In the pursuit of Nordsense's vision of creating sustainable cities, established, led, and mentored a transformative software engineering department from the ground up.• Built a dynamic, top-tier software team of 6, fostering innovation by transitioning from legacy systems to modern, efficient solutions with a foundation of candor, empathy, and collaboration.• Orchestrated diverse roles, from product management to cloud architecture and IoT protocol design.• Actively mentored team members, aiding in their professional growth and nurturing future leaders within the organization.• Instilled a culture of collaboration and open communication, ensuring every team member's voice was heard and valued• Embraced challenges and cultivated a growth mindset, leading not just projects but also guiding my team's personal and professional development.• Strategized hiring processes and managed roadmaps in accordance to Nordsense's goals.• Introduced Agile methodologies, championing a culture of continuous improvement, waste reduction, and enhancing delivery speed by up to 3-4 times.• Prioritized user-centric design, conducting research, crafting mockups, and conceptualizing features that resonated with user needs.• Deepened inter-department collaboration, bridging Firmware, Customer Success, Marketing, and Sales to optimize user experiences and refine staff training processes.• Led the innovation of key products in Incident Handling and Asset Tracking.• Designed a proprietary IoT communication protocol and data processing pipeline for the next-gen sensor.• Executed strategic initiatives, achieving a 70% reduction in AWS expenses, underlining a commitment to sustainability.• Tech stack: AWS, Terraform, Node.js, Nest.js, NestJS, TypeScript, Postgres, REST APIs, Angular, NativeScript.

Joined a Silicon Valley-backed startup that harnesses IoT sensors and software for sustainable waste management - empowering communities with cleaner environments, fewer trucks on roads, and reduced CO2 emissions.• Brought on board to increase the software team's seniority. Entrusted with the critical task of identifying a new team lead; after a comprehensive interview process, transitioned into the leadership position.• Managed core systems, including sensor data intake and truck routing/navigation.• Revamped CI/CD processes, reducing deployment durations from 1-2 hours to 10-20 minutes.• Reduced the average incident response time from 48 hours to 2 hours, enhancing system reliability.• Tech stack: Node.js, TypeScript, Postgres, Cassandra, Angular.

Designed and implemented web automation software using Node.js and Puppeteer to streamline and enhance processes for a client.

Co-founded a SaaS company aimed at alleviating the challenges of event planning by empowering event organizers.• Spearheaded the development of the initial backend system.• Directed initiatives around architecture, backend, infrastructure, databases, and APIs.• Secured €3,000,000 in funding from esteemed Nordic angel investors, VCs, and public funds, including byFounders and Vækstfonden.• Managed the roadmap and execution of over 15 product features, from conception to final polish.• Recruited, led, and mentored a team of 9 tech professionals, of which 6 were direct reports.• Formed an agile, self-organizing remote development team through intensive agile training.• Enhanced development/production parity via Docker and Kubernetes.• Implemented an internal billing system with deep Stripe integration.• Swiftly addressed system incident reports, with 90% being resolved within a 2-hour response time window.• Tech stack: Google Cloud Platform, Node.js, ArangoDB, Firebase.

Launched a co-working haven tailored for tech creatives.• Cultivated a dynamic hub that spurred collaboration and innovation.• Became the home base for over a dozen startups, including standout names like Tame, EasySize, Copenmade, Uniqkey, and Siteboost.

Oversaw and enhanced a preference-based City Guide platform serving 30,000 users.• Implemented an experimental recommendation system with OrientDB, capable of considering over 50 specific attributes. This increased the relevancy of recommendations for platform users.• Designed and launched a revamped backend system, powered by REST APIs using Python, setting the foundation for the platform's next phase of growth.

Designed and implemented a proprietary student-facing platform for Maersk, aimed at increasing admissions and retention in their education programs.• Tech stack: Python, MySQL, AngularJS.

Undertook several small-scale projects to deepen web development knowledge and expertise.• Designed and implemented web scraping software using Node.js.• Set up 20+ WordPress websites using the LEMP stack.

While pursuing a Bachelor's degree, mastered the art of customer service at a leading global hotel chain.• Honed skills in empathy, communication, and effective stress management.

Executed diverse projects at the university's student lab.• Designed and executed a web conferencing solution using PHP and Flash, enabling seamless international collaboration by allowing US participants to join locally hosted conferences.• Established and managed a dedicated lab space for computer vision experiments.

Began professional career at age 13, shortly after taking on self-teaching programming and hacking.• Single-handedly identified 200+ websites vulnerable to remote code execution attacks using little more than Google Search and the Linux command line tools.• Upon informing an image hosting provider of discovered vulnerabilities, took on the offer to join the team as the lead developer working with PHP, MySQL and JavaScript.• Conceptualized and implemented a proprietary Firefox plugin to automate workflows of an auto parts company, including advertising, which lead to an immediate 30% decrease of the SMB’s operating costs.• Wrote over a dozen single-purpose utilities ranging from network scanners and IRC bots to Linux system monitoring agents using C++, PHP, Bash and Perl.