Justinas Rakašis
Founder at RAKASHI
Lithuania
Summary
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Top SchoolJustinas Rakašis is a founder and seasoned technology leader with over a decade of experience in IT and cybersecurity, best known for pioneering NordVPN Teams and NordWL and driving over 300% product growth in 2020. He combines enterprise architecture, network and software development expertise with hands-on security product leadership to scale international teams and turn complex threats into practical business solutions. Former CPO and VP Engineering, he has repeatedly built cross-functional organizations and product strategies focused on cost-efficiency and rapid growth. An active back-end contributor, he has improved core components and test coverage in the popular Slim PHP framework, reflecting a continued commitment to code quality alongside executive responsibilities. Based in Lithuania, he blends entrepreneurial grit with deep operational experience and a talent for translating technical challenges into measurable business outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Secondary Education and Teaching, Secondary Education and Teaching at Velžys GimnasiumInformation Technology, Information Technology at Vilniaus universitetas / Vilnius University
English, Lithuanian
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Github Skills (17)
application-framework10
routers10
testing10
app-framework10
router10
psr-710
php10
psr-310
slim10
web-framework10
micro-framework9
html6
imagemagick6
routes6
rest6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
slimphp/Slim
Aug 2015 - Feb 2017
Slim is a PHP micro framework that helps you quickly write simple yet powerful web applications and APIs.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:30 commits, 24 PRs, 49 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Justinas contributed to the Slim PHP framework by addressing code quality, functionality, and testing. They made several changes to improve the codebase, including explicit return statements, passing the container to route controllers, and modifying HTTP method handling. The user also implemented and improved unit tests to validate the new features and ensure code reliability. The contributions focused on enhancing the framework's core components and adhering to best practices.
micro-frameworkguzzlephp-frameworkslim-frameworksimple-yet-powerful
tesonet/frontend-party
Nov 2016 - Apr 2020
Contributions:9 PRs, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
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