Experience

Freeport of Riga

• Latvia
• Maritime Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chairman of the Board

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Latvia



Riga

• Latvia
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Elected Member at Riga City Council

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  Elected member at Riga City Council and a leader of deputy group.



Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte/ Riga Technical University

• Latvia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Guest Lecturer in "Innovation Management"​

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  Guest Lecturer for Master students in "Innovation Management" at Riga Technical University



Banku Augstskola

• Latvia
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Guest Lecturer in "Innovation Management"​ and "Financing Innovation"​

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  Guest Lecturer for Master Students in "Innovation Management" and "Financing Innovation"



"R&D Lab"​

• CEO and co-founder

  • Feb 2015 - Present

  Riga R&D Lab is an advanced business consultancy, research and prototyping company that concentrates on attraction of financial resources to fund various innovation projects, as well as provides engineering consultancy on development of products in the fields of IT, Electronics and Machinery (from prototyping to scalable products). Most recent projects involve: - research project on “Analysis of DeMinimis state aid rule application in EU Member states”, research project is conducted for… Show more R&D Lab is an advanced business consultancy, research and prototyping company that concentrates on attraction of financial resources to fund various innovation projects, as well as provides engineering consultancy on development of products in the fields of IT, Electronics and Machinery (from prototyping to scalable products). Most recent projects involve: - research project on “Analysis of DeMinimis state aid rule application in EU Member states”, research project is conducted for Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia - development of operation strategy for industry clusters - consultancy on project applications development for Horizon 2020 (SME Instrument) Show less



InnoEnergy

• Hungary
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing

• Latvian Point of Contact

  • Sep 2016 - Aug 2019

  As a head of HUB Latvia is responsible for scouting new energy related projects in Latvia, preparing them for commercialization, analyzing the potential and channeling to dedicated InnoEnergy investment incentives. Activities also include the representation of the organization in the Latvian innovation eco-system, providing certain marketing and promotion activities for InnoEnergy and organizing particular events (such as EU level business project competition PowerUp!)



Multipla Energy

• Germany
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of R&D

  • Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  Latvia Involved in implementation of research and development project aimed to design and introduce to market vertical axis wind turbines for households. Main duties were related to research project management, research conduction related to the commercial potential of the developed vertical axis wind turbine, management of outsourced research services and deliveries, management of key partnerships between company and research institutes and other suppliers. Management of research personnel



"Baltic Embedded"

• CEO

  • Dec 2011 - Jan 2015

  Riga Baltic Embedded – BE – is an innovative ICT company, focussing on bringing Google’s open source Operating System – Android – into electronically products and gadgets outside the classical smartphone environment.



Investment and Development Agency of Latvia

• Latvia
• International Trade and Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of Project Development Division

  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2011

  Riga, Latvia As a head of Project Development Division was guiding the implementation of national state support programs for innovation, in particular those that were aimed to new start-up creation and support, and fostering cooperation between public research organizations and industry. As head of division was responsible for human resource management, financial planning, tendering procedures for outsorced expertise etc Besides daily activities, was directly involved in implementation the various… Show more As a head of Project Development Division was guiding the implementation of national state support programs for innovation, in particular those that were aimed to new start-up creation and support, and fostering cooperation between public research organizations and industry. As head of division was responsible for human resource management, financial planning, tendering procedures for outsorced expertise etc Besides daily activities, was directly involved in implementation the various international projects in particular Interreg project Josefin (elaboration of financial guarantee instrument supplemented by coaching program for innovative SMEs) and 7th Framework project EuKTS (Creation of European Technology Transfer Society).

• Project Manager

  • Apr 2005 - Jul 2010

  Investment and Development Agency (LIAA) is state organization which mainly deals with: attraction of foreign direct investment, promotion of foreign trade, innovation and technology promotion, administration of State Support programs for entrepreneurs as well implementation of Public Private Partnership (PPP) policy.



Bureau of European Affairs of State Chancellery of Latvia

• Consultant

  • Jun 2004 - Mar 2005

  Bureu was set to improve Latvia's integration into EU but after some year of operation it was reformed in to other public bodies. Main responsibilities was related to the harmonization of EU and national policy.