Welcome to my point of view

I am Shas and I make learning… that works. So, , and start exploring how my point of view can help your point of view!

Give me the messy learning brief.

Your experts know the subject. I work out what people need to learn, make sense of the content and systems, and design a practical path to launch. From a single course to an entire learning experience.

See learning work

I build the course and the platform it runs on.

From multilingual e-learning and interactive media to LMS/LXP architecture, custom tools and AI-assisted workflows. I connect learning design with UX and technology, then leave your team able to run what I built.

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New system? People need to use it.

New systems and AI tools are easy to buy. Getting people to use them well is the hard part. I start with the people who own the problem, then check the difference in your own numbers.

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Tell me about your project

Working since 2000 · UN agencies · International organisations · Global businesses

Šarūnas Vaitkus · Learning Experience & Technology · EU | UK | Australia

Availability

Available for defined consulting and delivery projects. I work remotely, or on site by arrangement, where I can legally work: the EU, the UK and Australia. I normally reply within two working days.

Tell me about your project

Latest project

UNECE SITCIN. I redesigned the public experience, rebuilt the Drupal assessment workflow and helped three countries complete a pilot. Live since 10 June 2026.

Read the SITCIN case study

Selected clients

UNECE
OSCE
KPMG
CBRE
Clarksons
Advanced Learning Company
ANZ
NSW Government

UNECE
OSCE
KPMG
CBRE
Clarksons
Advanced Learning Company
ANZ
NSW Government

Where I have worked

Projects across Australia, the UK and the Middle East, plus remote work for teams in Geneva and Vienna. Locations follow the project or client, not always where I was based. Explore the interactive globe.

Engagements and projects by country
Country	Engagements	Projects
Australia (Sydney and Melbourne)	16	23
United Kingdom (London)	9	9
Switzerland (Geneva, remote)	3	3
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh and remote)	3	3
Austria (Vienna, remote)	2	12
Qatar (Doha)	1	1
Total	34	51

Services

SAP, Dynamics, a new process or Copilot. Every new system pays off only when people use it in their daily work.

The licence is paid on day one. The value comes when people can do their real work with it. I build the learning and practice layer that gets them there, end to end: change, training, e-learning and practice on the job, as one package.

For organisations and managers

"Your people have had the AI training. They still don't use it in their work."

Each team tries AI on a few real tasks every week, inside clear rules, with its manager's backing. What works is shared and kept. Hidden use moves into the open.

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Manager backing doubles regular use

"We're launching SAP, Dynamics, Workday or a new process. People need to work in it from day one."

People know the tasks that change for their role before go-live. They have practised them in a safe copy. They have a short guide to hand when they get stuck. The learning platform that carries the training works for learners and admins.

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More change, less goodwill

Planned changes per employee

Employees willing to change to support enterprise change

"We trained people. We can't show it changed the work."

Before the training starts, you agree what it should change in the work and how you will see it. You track usage and one or two business measures, and you know where to act next.

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Most L&D teams can't yet show impact

For subject matter experts (SMEs) and the teams who rely on them

"The answers are in a few people's heads and a hundred documents."

What your subject matter experts know is captured once, in a form people can learn from and look up. Experts can add to it themselves. New staff follow a clear path through their first weeks. Repeat questions go to a guide or assistant first, and experts see only the hard ones.

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9 hours a week spent looking for information

hours a week, average UK worker

For L&D and training teams

"Our courses are out of date, our platform is hard to use, and every update feels like a rebuild."

You know which courses to keep, fix, convert, rebuild or retire. Changes are made only where the content changed. Learners find and finish what they need, and admins can run the platform without a developer.

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Skills demand is outpacing L&D

Case studies

Four detailed projects showing the brief, the choices, what was delivered and what I learned. Each includes relevant demos or evidence.

All case studies

Have a course, learning platform or adoption project that needs to work by a fixed date? Tell me what you need and when.

Tell me about your project

Selected work

Selected courses, platforms, videos, interfaces and learning-related applications. Open any item to see the brief, my contribution and the result.

UN and international
Companies
Education and learning
Government and public
Own product

Case study

UNECE SITCIN Website

Read the SITCIN case study

UNECE asked for a public-site redesign. The audit revealed a deeper problem: officials could not complete an assessment reliably. I redesigned the focal point experience and rebuilt the core Drupal workflow, added new indicators and supported a three-country pilot. Live since June 2026.

What changed: additional indicators were incorporated; officials gained clearer workflows and draft saving; UNECE staff gained operational controls; users and IT received tailored guides.

The platform I inherited was poorly built. I rebuilt it so UNECE staff can run it, incorporated additional indicators, redesigned the focal point workspace and took three pilot countries through a full assessment. I also wrote the operating guides for UNECE staff, focal points and UNECE IT, who now maintain it.

Website scope, information architecture and content strategy
UX/UI for Challenges, Solutions, Process, Map and About journeys
Drupal theme, templates and front-end integration (EN / FR / RU)
Secure-area UX support for NFP / IFP profiles, assessments and reporting
Media, iconography and demo assessment experiences
Review, QA and iterative enhancements with UNECE stakeholders

Client: UNECE
Date: 2025–2026
Technology and Tools: Drupal 11 CSS3/HTML5 Bootstrap GIT Illustrator

Launch Project

Case study

Advanced Learning World platform

Read the Advanced Learning World case study

Advanced Learning World is a bilingual, mentor-led platform for Saudi K-12 students, built on Open edX with a custom front end. As Learning Technology Lead and Solution Architect, I represented the client across content, UX, platform requirements and testing, working with delivery partner EPAM.

Content structure: grade, subject, unit, topic and lesson, each lesson in five short parts
SCORM tracking on Open edX and a model Storyline 360 lesson
One Excel scope sheet as the master for every change request
Arabic and English translation workflow for the interface
Product landing page, website and analytics

Live on production on 9 September 2020, 3.5 months after delivery started, with the full MVP release in December 2020.

Client: ALC
Date: 2020
Technology and Tools: Bootstrap CSS3/HTML5 GIT Dreamweaver Illustrator

Case study

Keep Them Safe (KTS) Reforms Programme

NSW Community Services needed online training for NGO staff on the major child-protection law changes in the Keep Them Safe reforms. I built all nine modules of the programme in Adobe Captivate, with case studies to practise on. The demo is Module 1, the overview.

Instructional design and writing: turning source material from several business units into clear modules with case studies.
Visual design: learner interfaces and online learning templates that follow the brand guides.
Authoring: Captivate authoring, audio production and custom learning interactions.

Client: NSW Department of Community Services, Australia
Date: 2012
Technology: Adobe Captivate GoAnimate (now Vyond) Adobe Audition Flash Fireworks

How I work

Three steps, whether the work is one course, one rollout or a whole programme. You do not have to start big. One team, one process or one course is enough.

01
Start with your people and your numbers

Every engagement begins with your stakeholders. We agree what is not working, for whom, and how you will know it is fixed. If I am not the right fit, I say so. On Advanced Learning World, one master scope sheet kept the learning product and the vendor build aligned.
02
Show something working early

You get a clear scope, then the most important part early: a module, a simulation, a prototype or a first set of use cases. We test it with real users. On SITCIN, a three-country pilot exposed data loss and role conflicts that earlier reviews had missed.
03
Measure, hand over, leave you able to run it

We check the measures we agreed. You get the files, guides and a walkthrough, so your team can run and update what was built. For eTIR, that included a Drupal repository and a 30-page-plus administration guide.

In their words

Selected recommendations from people who commissioned or managed my work. Full references are available on LinkedIn.

Sarunas joined Advanced Learning Company at an early stage in the development of this education services company in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He played a key role in shaping a novel service providing digital education for school students across the country. This extended to formulating the strategy for the business assisting with the selection of partners and being involved in numerous other start-up activities. Sarunas has an excellent understanding of the design and implementation of digital education solutions and showed great flexibility by providing valued assistance in several other areas, including website and portal design.

Alan CarrCEO, Advanced Learning Company
I had the privilege of working with Shas over a few years at KPMG, where he held the position of Instructional Designer on the project team. Diligent, creative and capable of working to tight deadlines, I'd have no hesitation in working with him again in the future. His structured approach to course design and knowledge of his craft, enabled us to to produce high quality E-learning modules to suit the client's various roles and processes impacted by the implementation of a new Opportunity and Risk Management system.

Brian McGowanTraining Manager, KPMG UK
Sarunas' combination of skills, including graphical and instructional design, was superb for our needs. He also has an excellent knowledge of the tools he employs, as well as trends within the fast-moving eLearning industry. I highly recommend Sarunas' work, skills, and professionalism.

Gerald Keatinge-Learning Manager, NSW Community Services
Sarunas worked for me as a contractor on the Sidra Medical Research Centre (SMRC) project, where he produced great work in a challenging work environment and to very tight deadlines. His work culminated in the production of quality ELearning materials for SMRC's library system. He is extremely capable and dedicated to producing a good quality product.

Nick ShepherdDell Services, Sidra Medicine project

Tools I build and run

I use my own products to test AI-assisted research, content design and app development on real use cases. The learning value is practical: understand what the tools can do, where they fail and what people need to check before using the result. Projects remain subject to my review.

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Let's talk about your project

Tell me what people need to learn or do, what systems are involved and the deadline. A short brief is enough to start. I normally reply within two working days.

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Questions about a specific project or tool? My AI assistant can help you find the relevant work examples. For availability or terms, message me directly.

Give me the messy learning brief.

Where I have worked

Services

For organisations and managers

"Your people have had the AI training. They still don't use it in their work."

"We're launching SAP, Dynamics, Workday or a new process. People need to work in it from day one."

"We trained people. We can't show it changed the work."

For subject matter experts (SMEs) and the teams who rely on them

"The answers are in a few people's heads and a hundred documents."

For L&D and training teams

"Our courses are out of date, our platform is hard to use, and every update feels like a rebuild."

Case studies

Selected work

CBRE Restatement Playbook Evaluation

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Confidence-Building Measures Explainer

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myBuy Training

Sustainable Inland Transport Connectivity Indicators (SITCIN) module

Online Security Management course

UNECE eTIR Website

UNECE SITCIN Website

eTIR website launch promotional video

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Advanced Learning World platform

Advanced Learning Company website

The Vienna Document explainer

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Confidence-building measures explainer

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FOD & Safety Awareness refresher

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Custom Articulate Storyline 360 interaction

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Custom Articulate Storyline 360 interaction

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Interaction: Clean Tanker Routes

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Client Management Overview

Trainee Broker Programme

Knowledge visualisation app

FlexTab: tab, slider and accordion configurator

SCORM Package Editor

VibeList

metability bot tutorials

Vaikend: family events search

Kidness: exercise app for children

LT·GOV: who holds power in Lithuania

Design Atlas: 51 web styles

LT School Atlas: schools compared

Keep Them Safe (KTS) Reforms Programme

Abbreviation/Glossary App

How I work

Start with your people and your numbers

Show something working early

Measure, hand over, leave you able to run it

In their words

Tools I build and run

Let's talk about your project