Hello. I'm Raitis

I'm a creative leader and design facilitator with 13+ years of experience shaping productivity tools across healthcare, telecommunications, and financial services. I have a son and a daughter, and I strongly believe in creating a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they're valued.

Currently I'm the Design Team Lead in Toggl for a team of 6 product designers and researchers.

Work Experience

Over the past five years I have been working in design leadership roles for Toggl and If insurance. Previously I've been working in Lead Designer roles working with local and Global Fortune 500 clients. My leadership style and work approach is collaborative and results-oriented, based on empowering people with strong focus on business objectives.

• Design Team Leader @ Toggl, Sep 2021 - Present, Remote
  
• UX Team Leader @ If Insurance, Dec 2019 - Sep 2021, Hybrid
• Lead UX Designer @ Tet, Dec 2016 - Dec 2019, Onsite
• Senior Product Designer @ CTCo, Aug 2011 - Dec 2016, Onsite

Education

I am an avid learner and tinkerer who learns through building and doing. My passion has been the intersection of business, technology and people and throughout the years I've pursued this passion by earning computer science, product design and business degrees.

• Executive MBA @ Quantic School of Business and Technology, Sep 2023
  
• IT Product Design @ University of Southern Denmark, 2011, Masters
• Systems Analysis @ Riga Technical University, 2018, Bachelor

Training Experience

Over the course of eight years, I have trained 1000+ of practicing professionals and students in design thinking, user experience, prototyping and innovative collaboration methods both in-house and as part of 4+ years as a Service Design & Technology Lecturer @ SDSI, and Human-Computer Interaction Lecturer @ ViA master's programs.

Speaking & Volunteering

I have been active volunteer of local startup and user experience community as a Co-organizer of UI/UX Riga Meetups and UX Mentor at Riga TechGirls. I have also repeatedly mentored in various pre-accelerator events including Startup Weekend Riga, Startup House Riga and others.

Selected speaking and volunteering engagements: