Course Instructors

Uldis Kuplis
Uldis Kuplis

Occupation: Project manager for software development, maintenance, and migration projects.

Professional experience: 25 years of experience in the software development industry, implementing various software development projects as a programmer, analyst, software development department manager, project manager, IT Development Director, Scrum Master or Scrum Product Owner, or simply as a consultant.

Māris Miķītis
Māris Miķītis

Occupation: More than 25 years of experience in IT in various financial organizations (Latvijas Krājbanka, BTA/Vienna Insurance, IF Insurance, etc.).

Work experience: Focused on quality assurance for the last 10 years. Teaches various courses on quality assurance in IT development projects.

Juris Uzulāns
Juris Uzulāns

Occupation: Instructor in business processes area, risk management and project management with more than 20 years of experience in process analysis, business intelligence tools, risk and project management.

Teaching approach: Combines theory with practice and personal experience, using a variety of modern methods and artificial intelligence.

Anna Vladimirova-Kryukova
Anna Vladimirova-Kryukova

Occupation: Lawyer in the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Practice Group at COBALT's Latvian office.

Professional experience: Specializes in data protection, technology and sustainability issues, is a Certified Information Privacy Professional – Europe (CIPP/E), certified lead auditor for information security management systems (ISO/IEC 27001), certified personal data protection specialist and cybersecurity specialist in the Republic of Latvia. She also has extensive experience in commercial law issues related to start-ups. Lectures on information technology security and data protection and is the author of numerous publications.

Kirils Solovjovs
Kirils Solovjovs

Occupation: Head of security company "Possible Security", IT policy activist, vulnerability researcher, and Latvia's most prominent "good hacker."

Professional experience: Kirils specializes in network flow analysis and reverse engineering, as well as social engineering. He has accumulated experience in investigating security incidents. Kirils has earned three higher education degrees with honors, including a master's degree in computer science from the University of Latvia, specializing in computer networks and project management. His professional experience is complemented by an internship at the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, developing the red team exercise "Crossed Swords".