Rimas Silkaitis

Rimas Silkaitis currently serves as the Head of Product for Platform at Benchling, a position held since September 2023. Additionally, Rimas has been the Podcast Host for Practical Product at Heavybit Industries since July 2016, where the focus is on helping startups successfully market developer products. Previous roles include VP of Product at Meroxa, Senior Director of Product Management at GitHub, and Director of Product Management for Data at Heroku, where Rimas was instrumental in launching and growing significant data stores. Early career experiences span positions as Product Guy at Chartio, Product Manager for Data & Internal Tools at CarWoo!, Manager of Technology & Strategy at Celect, and Manager in the Leadership Development Program at AT&T. Rimas began professional training with an MBA from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School and holds a degree from Miami University.