Valentinas Bakaitis is an accomplished professional in the field of application security, currently serving as a Staff Application Security Engineer at Lightspeed Commerce since August 2021, after previously holding the position of Senior Application Security Engineer. Prior experience includes leading a team as Application Security Analyst Manager at RedShield Security Limited from April 2017 to July 2021, focusing on attack detection and reporting, as well as conducting vulnerability research and analysis as an Application Security Analyst. Valentinas also held roles such as Senior Security Consultant and IT Security Consultant at Aura Information Security, where responsibilities included penetration testing and threat modelling. Earlier professional experience encompasses software development at Xero and web development for various companies and freelance projects. Valentinas holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Information Systems from Vilnius College of Higher Education.