Brief Biography:
- In 1997 I became the creator of the first company in Latvia, specialising in web site development — WebDizainaCentrs, having for two years previously tested the forces in 3D modelling with the advertising agency MultiCentrs.
- From 1999 with a partner I opened RS studio, which still exists to this day and specialises in web hosting under the brand elinks web hosting.
- Since 2003 I have had an association with True Vision, a company which I also partially owned. Most of my time and energy has been taken with its development.
- 2007-2009, as a hobby, I participated in developing a portal Ind-Ex.LV, about the life of my native city, periodically organizing offline parties with colleagues. During this period the project's traffic increased by around 400%.
- In 2009, with my colleagues, I developed the Twitter Application called TwiBack, that has become popular within the Twitter community.
- In 2010, I quit TrueVision company and joined Scada design agency as the International Markets Developing Partner and GUI/IA, Graphic designer.
- Since Spring 2010, creative partner of Silent Apps (iPhone/iPad) development team.
- In September, 2010, I have been shortlisted to IYIE Award final, which took its place in British council, Latvia.
- In December 2010, me and my Silent Apps partners have finally launched iPhone application called inReverse, that is available on AppStore. Check more details about this game at www.inreverse.me
- Since January 2011, for 5 months moved to Valencia, Spain.
- June 2011, joined StartUp project "Sovereign Culture".
- September 2011, another iPhone/iPad game designed & launched — Hipsta Chez.
Education:
2000-2003 — Latvian University, Management, Economics;
2003 — OFFF design conference, Barcelona, Spain;
2003-2005 — St. Petersburg Institute of Foreign Economic Relations, Economics and Law. Diploma: Online Web Marketing System Integration;
2010 — Two days seminar "International Marketing" by John Branch, Ph.D. (Lecturer of Marketing and Strategy), Stephen M. Ross School of Business University of Michigan. Got Certificate;
2011 — OFFF design conference, Barcelona, Spain.
Brands I worked for:
airBaltic, Burn, C.T.Co., DHL, DnB NORD, Double Coffee, Honda, ING corporation, Kaspersky, Maybelline, Powerade, Rietumu Bank, Škoda, TheFreeDictionary.com, VolksWagen, Xerox
Aiziet Club Culture Festival, Bite, Dual, ELKO group, EnvisioNext, IFESystem, ILoveQuatar, Latvijas Dzelzsceļš, LikeWhoa!, Magnat Group, MicroLink, Oxeo Hosting, Pokeroff, Pproperty, Publishing House "Santa", Trodeks, TwiBack, Virtuves Pasaule, zTowers
Countries I`ve traveled (25):
Austria, Egypt, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Turkey.
Working History
Current
| 2011 – present | Sovereign Culture Fashion StartUp co-owner. |
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| 2010 – present | SilentAppsTeam / Game and application UI & Graphic Designer for Mobile Devices. Partner. |
| 1999 – present | Self Employed GUI/IA Freelance Designer at RS studio. Own elinks web hosting. |
Past
| 2010 – 2011 | Scada design agency / International Markets Developing Partner, GUI/IA specialist, graphic designer |
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| 2002 – 2010 | True Vision [LV] / leading designer & co-owner |
| 2006 – 2009 | Ind-Ex.LV / co-owner |
| 2003 – 2005 | Y-Digital [UK] art director & designer |
| 2003 – 2004 | EnvisioNext [US] / designer |
| 1999 – 2003 | TotalWebEnterprises, [US] / leading designer |
| 1997 – 1999 | WebDesignCenter [LV] / tech. director & designer |
| 1996 – 1997 | RD computer [LV] / 3D modeler, web-designer |
| 1996 – 1997 | MultiCenter Adv. agency [LV] / 3D, web-designer |
