jaro has been managing IT projects, building products and running startup companies. He has experience designing intranets, social networks and business management apps as well as experience in managing small teams (2-7 people) of developers.
Skills & Expertise
* Areas of expertise: Data driven product design, data analytics, market research and analysis, A/B testing, user experience, user testing;
* Software development skills: Python, JavaScript, PHP, HTML5, Pyramid and Meteor frameworks;
* Methodologies: Agile (SCRUM, XP), LEAN, Team Software Process;
Passion:
Martial Arts, Open Source, Crypto-currencies, Theology, Philosophy, Psychology.
Social activity:
From 2009 I'm organizer of Lithuanian BarCamp events and active member of Lithuanian startups community. In the past I was active OpenSource community member, one of Lithuanian OpenSource movement founders and president of association OpenSource for Lithuania (Atviras kodas Lietuvai). I'm also an instructor of WonHwaDo martial art.
Instructor @ From September 2012 to Present (3 years 3 months) IT Products Manager @ BALTO LINK is one of the biggest insurance brokers in Baltics (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia).
As an product manager I was responsible for development of internal IT systems and for building new product.
Projects:
- I have built corporate social intranet and knowledge system for internal company's needs.
- I am working on new generation (responsive and mobile friendly) of draudimas.lt (price comparison and insurance policies sales system).
- Designing and prototyping of internal CRM system.
Skills and technologies used:
- Agile, SCRUM (worked ad SCRUM master).
- ASP.Net, JavaScript, Bootstrap, Meteor.
- Axure, UXpin mockuping/wireframing tools. From May 2013 to October 2014 (1 year 6 months) Product Developer @ Work as product developer, SCRUM master and contacting person who is talking to clients and getting requirements. From February 2012 to May 2013 (1 year 4 months) Co-Founder & CEO @ Responsible for web and mobile versions product design, user interface, user testing, team management and business development.
With BusyFlow we went through accelerating program and built app from zero until first users in 2 months. Also as a co-founder I've participated and pitched product in several bigger events around the globe (e.g. LeWeb London, London Web Summit, LOUNCH, TechCrunch Baltics).
Skill and technologies used:
- Agile project management, pitching, evangelizing...
- Python, Pyramid framework, Celery, JavaScript.
- Inkscape as designing and mockuping tool. From August 2011 to May 2013 (1 year 10 months) Referrer @ From March 2011 to May 2013 (2 years 3 months) Founder @ Lithuanian Startups community building. Organizing BarCamp events in Lithuania. From September 2009 to December 2012 (3 years 4 months) Founder & CEO @ Ututi.com is a collaborative social networking platform for universities that encourages authoring and sharing of study materials across courses.
I was responsible for product design, usability, marketing and sales, for team management
and company administration tasks.
As a co-founder I wrote first version of Ututi and coded a few features later on.
Skill and technologies used:
- Agile project management (SCRUM, Product owner role).
- Python, Pylons/Pyramid framework, Linux administration, Plone (for first version of Ututi).
- Inkscape as designing and mockuping tool. From April 2010 to May 2012 (2 years 2 months) Co-owner & CEO @ UAB Nous is a company that provides Python consulting services. Company is concentrating on SaaS, business web apps, creating custom APIs and integrations with third party services.
As a CEO I built team of senior python developers and was responsible for getting new clients and managing projects. From February 2009 to February 2012 (3 years 1 month) President @ AS a president, I represented organization, participated in different events and conferences. Was responsible for team of Volunteers management and building a community of Lithuanian Free and Open Source software fans.
During my cadence we worked on Open Source Software and Open Standards promotion to Lithuanian government. From May 2009 to May 2010 (1 year 1 month) Marketing developer @ Was responsible for Ivija - 360 degree feedback tool promotions and new sales channels research. From August 2008 to January 2009 (6 months) Laborus ekspertus @ Was responsible for organizing process of Toostis.com development, managing team and administrating servers. Also I worked on designing product's functionality, vision and pitching it for potential customers and investors. From November 2007 to September 2008 (11 months) President @ OpenSource for Lithuania (Asociacija „Atviras kodas Lietuvai“) is public organization. Its mission is to promote the usage of Free and Open Source software in Lithuania. From May 2005 to December 2006 (1 year 8 months) IT projects manager @ Worked as project manager and product developer in several projects commissioned by Lithuanian ministry of Education.
Among them are:
- Pedagogical information social data base “Korys”.
- Learning management systems's iTutor adaptation for Lithuanian market.
- Intranet system for Lithuanian schools.
Skills and technologies used:
- Team Software Process
- Python, Plone, PHP, Linux server administration. From 2002 to 2004 (2 years)
Agile software development using distributed teams @ Vilniaus Universitetas From 2001 to 2007 A. Mickevičiaus Gimnazija Jaro Šatkevic is skilled in: Start-ups, Web Applications, Open Source, Entrepreneurship, Web Development, User Experience, Agile Methodologies, Linux, Python, Bitcoin, Business Strategy, Product Management, Meteor, CoffeeScript, JavaScript
Websites:
http://jaro.lt,
http://busyflow.com,
http://www.wonhwado.lt