Ieva Žilionienė

Consulting Business Lead

#DigitalizationOfPublicServices

• Experience

  Prior to joining NRD, Ieva spent more than 15 years working for the Lithuanian Government at the Information Society Development Committee, State’s agency responsible for country’s digitalization. She started as a Head of Strategies and Programmes Division, being in charge of development of public sector digitalization programs and monitoring their implementation nation-wide. Later, as the Deputy Director General of the Information Society Development Committee, she was responsible for developing and implementing the framework for the management of funds dedicated to Lithuania’s public ICT sector, coordination of major public sector digitalization initiatives.

• Involvement

  In addition to responsibilities of the Lead of Consultancy Department at NRD Companies, Ieva Žilionienė participates in the implementation of the projects as a principal digital policy consultant. Among other assignments, she’s leading the policy experts’ team in the project in Dominica dedicated to development of policies and regulations in the areas of digital ID, digital Signature, e-Entry mechanism and digital health, supports technical assistance team in Sint Maarten with development of digitalization strategy, policies and institutional setup, and works in as digital transformation expert the project in Trinidad and Tobago’s digital payments introduction project.

Julius Zubė

Inclusive Development Expert

#DigitalSkills, #DigitalInclusion

• Experience

  During his career, Julius has participated in the implementation of international development projects associated with digitalization and sustainable development in Iraq, Ghana, South Africa, Somalia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Guyana, Dominica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Apart from supporting the implementation of these projects, he was responsible for setting up effective partnerships with local partners and government institutions in these countries.

• Involvement

  In addition to supporting the implementation of various projects and partnership development, Julius supports the consultancy of NRD companies in order to ensure that its digitalization projects adequately comprehend the legal, organizational, or policy environment of their client countries as well as building partnerships for better impact of the projects and implementing various knowledge transfer and awareness-raising activities.

Bronislovas Balvočius

Senior Project Manager

#DigitalTransformation, #eGovernment, #ICT

• Experience

  With over 20 years in ICT, Bronislovas excels as a software developer, system analyst, manager, and e-government consultant. He specializes in digital solutions for governments, understands e-service trends, and enhances citizen participation. As an experienced ICT auditor, he aids in business re-engineering, ICT security, risk management, and procurement support.

• Involvement

  With a broad scope of work in Burundi, Barbados, North Macedonia, Maldives, and beyond, Bronislovas has honed his expertise in diverse development contexts. His extensive engagement with governmental bodies and international partners showcases adept stakeholder interaction, diplomacy, and leadership. Whether on-site or remote, he excels in efficient project management and leadership, fostering effective teamwork across locations.

Mindaugas Vyšniauskas

IT Consultant

• Experience

  Mindaugas experience comes from vast array of governmental IT projects where he has researched and engineered architectures for national registers, information systems or drafted requirements and designed data exchange systems that enable governmental interoperability on national and European level.

  The breadth of Mindaugas experience can by illustrated by a vast array of IT projects that Mindaugas was involved over the years. Projects that range from designing Information systems to support national governmental functions like “Implementation of Information System for tracking contagious diseases and managing pandemics” which has enabled interoperability between national health institutions and their Information Systems as well as projects like “Modification of Register of Suspects, Accused and Convicts” to enable interoperability between European judicial IT systems.
  

• Involvement

  Mindaugas Vyšniauskas supports the implementation of various projects in the IT domain. He is currently leading a team of analysts in a project in Rwanda.
  

Tatsiana Lahuta Kuru

Project Manager

#projectmanagent #PM

• Experience

  Tatsiana’s professional experience starts from 2013 and covers career progression in governmental, non-governmental and international level organisations and institutions. Her experience includes different thematic areas, including digitalization of public services, promotion of social inclusion, and support of good governance at different levels and in different countries.

  Tatsiana is well-vested in both predictive and adaptive project implementation methodologies, tailoring project implementation processes in a content-sensitive manner and delivering sustainable and well-integrated results. Skilled in project planning, budget management, risk analysis, and stakeholder communication. Proven ability to collaborate with team members, clients, and vendors to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to the satisfaction of all stakeholders. Strong leadership skills and ability to motivate and manage teams in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.

• Involvement

  Tatsiana is involved in international consultancy projects of the NRD as a Project manager. Her role can vary depending on the project’s scope, complexity, and other factors, but generally, she is responsible for overseeing the project’s planning, execution, monitoring, and control to ensure that the project meets its objectives within the allocated resources and timeline.

Ieva Tarailienė

Head of Registry Practice

#E-REGISTERS, #E-SERVICES

• Experience

  Ms. Ieva Tarailienė has working experience at the State Enterprise Centre of Registers, Lithuania, where she started as a junior specialist and climbed up the corporate ladder to become an acting CEO to carry the state enterprise Centre of Registers through the most turbulent times of change. She has been most involved with Lithuanian Business registry development and operations and has longstanding experience in the development of electronic services, contributing to drafting legal acts on the regulation of corporate activities, representing national developments in company law, and public e-services on the national and international scene. Ms. Ieva Tarailienė has been a regional contributor to the World Bank Doing Business report since 2013. Ms. Ieva Tarailienė has deep knowledge and analysis of best practices on the modernization of information systems, the creation of new electronic services, and ensuring the security of information technologies. She has a longstanding experience in ensuring institutional relations, generating business and personnel development ideas, and managing staff.

• Involvement

  Ms. Ieva Tarailienė has contributed to the establishment and development of the Register of Legal Entities and successfully managed the project on Electronic Service for the Registration of Legal Entities that was funded by EU funds. It has created a public electronic service for the registration of legal entities of the fourth maturity-cooperation level. This project created preconditions for e-services development in Lithuania. She also participated in the development of an information system for legal entities’ participants and participated in the initiatives related to the creation of a register of beneficial owners.

  Ms. Ieva Tarailienė was a team leader on the implementation of the Business Registers Interconnection System (BRIS) electronic instruments in Lithuania in line with the technical specifications and procedures set out in the Annex of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/884. BRIS infrastructure facilitates access to information on EU companies for the public and ensures that all EU business registers can communicate with each other electronically in a safe and secure way in relation to cross-border mergers and foreign branches. The ultimate aim is to enhance confidence in the single market through transparency and up-to-date information and reduce unnecessary burdens on companies. Ms. Ieva Tarailienė is a team leader in the project in Ghana aimed to Develop a Corporate Strategic Plan and Organisational Policy Manuals for the Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) and the Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) and Facilitate the Decoupling of ORC from the RGD. She is responsible for managing a team of local and international experts, preparing strategic documents, and managing Stakeholder engagement.

Michailas Traubas

Head of Tax and Financial Solutions

#DigitalPayments, #Finances

• Experience

  Michailas Traubas has an extensive experience in process analysis, data analysis, and requirements specification for risk management data collection, analysis, and reporting. Also has deep knowledge, broad understanding, and hand-on experience in the development of product specifications and regional roadmaps, feasibility studies, assessment of current state, and development of state-of-art solutions. He is the Virtual Fiscal Device product initiator and principal owner at NRD Companies, a Senior business architect for the implementation of MoQ Gateway – the mobile payments gateway solution launched by 3 mobile operators in Lithuania, the Program Manager for Open banking solution implementation by ETRONIKA and the KASU Post© program manager.

• Involvement

  Within a Consultancy domain of NRD Companies, Michailas Traubas consults in the following industries: Fiscalization solutions, Tax declaration systems, Postal counter automation, Retail solutions for network operation, fiscal data collection and digital service delivery via retail operations, Government e-service delivery automation and portals – the GxP platform for service orchestration, Financial service delivery – Digital banking, mobile banking, and open banking with BANKTRON© platform, loan origination and financial product orchestration with DIGITAL Loans©, Mobile payment orchestration and bill payments.

Algimantė Danilaitė

Consultant

• Experience

  Algimantė Danilaitė has extensive previous experience in archiving activities, including evaluation of archive records, preparing lists, and other necessary documents according to the national archiving laws, etc. She has experience in assistance and team support, including working in a high-profile law firm in Lithuania and one of the biggest drug wholesale companies in the world.

  Ms. Algimantė Danilaitė has deep knowledge in document management, research, communication with different external organizations, companies, and governmental institutions, reporting, and assisting with different projects. She has multiple years of experience in team management.
  

• Involvement

  Algimantė leads the preparation of proposals and implementation of various Consultancy projects. She currently holds a Management Support Specialist position in a project in Ghana aimed to to Develop a Corporate Strategic Plan and Organisational Policy Manuals for the Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) and the Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) and Facilitate the Decoupling of ORC from the RGD. She is responsible for assisting the project team during the course of project implementation.

Gitana Keturkaitė-Dirvonė

Legal Expert/Project Manager

• Experience

  Prior to her position in NRD AS, Ms. Gitana Keturkaitė has built her career working in private and public sector companies, where she has gained a comprehensive experience working with public registers and IT systems. Ms. Gitana Keturkaite has worked as Legal and Policy Expert and Project Manager on different national and international IT projects. Her area of expertise is IT project management, mainly in the areas of state IT systems/solutions creation and modernization. Combination of leadership skills and analytical thinking allows her to provide a mayor input in the tasks of business process re-engineering and process simplification at the same time preserving the compliance to the existing project or legal requirements. Proven track record in IT project management area and strong legal background has led to her being invited to work on multiple international projects involving development of national civil registration systems, national ID sytems, creation of national e-Health systems and other IT solutions. Prior to her career in the State Enterprise Centre of Registers she has been working as a lawyer in a Law Firm specializing in the area of compliance and IT law and has a proven track of application of international and EU law. During her years in a law firm she has been responsible for providing legal services such as legal analysis and consultations for the major clients of the Law firm, negotiating on their behalf, representing their interests both in court and in relations with public institutions.

• Involvement

  Gitana usually works as a Legal & Policy expert in various IT development and consultancy projects. In consultancy projects, there is always a need for an experienced project manager, who understands the peculiarities of consultancy projects and expert work, this is where Gitana steps in both as a project manager and legal/policy expert. The combination of these skills is a valuable asset in international project implementation and management. Therefore, she is involved in projects either as Legal & Policy expert, or as the Project manager, or even undertakes both of these roles.