Brian Søgaard

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Founder, CEO, AI Strategy Advisor @ BotTellMe
Copenhagen, DK
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Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark, Denmark
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About Brian Søgaard

My background is diverse, ranging from 10 years of experience in IT development to founding and leading three companies. It spans industries such as tech, artificial intelligence, consulting, e-commerce, and the training sector. My roles have included Agile Advisor, Solutions Architect, Key note speaker, Instructor, CEO, Entrepreneur, Investor, and Developer of Denmark’s (probably the world’s) first open AI-powered virtual consultant.In between, I have 20+ years of experience as a consultant and advisor, a board certification, and an education in IT Strategy & Management from the IT University of Copenhagen. I believe the key to success is teamwork, leadership, and purpose.I am passionate about leadership, tech, AI, future studies, digitalization, and developing people and organizations. In my daily work, I guide organizations and leaders through complex transformations while simultaneously building the next generation of companies.In short, I bring expertise across these four pillars:1. Advising and coaching leaders and teams in digitalization and complex transformations (agile coach and advisor since 2014)2. Business leadership and strategy (co-founder of three companies, CEO roles, personnel management, strategy, educated at the IT University of Copenhagen in IT Strategy & Management)3. Tech (around 10 years in IT development, now an enthusiast in AI, innovation, and entrepreneurship, implemented my first AI solution for B&O in 2001)4. Venture investments and board work (trained at Board Company, investor through CVX Ventures, Advisory Board member)Let’s connect if you’re interested in exploring the future of leadership, AI, or simply want to exchange ideas over a cup of coffee - whether virtually or in person.--Finally, some text for the algorithm:Specialties: Organizational Transformations, Leadership Coaching, Digitalization, Agile Project Management, Training, Customer Relations, Business Development, Coaching/mentoring, Contract Negotiation, Process Management, Business and People leadership, Business Management, Stakeholder Management, Business Risk Management, Board Member.I hold a Board member education, and I'm a Certified Facilitator. I hold a university degree in IT Strategy and Management. I'm a Certified SAFe Program Consultant (CSP), Certified Agile Project Leader (APLN), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM from Agile Alliance), Professional Scrum Master (PSM from Scrum.org), and Certified Product Owner (PSPO). I'm a trained Sommelier from VinAkademiet and hold a WSET Level 3 international wine education, passed with merit.

Brian Søgaard's Current Company Details
BotTellMe

Bottellme

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Founder, CEO, AI Strategy Advisor
Copenhagen, DK
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bottellme.com
Employees:
3
Brian Søgaard Work Experience Details
  • Bottellme
    Founder, Ceo, Ai Strategy Advisor
    Bottellme
    Copenhagen, Dk
  • Bottellme
    Co-Founder, Ceo, Ai Strategy Advisor
    Bottellme Apr 2023 - Present
    Gentofte, Hovedstaden, Danmark
    With custom-designed AI solutions, we activate the knowledge in your organization, improving your internal processes, customer services, or decision quality or speed – from your front desk to the boardroom.We travel the country to inspire people with talks and presentations about the potential and pitfalls of artificial intelligence. We advise organizations on how to start utilizing AI in their specific context, from board-level to hands-on implementation, guiding them in making the right organizational and technical decisions along the way. We don’t just talk. We do.Contact me if you need some inspiration to leverage AI in your business.
  • Rockwool Group
    Senior Agile Advisor
    Rockwool Group Jun 2023 - Present
    Working in the cross-section of Rockwool's Global Digital Sales & Marketing department and Digital Development, I advise, facilitate, and train a cross-organizational, cross-functional, and cross-cultural team that leads a change process with the explicit purpose of re-establishing Rockwool's Agile way-of-working across borders and organizational levels.Through this work and with facilitated management support, we improve customer involvement, efficiency, team-near agile practices, product development processes, and roles and responsibilities related to the product development flow.Our key results: Improved cross-organizational collaboration, improved agile project and portfolio management, redefined product definitions, new and clear roles and responsibilities, enhanced continuous delivery abilities and value creation.
  • Dunbar
    Advisory Board Member
    Dunbar Jul 2024 - Present
    Dover, Delaware, Usa
    I'm part of a highly experienced Dunbar Advisory Board. Together with the management team, we are redefining corporate learning with microlearning that brings the human touch back into today’s digital work environment.Traditional corporate training is outdated and ineffective. Employees forget most of what they learn in workshops within days. If you’re ready to go beyond the status quo, Dunbar’s microlearning platform is how you keep your teams engaged, motivated, and performing at their best over the long term.Let’s transform how your company learns. Contact me to schedule a demo today.
  • Ugilic
    Business Agility Adviser, Ceo, Co-Founder
    Ugilic Aug 2014 - Present
    København, Hovedstaden, Danmark
    We founded Ugilic in 2014 to create the best home for the most engaged and highly skilled Agile experts in Denmark. As consultants we create lasting change in mid-size and large Danish organizations by facilitating widescale Agile transformations.As a consultant, I have coached key personnel, managers, and teams at Sampension, BRFkredit, SDC, nemlig.com, Bluegarden, Djøf, HOFOR (former Københavns Energi), and other Danish companies.As a consultant and agile advisor I have been invited to speak for Agile or Project Management networks at Dansk IT, Netværk Danmark, EGN, and F5.As a CEO, I launched a new and ambitious strategy in June 2021 and started optimizing our internal processes and contracts, initiated brand-building initiatives, recruited new experts to our team, adjusted our structure and roles, and introduced a new split between operations and development in the organization.AI and consulting: In May 2023, we launched Virtual Ugilic - our (free) virtual consultant trained in every aspect of agile consulting and business agility. We believe that the future of consulting highly depends on AI. We don't want to follow - we want to lead this development.
  • Kab
    Advisor, Process Improvements And Digitilization
    Kab Mar 2023 - Dec 2023
    Advisor on KAB’s largest strategic initiative for increased digitalization. The initiative was part of a large cross-organizational program. My focus was on process mapping and improvement, providing sparring to the program director and internal process consultant, designing and establishing a new process overview including technology selection, data architecture, solution design, process organization design, and developing a training program targeting future process owners.
  • Sdc
    Advisor For Leaders And Key Employees, Facilitator And Agile Coach
    Sdc Apr 2021 - Apr 2022
    In close collaboration with a leadership team and key stakeholders, we promoted a more agile mindset and implemented concrete, improved practices in Product Development. The management’s goal was to “create greater stability and focus in the department” while simultaneously improving collaboration with other departments. The work was broad in scope but included, for example:• Definition and rollout of clear roles and responsibilities• 1:1 coaching and sparring with leaders, product owners, Scrum Masters, and stakeholders within the collaborating organization (including, for example, PMO)• Advising on handling compliance tasks in the agile organization, characterized by a fixed scope and fixed deadline• Reorganizing development and maintenance teams to increase ownership and self-management, and to reduce bottlenecks and dependencies• Facilitating startup processes for new teams, including backlog preparation, kick-off workshops, refinement processes, and establishing Scrum- and Kanban-based teams
  • Djøf
    Advisor For Leaders And Product Owners In Product Development And Agile Governance
    Djøf Dec 2019 - Mar 2022
    In close collaboration with the Chief Digital Officer and his leadership team, my role was to advise and facilitate Djøf through a digital, agile transformation in a very short time. This included:• Establishing a comprehensive governance model with hypothesis-based tasks, new roles, and reorganization of product ownership• 1:1 sparring, training, and coaching of leaders, Business Owners, and other stakeholders across the organization• Advising on and facilitating the process for defining new roles and responsibilities, as well as hands-on coaching for all affected partiesThe assignment had a strong focus on leadership sparring and coaching. My approach to this is aptly described by the quote, “The leader’s job is to build the stage. Not to perform on it.” – Linda A. Hill (Professor, HBS)
  • Sampension
    Agile Transformation And Leadership Coach
    Sampension Jun 2018 - Jan 2021
    I facilitated Sampension’s agile transformation in collaboration with four senior directors and several leaders across the organization. The assignment included:• Establishing and facilitating a cross-organizational leadership team to steer the transformation at both strategic and operational levels• Advising on and facilitating three major internal reorganizations of the IT development department with the goal of creating increased cross-functionality, enhanced cross-organizational collaboration, and a stronger customer focus• Establishing a SAFe-inspired portfolio management model with epics, features, relative estimation, progress metrics, and reporting“I was actually quite skeptical about agile coaching at first, but I have to admit: it works.”– Pauline Holm Karlsson, Head of IT Development, Sampension
  • Agile Akademiet
    Ceo, Co-Founder
    Agile Akademiet Jan 2016 - Jul 2019
    Copenhagen Area, Denmark
    Agile Akademiet provided top-class, hand-picked courses and training within all aspects of Agile targeting all levels of the organization, from Scrum Master Certifications to Agile Leadership training. As CEO I set the strategy for developing the business, created a partnership program and marketing strategy, created the financial setup to ensure we had a sound and professional-driven company. During that time we experienced high growth and profitability.In July 2019, we merged Agile Akademiet ApS and Ugilic ApS. Business continued under that brand.
  • Brfkredit
    Rådgiver Og Facilitator For 10+ Teams Og Ledere (Konsulent)
    Brfkredit 2015 - 2018
    Kongens Lyngby, Hovedstaden, Danmark
    Med skiftende roller og ansvar var jeg som konsulent en del af BRFkredits agile transformation igennem tre år. Jeg introducerede en række produktudviklingsteams til den agile arbejdsform, i en rolle der udviklede sig fra udførende til en "coach-the-coach"-opgave. Mine primære opgaver og ansvarsområder var:- Coaching af 10+ agile teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners og ledere- Designe, opstarte og facilitere Big Room Planning-møder, team-tværgående læringsmøder (retrospectives), Business Owner-workshops, Product Owner-koordineringsmøder og skabte øget inddragelse af den modtagende organisation i produktudviklingen- Sparringspartner for BRFkredits transformations-ansvarlige og teamledere- Periodevis udførende Scrum Master for flere teams
  • Goagile
    Agile Team Coach
    Goagile Mar 2013 - Jul 2014
    Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
    Team coaching and team development, agile ways of working, leadership coaching
  • Bluegarden (Nu: Visma Dataløn)
    Rådgiver Og Facilitator For Teams Og Ledere (Konsulent)
    Bluegarden (Nu: Visma Dataløn) 2013 - 2014
    Jeg arbejdede som rådgiver, team-coach og "Scrum Master" for to specialiserede teams. Et af disse udviklede sig i perioden over 10 måneder fra at være det mindst agil-modne team i virksomheden (objektivt målt) til teamet der havde den højeste agile modenhed. Det afspejlede sig tydeligt i teamdynamikken og produktiviteten.I en periode på tre måneder arbejdede jeg derudover hos virksomhedens svenske afdeling i Växjö, for at introducere både medarbejdere og ledelsen til Scrum og den agile måde at tilgå arbejdet på.”Brian is a very skilled consultant who managed to influence and improve the Agile practices in Bluegarden. His toolbox is enormous, he’s a master in facilitation, and I can only give him the best of recommendations.”– Niels Colding, Manager.
  • Proactive A/S
    Manager, Professional Services
    Proactive A/S Jan 2012 - Mar 2013
    Program Management with primary focus on the Professional Services industry and large member organisations. Responsible for developing a long-lasting business strategy within the area of Enterprise Content Management and Cloud-based services.
  • Proactive A/S
    Project Manager
    Proactive A/S Dec 2006 - Dec 2011
    Business-oriented Project Manager on innovative and business-critical IT projects, primarily based on Microsoft SharePoint 2010. Helping our customers to generate value or optimize business performance or processes by managing and leading highly skilled project teams.
  • Proactive A/S
    Systems Developer And Software Architect
    Proactive A/S Jul 2005 - Dec 2006
    I participated on software development projects with skills related to Microsoft technologies and architecture, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS), the Microsoft .Net Framework, ASP.NET and Service-oriented architecture.
  • Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti
    It Responsible At The Danish National Election Campaign 2007
    Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti Oct 2007 - Nov 2007
    "På tur med Anders Fogh" ("Anders Fogh on tour") was the danish Prime Minister's tour through Denmark during the election campaign of 2007. I was a part of a core team of eight people planning and running the bus campaign. My responsibility was to ensure that every part of the IT worked as expected during the three weeks on the road. This included everything from specifying the needed hardware to planning of fail-over procedures and managing the campaign's software and hardware installations .
  • Hfr Gruppen Aps
    Systems Developer And It Consultant
    Hfr Gruppen Aps Dec 2001 - Jul 2005
    The job was focusing on systems development (on the Microsoft .Net 1.0 and 1.1 platform), architectual work, different consultant jobs, teaching of end-users and some documentation work.
  • Cofman
    Systems Developer, Web Technologies
    Cofman Jan 2001 - Dec 2001
    Herning, Middle Jutland, Denmark
    Systems developer focusing on web-related technologies running on the Mac platform. I.e. Tango/TAF, Pervasive.SQL and Java/JSP.
  • Mediaconnect
    Web Developer And It Administrator
    Mediaconnect May 1999 - Jan 2001
    Developer focusing on ASP2 and ASP3, html, javascript and database-related issues when developing web-solutions for small companies. Secondarily I was focusing on system administration by handling web, ftp, mail, and DNS servers.

Brian Søgaard Skills

Agile Methodologies Scrum Project Management Sharepoint Management Architecture Software Project Management It Strategy Program Management Entrepreneurship Project Portfolio Management Project Planning Agile Project Management .net Product Innovation System Requirements Certified Project Manager Committed Trustworthy Customer Service Soa Architectures Customer Relations Contract Negotiation Microsoft Technologies Leadership Positive Can Do Attitude Positive Energy Friendly Personality Agile People Management Risk Management

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Brian Søgaard attended Board Company, It-Universitetet I København, Cepos Universitet, Danube Technologies, It-Akademi Midtjylland, Struer Erhvervsskole.

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