Lasha Dolidze is the Chief Executive Officer of Picktek LLC. Based in Tbilisi, Georgia, he travels a lot all over the world.

Coming from a strong engineering background, he is proficient in several technological platforms, including LAMP, Java/J2EE, Microsoft .NET, and Apple Cocoa/iPhone. Combined with his educational background in economics and business, his skill set provides him with valuable strategic vision and insight that has helped the company maintain a leading position in the market for over 20 years.

As the founder of Picktek, Lasha plays a central role in identifying technological trends in the industry and adjusting the company strategy accordingly. From the very beginning, Picktek was created to be an open-source company and has remained loyal to the open-source movement. Lasha is a contributor to numerous open-source projects, including Drupal. Recently, he has been assisting the World Bank in getting more involved with Drupal and developing cutting-edge solutions using the platform.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Editorial Board Member, July 2018 onwards, Academic Journal BRAMS
• Chief Technology Officer, June 2018 onwards, British and American Studies Institute at Grigol Robakidze University
• Consultant and Software Developer, 2016 onwards, World Bank – Software Developer using content management system Drupal and other frameworks
• Short-Term Consultant, 2009 to 2014, World Bank – Developed high-quality, interactive, open, and innovative web applications to help establish the Bank as a knowledge leader. PHP, Drupal, JQuery, Ajax development
• Consultant, 2008 to 2009, World Bank – Worked with the External Web Team to leverage the power of Drupal and provide innovative solutions for poverty alleviation
• Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), 2005 onwards, Picktek LLC – 1. Provide strategic vision and architectural guidance across all projects; 2. Design and deliver scalable web solutions using various platforms; 3. Define and implement processes and procedures for effective teamwork
• Short-Term Consultant, 2003, World Bank – Provided software engineering services for the Information Solutions Group. Java/J2EE development
• Lead Developer, 2000 to 2003, Microfinance Bank of Georgia (MBG) – Lead developer of a software suite for a local commercial bank. Platform: Microsoft .NET Web Technologies, MS SQL Server
• Chief Software Engineer, 1998 to 2000, GSS Ltd. – Lead developer of the accounting application SuperFin (http://www.gss-ltd.com)

EDUCATION

B.S. in Economics cum laude, Guram Tavartkiladze University (1999)

SKILLS

• Programming: PHP, Drupal, Javascript/Ajax, CSS, jQuery, Java/J2EE, Groovy, Hibernate, Objective-C, C/C++, XML, RDF, Web Services, Microsoft .NET, UNIX Shell
• Databases: MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server
• Operating Systems: Android, iOS, Mac OS X, Unix, Linux, MS Windows

LANGUAGES

• Georgian
• Russian
• English
• German