OmniTalks: Leading While Everything Changes

A meetup for product and engineering leaders who are building, scaling, and rethinking how they lead in 2025.In this session, we’ll explore two leadership stories from inside Omnisend — one about AI, one about role transformation. Both very real.

Agenda:
17:30 - Doors open. Chats & snacks
18:00 - 1st talk
18:30 - 2nd talk
19:00 - Hanging out, drinking, snacking
20:30 - For everyone who wants to extend their evening a reservation in a bar nearby!

🎙️ Talks
1. Hire Lazy People
Rokas Cechanavičius, Engineering Director
Tracking how teams actually use AI is harder than it looks — most tools offer poor visibility, and self-reporting is rarely reliable. One engineer, too lazy to track his own AI usage, built a server to do it for him. That lazy move turned into a smarter system that shows leaders exactly how and where AI is being used. This talk explores how we shifted from assumptions to data, and what that unlocked for decision-making.
2. Same Job, Different Game
Rasa Šiuipytė, Engineering Director
Switching from a leadership role in a large company to one in a startup sounds like a title swap — but the reality is much messier. This talk dives into the day-to-day shifts: how speed, process, ownership, and scope evolve when the environment around you changes. A story about adapting fast, staying effective, and reshaping what “leadership” means.

🗣️ Meet the Speakers
Rokas Cechanavičius, Engineering Director @ Omnisend
With a background in front-end development and UX, Rokas leads Omnisend’s engineering efforts with a focus on clarity, simplicity, and system thinking. He cares deeply about making technical decisions that scale — and building teams that don’t waste time reinventing the wheel. Also: he appreciates a good lazy shortcut, especially if it turns into something useful.

Rasa Šiuipytė, Engineering Director @ Omnisend
Rasa has led diverse technical teams across corporate and startup environments. Known for her clear thinking and calm under pressure, she’s passionate about growing leaders, building healthy team structures, and making sure processes serve people — not the other way around. Her experience navigating both big orgs and fast startups gives her a unique view into what leadership really demands

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