GTD Estonia (Brightwork OÜ)

Changing lives by helping people learn personal productivity method Getting Things Done. I'm blessed to be able to do it as a Certified Coach (1:1 work with the best and the brightest) and as a Master Trainer (public and private training). Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them!

GTD Estonia (Brightwork OÜ) is the  license owner of the GTD® (Getting Things Done) program in Estonia. Born out of passion to introduce GTD and other modern self-management practices to individuals and organizations in Estonia, Brightwork aims to help everyone in their journey of self-improvement.
			
We conduct coaching, training, and presentations on Getting Things Done methodology. Our Mission is to help People, Teams and Organizations thrive in their implementation of GTD, help them live stress-free lives and give them tools that help them realize their dreams.

Productivity Coach

Microsoft

Setting L&D strategy for Microsoft Development Center Estonia (MDCE) in cooperation with MDCE leadership, people managers, and Microsoft's Engineering Learning leadership. 

Working globally with L&D leads of other development centres.

Organizing hybrid hackathon events at MDCE as part of Microsoft Global Hackathon and Fix Hack Learn initiatives.

Senior L&D Consultant

Organizing learning & development activities and advancing growth-mindset in Microsoft Development Center Estonia.

Setting L&D strategy in cooperation with MDCE leadership, people managers and Microsoft's engineering learning leadership. Working with other development centers L&D leads globally. Providing learning and teaching opportunities for engineers through training, peer-to-peer sessions and hackathons.

Senior L&D Manager

Coordinating and organizing of pan-European engineering summit in Copenhagen, Denmark in October 2019. Bringing together engineering leaders from 20+ offices in Europe and worldwide. Facilitating networking, knowledge transfer, and promoting collaboration culture within Microsoft.

Participants response to the event: 100% satisfied with event, 100% would recommend to colleague, 100% would attend again.

Senior Project Manager

Crosslake Technologies, LLC

Management of business and sales operations of Crosslake Europe. 

- Staffing of project teams. 
- Handling of legal documentation.
- Monitoring and management of sales pipeline. 
- Implementation and management of internal tools and training staff in their use.
- Management of internal communication and documentation.
- Office management and procurement. 
- Collections. 
- Marketing.

Director Of Operations, Europe

Filled first sales role of software consultancy service in Crosslake Europe team.  Working closely with management and technical consultant teams we took Crosslake Europe to next level by growing revenue 300% in 12 months. Besides increasing sales to existing client base I signed up several industry-leading businesses as repeat clients. 

Additionally I handled staffing of projects with technical consultants, selection of internal tools, marketing and collections. Helped in conducting an technical due diligence of an SaaS business.

Director, Business Development and Client Relations

Microsoft via Hype

Organizer of internal pan-European engineering conference in 2017 (Prague, Czechia) and 2018 (Cambridge, UK). Bringing together engineering leaders across 20+ offices in Europe, facilitating networking and knowledge transfer. Participants response to 2017 event: 100% satisfied, 97% would recommend it to colleague. Participants response to 2018 event: 100% satisfied, 100% would recommend. 

Coordinating //oneweek Hackathon 2015, 2016 and 2017 across Microsoft European offices. Plan and execute live events in London, UK (2015) and Tallinn, Estonia (2016).

- Recruiting 20+ local offices to participate on company-wide event.
- Managing information flow, budget and logistics management.
- Guiding local event organizers in planning, delivery and post-delivery.
- Planning and executing live events in London, UK and Tallinn, Estonia.

Project Manager at the Microsoft Garage

Project Manager for Skype University Hackathon 2016. Planned and executed a delivery of external hackathon for students from European universities.

Drove awareness and event recruitment, created and executed marketing plan and content. Recruited event judges and managed leadership participation. Managed event budget. Executed 3-day event, coordinated volunteer engagement and follow-up activities.

Project Manager & Event Host

Project Manager for the first Skype University Hackathon. Planned and executed a delivery of external hackathon for IT students from Estonian universities.

Drove awareness and event recruitment, created and executed marketing plan and content. Recruited event judges and managed leadership participation. Managed event budget. Executed 3-day event, coordinated volunteer engagement and follow-up activities.

Project Manager for Skype Tallinn Hakcathon, Winter 2015. Planned and executed a delivery of internal hackathon in Skype Tallinn office.

Drove awareness and event recruitment, created and executed marketing plan and content. Recruited event judges and managed leadership participation. Managed event budget. Executed 3-day event and follow-up activities - participant surveys, wrap-up e-mails, plans and transition for next event.

Project Manager

Hype

Consulted HIV digital competition organizers regarding planning for and execution of hackathon portion of the competition. 

Moderated (MC-ed) the hackathon launch event, checkpoints and final event.

Hackathon Moderator (MC) and Consultant

Technical Community Manager in Skype. I built the infrastructure for and drove various communities (technical exchange, grassroots innovations, cloud services, and Agile practitioners) helping Skype and Microsoft engineers to connect with each other, share and find dispersed information on particular subject matters.

• Built a web portal for internal communities; 
• organized community sessions across multiple locations; 
• managed community channels; 
• recorded, edited and published event videos; 
• organized large scale innovation events (hackathons and science fair); 
• performed Scrum Master duties - facilitated team meetings.

Engineering Communities Development Manager

Inglise Kolledži Sihtasutus (English College Foundation)

Organizing the gathering of donations from 700 donors. Arranging the board meetings of volunteer-run organization. Making payments (salaries, invoices), managing of money-reserves. Organizing of scholarship contest and conducting the interviews. 

With the help of other volunteer-colleagues we brought the organization out of its low point, improved communications with its partners, improved budgetary inflows. I envisioned IT solution that improved effectiveness of fund-raising and oversaw (PM-ed) its creation.

Member of management board

Causa OÜ

Organizing the activities of the company, creating the service solution, communicating and servicing the customers, finding partners and organizing co-operation with them. Causa OÜ (Start-Company-in-Estonia.com) enables foreigners quickly and conveniently obtain Estonian private limited company (OÜ). Because of effective organizing the customer needs to be in Tallinn only for few hours.

Founder and Managing Director

Mises Institute Estonia

Organizing the work of non-profit educational foundation, editorial work, organizing and giving of courses and lectures. Mises Institute Estonia publishes the ideas on Austrian school of economics in Estonian. Website http://mises.ee

Productivity Coach @ GTD Estonia | Certified Coach, Master Trainer

I am a certified Getting Things Done® Coach and Master Trainer. My passion as a productivity coach is to support individuals and companies in achieving better results and helping them manage their tasks and responsibilities more efficiently and with less stress.
 
I am happy to talk with you about how Getting Things Done can help you and your company to be more productive, reduce stress, and to achieve a better life for you.

Paul Vahur

LEI Partner

Codenot

Founder

Rendin

Angel Investor

Cuploop

Codelive

Chief Information Officer

Helping small to medium-sized businesses with UI/UX design, branding, and software development

I'm Endrik. I run things at Codenot, where we're all about making cool UI/UX designs, unique branding, and solid software for small and medium-sized businesses. My thing is Agile management, which means I make sure our projects are done on time without cutting corners on quality.

Here's what we offer:

UI/UX Design: We make user-friendly interfaces that are a breeze to use.
Branding: We help your brand stand out and connect with your audience.
Software Development: We build strong software that helps your business grow.
I've led some big projects, with budgets over €1 million, and helped them succeed and hit their digital goals.

Feel free to hit me up to chat about how we can help your business in the digital world. Check out what we do at https://codenot.studio.

Outside work, I'm all about wakeboarding. It's an awesome way to challenge myself and stay active. I believe it's important to balance work with fun stuff, and I love meeting people who are into outdoor adventures too.

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