Gražvydas Šedys
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
Toptal member since April 13, 2022
Gražvydas is an experienced program and project manager. His experience stretches from launching and owning a startup to growing and merging large fintech companies, delivering large-scale transformations, and managing enterprise programs. Gražvydas has worked with different clients, where he promoted the Agile mindset and helped companies become more adaptable and efficient. He also specializes in building project management frameworks and practices to ensure sustainability in this area.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile Project Management
- Business Coaching
- Business Consulting
- Coaching
- IT Project Management
- Product Ownership
- Project Management
- Training
Work Experience
Coach | Consultant | Trainer
Freelance
- Conducted over 50 training sessions (Agile, project management, personal efficiency, and OKR implementation) for over 10 clients.
- Helped companies transform their goal-setting practice by implementing an OKR framework.
- Created and embedded an Agile set up (structures, processes, and competencies) in over five companies from different industries and sizes.
- Worked as a speaker at more than 10 different local and international conferences and events.
Head of Operational Excellence
PVcase
- Managed an integration program after the acquisition of another company, which led to achieving a synergy effect in the market.
- Set up a project management framework for the whole company to grow PM competencies and practices company-wide.
- Led process improvement agenda for the whole company that helped to reduce staff needs by around 15%.
Agile Coach
MobilePay
- Joined the company as an agile coach and led it through a full-scale transformation to agile ways of working, significantly improving the efficiency of development processes.
- Introduced a company-wide OKR goal-setting framework, transforming the mindset from being a feature factory to problem-solving.
- Managed, coached, and grew internal scrum masters that provided significant help to the squads and squad leads. This increased their efficiency and made their work processes more enjoyable.
Agile Project Manager
Danske Bank
- Assisted in transforming departments into agile organizations.
- Managed automation projects and programs, which resulted in a savings of a couple of million DKK.
- Developed project management and agile development practices used across the company.
Consultant
OVC Consulting
- Created and developed 10+ training programs, simulations, and gamified training experiences.
- Led over 200 training sessions for over 2,500 people.
- Consulted over 50 companies on Lean and Agile adoption and implementation.
Co-founder
AMS Labs
- Developed and launched software for tracking the attention rate of people participating in web seminars and trainings and giving real-time feedback to the lecturer, empowering him to tweak the training to reach maximum attention rates.
- Pitched the product in over ten events and raised 300,000 Euros.
- Handled sales and marketing responsibilities in the company.
Project History
Fraud Confirmation AI Tool
Coordinated the complete lifecycle of the product development and delivery.
Podcast Series about Agile
http://www.antagilesofos.ltFounded and hosted a podcast series about agile product development in Lithuania.
Training Software with Attention Score
Launched an online training and e-meeting software used by professional trainers, consultants, and lecturers.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Economics
ISM University of Economics and Management - Vilnius, Lithuania
Certifications
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Scrum Alliance
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
High Growth Coach
Enterprise Lithuania
Skills
Tools
Trello, Miro, Office 365, Jira, Confluence, Google Sheets, Asana, Atlassian, Slack, Figma
Paradigms
Agile Project Management, Agile Leadership, Kanban, Organizational Change Management (OCM), Agile Product Management, Lean, Agile Software Development, Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Change Management
Platforms
Monday.com, MacOS
Other
Project Management, Business Management, Corporate Finance, IT Project Management, Business Consulting, Training, Business Coaching, Public Speaking, Scrum Master, Product Ownership, Agile Coaching, Team Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Estimation & Planning, Project Coordination, Agile Program Management, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Project Planning, IT Product Management, Program Management, Strategic Planning, Coaching, Leadership, Team Building, Troubleshooting, Training & Training Content Development, Training Content, Microsoft, Business to Business (B2B), Business Process Optimization, Workflow, Agile Transformation, Business Analysis, Risk Management, Technical Project Management, Data Analysis, Product Owner, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Process Management, Consulting, Fundraising, Startups, Machine Learning, Design Sprints, Podcasting, Moderation, Back-end Development, Front-end Development, Product Management, Marketing, Vendor Management
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