Janis Reklaitis

Head of Information Technology Department @ Augstsprieguma tīkls AS

About

With over a decade of professional experience, I recently served as Research and Production Manager at Evolution, where I spearheaded cross-functional engineering teams specializing in mechanical design, electronics, software, and robotics. My role focused on teams development, budget planning, technologies evaluation, fostering collaboration between departments to ensure quality and timely delivery while keeping projects within set budget boundaries. Passionate about innovation and operational excellence, I established a cutting-edge R&D department and introduced LEAN manufacturing practices, transforming a prototyping center into a high-precision production hub fulfilling and exceeding my budgeted profitability estimates. At Evolution, I contributed to technological advancements by implementing modern prototyping capabilities, enabling in-house production and significantly reducing development cycles for live gaming products. I take pride in building high-performing teams, driving process improvements, and leveraging my expertise in team management, IT strategy, and data center operations to deliver impactful solutions in dynamic and evolving environments.

Country

City

Latvia

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Team Management, IT Strategy, Data Center, Telecommunications, Management, IT Service Management, IT Management, Virtualization, Servers, IT Operations, ITIL, Infrastructure Management, Technical Support, Security, Infrastructure, Project Management, Pre-sales, Team Leadership, Business Strategy, Project Planning

Experience

Head of Information Technology Department

Augstsprieguma tīkls AS

2026-2 - Present · 8 mos

Riga, Latvia

Research and Production Manager

Evolution

2023-11 - 2025-10 · 2 yrs

Riga, Latvia

Responsible for leading engineering teams in mechanical design, electronics, software development, and robotic equipment programming. Served as the link between engineering and product design teams to ensure collaboration, quality, and on-time delivery. Established an equipment R&D department and introduced LEAN manufacturing practices, transforming the prototyping centre into a mass production facility with high-precision metal and plastic processing equipment.

Technical Operations Manager Europe

Evolution

2021-10 - 2023-10 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Managed teams of technical experts, responsibility for deployment and maintenance of live broadcasting studios across Europe. Served as the key technical stakeholder for the development and lifecycle management of studio infrastructure and solutions. Established equipment R&D and prototyping functions, building and leading engineering teams while implementing processes, documentation standards, and SLAs. Successfully introduced a modern prototyping centre, enabling in-house production of prototypes and significantly shortening the live game development cycle.

Head Of Technical Operations Riga and Tbilisi

Evolution

2018-7 - 2021-10 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Responsible for managing international teams of technical specialists overseeing the development and maintenance of live broadcasting studios across the EU. Participated in the infrastructure planning and build of the Tbilisi studio, a large-scale project that created thousands of local workplaces and fostered professional growth opportunities for young specialists. Focused on knowledge transfer, operational excellence, and building high-performing, multicultural teams in a dynamic and rapidly expanding environment.

Deputy Head of Technical Operations

Evolution

2014-2 - 2018-7 · 4 yrs 6 mos

Infrastructure planning and management of live broadcasting studios and server rooms, ensuring operational reliability. Led a team of technical experts supporting multiple international sites. Provided technical oversight and coordination for live broadcasting studios builds in Europe.

Development Manager

Evolution

2013-7 - 2014-2 · 8 mos

IT system audits, IT infrastructure sustainability improvement projects initiation and support.

Head of Data centre operations division

Lattelecom

2012-7 - 2013-6 · 1 yr

Riga, Latvia

Responsible for managing teams of server administrators, data centre specialists, and platform administrators, overseeing all internal and outsourced IT services across multiple data centres. Accountable for operational performance, service continuity, and infrastructure reliability. Notable achievement includes delivering the first Tier III Uptime Institute certified data centre in the Baltic States, setting a regional benchmark for availability and resilience.

Data centre infrastructure manager

Lattelecom

2007 - 2012-8 · 5 yrs

Responsible for leading the data centre infrastructure team with focus on uptime, resource planning, and lifecycle management of critical systems. Accountable for the technical implementation and global deployment of the Latvian biometric passport solution, ensuring secure, resilient, and scalable infrastructure to support national and international requirements.