Marketing · Manufacturing · Code

I connect the workshop to the system.

I'm Lukas — a marketing lead and maker from Kaunas. I work where physical manufacturing meets digital systems and AI: from custom orthopedic footwear and 3D printing to the tools I vibecode myself.

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tools built myself
↳ shoe last · param. → manufacture ø digital scroll ↓

01 / About

A strategist who
builds it all himself

Lukas Dapkus
↳ Lukas · Kaunas

I've worked in marketing for more than a decade, but I never felt like „just a marketer". What interests me most is where an idea has to become something tangible — a product, a tool, a system that actually works.

Today I lead marketing for two related Lithuanian companies: Ortho Baltic — a maker of custom orthopedic footwear and carbon-fibre orthoses, and Smart Factory — professional MJF/SLS 3D printing services in Europe. My days move between product development, digital marketing, business analysis and technical execution — often on the same day.

When a tool is missing, I build it myself: from Three.js 3D configurators to Python scripts and AI-powered workflows. The same principle holds away from the screen — home renovation, metal, wood, sugi ban charred timber, cooking outdoors. I like to understand the material I work with.

Together with my mum Vilija I founded Refurpurp — a sustainable fashion label where we remake vests by hand from second-hand materials.

02 / What I do

What I do

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Marketing & growth

Strategy, branding, omnichannel campaigns, content, analytics. B2B and SaaS. From positioning to the daily work alongside sales.

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Manufacturing & digital

A bridge between 3D printing / manufacturing and digital systems — product positioning, configurators, pricing tools, and improving SaaS platforms (UI/UX).

03

AI & tools

AI-powered workflows and automation: image and video generation for content, OCR and document digitisation, internal tools that save the team's time.

04

Craft & making

TV directing, scriptwriting, design — and hands-on work: wood, metal, sugi ban, construction. That's where the intuition for how things actually work is born.

03 / Work

What I've built

ShoeWizard

AI · product · 3D

Ortho Baltic AI platform for generating shoe lasts. I built the wizard UI logic, the product configuration system and the surrounding product communication.

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Smart Factory content engine

content · advertising · AI generation

An industrial 3D-printing content system. I created the LinkedIn content library, B2B display ads and AI image/video workflows. The focus — content that sounds human, not like AI.

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3D configurators (Three.js)

web · 3D · Three.js / Blender

Interactive product configurators. Material editing, swapping components, texture projection, AR/VR — many iterations over the year.

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Tools & automation

Python · HTML · AI

Practical tools for manufacturing. MJF/SLS pricing calculators, measurement tools, OCR workflows for documents, a GIF compression tool, and assorted HTML/Python utilities.

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Refurpurp

branding · web · sustainability

A sustainable fashion label with my mum Vilija. Vests remade by hand from second-hand materials + the brand and website.

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04 / Experience

The road here

  1. 2022 — present Head of Marketing Ortho Baltic & Smart Factory
  2. 2019 — 2022 Marketing Project Manager Hegelmann Group · 18 countries Brands: Hegelmann Logistics · Autotransporte · Special Transporte · USA · Express Heroes
  3. 2017 — 2019 Producer / live director TV & creative projects
  4. 2015 — 2019 Freelance websites, brands, marketing
  5. 2016 — 2017 Owner / manager „Gera Kokybė Veža"
  6. 2014 — 2015 Marketing Project Manager Senukai

Education · 2009 — 2013

ISM University of Management and Economics

Bachelor's degree · Business Management and Analytics

05 / Skills

The toolkit

Marketing & growth

Strategy · branding · omnichannel campaigns · content · events & conferences (4–7/yr) · SaaS UI/UX improvement

Analytics

Power BI · IBM SPSS · data & results analysis · budget planning

Building (dev)

HTML / CSS / JS · Three.js · Python · AI workflows · web / CMS

Design

Adobe Photoshop · visuals · advertising · banners

Craft

Welding · wood · metal · sugi ban · construction & renovation

Languages

Lithuanian (native) · English (working)

06 / Beyond work

The same person
after hours

A lot of what I'm good at at work came from my hobbies — and the other way round.

  • TV & scriptwriting — I've directed live broadcasts, tours and events.
  • Skateboard / longboard — movement and balance.
  • Outdoor kitchen — cooking over fire.
  • Wood, metal, sugi ban — renovation and hands-on work.
  • Painting & murals — hand-painted art straight onto the walls at home.
  • Tree-planting event — I've created and run it for 6+ years.
  • Mountains — long walks where the weather does the talking.
Lukas by a hand-painted wall mural at home, with longboards beside him
↳ wall mural · home · hand-painted

07 / Let's talk

Got an idea in manufacturing,
marketing or AI?

Drop me a line — I love projects that connect the physical and the digital.