Mads K. Madsen Email & Phone Number

Copenhagen Metropolitan Area

Responsibilities:- All development activities at Weibel- R&D strategy and Roadmap- Leading and driving a team of +160 highly motivated and skilled engineers- Developing and delivering state of the art technological solutions for radar systems- All technical areas covered from Mechanics and Electronics, to Embedded, Signal/Image Processing and Application.

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

• Responsibilities:
• Grow and further develop DK team to fit business
• Grow business with special focus on LifeScience and Renewable Energy
• Drive and Help pre-sales activities, to answer and bid on larger engagements and tenders and to open new doors in the market

Denmark

• Responsibilities:
• A rapidly growing development organization of ca. 45 highly skilled engineers, Hereof 6 direct reports; 3 people managers and 3 project managers
• Overall responsible for innovation and developing the next generation of Sound Processors (the outer part of the Cochlear solution)
• Multi-site development with teams in Denmark and France
• Development within eSW, Mechanics, Electronics, Audiology and Digital Signal Processing
• Organizational development and Agile TransformationResults:

Denmark

• Responsibilities:
• Development organization of +100 highly skilled engineers / +80 mio dkk budget
• Development within Digital Signal Processing (DSP), IC / ASIC development, Embedded Software, Wireless Systems (Bluetooth), and AI (Artificial Intelligence)
• Multi-site, cross functional operationResults:
• Installed higher focus on platform flexibility
• Rapid build-up of capacity and Organization

• Responsible for Software Sourcing & Shared Services at Laerdal Copenhagen:
• 3D graphics and Video team of 10 people
• Test and Verification team (10 consultants and students)
• Insourcing of consultants
• Outsourcing Main contact to team in India of 25 peopleResults:
• Stabilizing test team, and working on methods

Ballerup, Denmark

• (Tansitioned from Schneider Electric, due to business unit closure)Responsibilities:
• Heading a strong development team in Ballerup DK of 12 people, responsible for developing the Wiser Smart portfolio, a best in class IoT solution for smart heat management in residential houses. System consists of in.
• Distributed development in DK, Czech Republic, and India.
• Driving handover and knowledge transfer to team in Czech Republic, due to restructuring in January 2015Results:
• Implemented roadmap and release plan for all Cloud activities
• Delivering monthly cloud releases for internal Schneider partners and own Wiser Smart offer

Ballerup, Denmark

• Responsibilities:
• Responsible for international project office, part of the Line of Business, Connected Home. 7 project managers in 3 countries.
• Overall responsible for delivering new releases and new devices for the Wiser Smart Offer and for Lauritz Knudsen IHC, according to strategy and roadmap
• Portfolio planning for all projectsResults:
• Turn around; all releases successfully delivered on time to market (after 4 years of not delivering on time). This achieved through focus on time, leadership, and introducing flexibility in scope
• Reducing number of open projects from 40 to ca. 10 to sharpen focus and efficiency

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

• Responsibilities:
• Leader of multi-site organization of 90 people, in Denmark, Poland and Switzerland. Team consisting of product managers, requirement specialists, developers, testers, supporters, architects and project managers.
• Mission to merge the two development departments in Oticon and Bernafon, to form a single team and a single product platform
• Securing business support and commercial fit
• Secure both innovation and platform development
• Overall responsible for half year releases of fitting software for 3 brands in tight coordination and development with hearing aid development departments and product managementResults:

• Responsibilities:
• Leader of multi site organization of 90 people, in Denmark, Poland and Switzerland. Team consisting of product managers, requirement specialists, developers, testers, supporters, architects and project managers.
• Mission to merge the two development departments in Oticon and Bernafon, to form a single team and a single product platform
• Securing business support and commercial fit
• Secure both innovation and platform development
• Overall responsible for half year releases of fitting software for 3 brands in tight coordination and development with hearing aid development departments and product managementResults:

• Responsibilities:
• Responsible for highly skilled team of around 35 people in DK and 20 in Poland, consisting of Project Management, Development and Test.
• Delivering fitting software releases every half year to support new hearing aid releases
• Responsible for development strategy and processes
• Secure right balance between platforming, new features and innovationResults:
• Build up of off shore site in Poland, after unsuccessful trial with external company; Mondo, in Khrakiv in Ukraine

• Responsibilities:
• Project Management of Fitting Software projects, estimating, planning, risk assessment, execution
• Overall project management of HW/SW project (Wireless Programming Interface WAM)
• Management of focus area (Fitting) (together with 3 others)Results:
• Project Management of more than 10 successful projects with up to 35 people
• Introduction of new technologies (C# and.NET) and redesign of UI

• (Transitioned from Ericsson, due to development site closure)Responsibilities:
• Software for landline and mobile network exchanges (AXE)
• Project Manager for a number of different projects, from small to very large Results:
• Planning and start up of main project with development in 22 countries
• Overall project management of 11 sub projects. Very successful and efficient project. Delivery on time

• Responsibilities:
• Lead projects for landline network exchanges (AXE) software development Results:
• Running of sub-project in France and DK
• Established the cooperation between DK and Franc and got our common activities coordinated. Successful deliveries, though some delay due to implementation of new processes and work methods not fully estimatedResults:
• Established the cooperation between DK and Franc and got our common activities coordinated. Successful deliveries, though some delay due to implementation of new processes and work methods not fully estimated

• Responsibilities:
• Responsible for SUPIA software block
• Programming in PLEX programming language
• Roles in this period: SW developer, Team Leader, Quality Manager and Interaction ManagerResults:
• Successfully developed software for different releases
• Took roles paving the way to become project managerResults:

M.Sc. Ee, Focus On: Digital Signal Processing & Neural Network

Focus on digital signal processing. Master thesis done in cooperation with NESA. Master Thesis:"Analyse af transienter i.

B.Sc.Ee, Data

Broad education, with special focus on digital electronics, embedded systems and programming. Thesis written at PHILIPS RKI (mobile.

Engineering Business Administration (Eba)

Completed 5 out of 8 modules: "Forhandling, mødeledelse og personlig kommunikation" "Virksomhedens internationalisering" "Økonomistyring".

"Ledelse I Praksis", Change Management And Culture, 12 / A

Chosen project: "The Leadership Model, and One Team in a multinational, multi-brand, multi-site and multi-cultural part of the WDH.

Certified Scrummaster® & Certified Scrum Product Owner®

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