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I am the Business Unit Director for the Product and Design Agency Duckwise - a Trifork company.In my last job, I was Head of Product for Lunar bank. During my tenure, I had various parts of the portfolio under my management including Consumer & Business banking, the overall app experience, and Lending. It was my responsibility to define the vision and product strategy for markets across the Nordics, and make sure that we delivered on that strategy by leveraging the powers of all our cross-functional consumer squads and the brilliant team of Product Managers. I've previously headed up Bankdata's growing UX & Design department. We discovered and designed fintech products for about a quarter of the Danish population and about 10K bank advisors. My job was to build a sturdy design organization and develop a progressively company-wide product mindset that would enable us to create the most valuable and desirable products in the industry. The department counted 15+ UX'ers and digital product designers + a handful of consultants. Overall, I help customers create great digital products and product teams by applying a customer-centric design perspective to product management. I am particularly enthusiastic about Product Leadership, Design Sprints, UX, and digital entrepreneurship. As an independent consultant and as UX Lead for e.g. LEGO, Arla, MHI Vestas, and Creuna, I have designed products strategies, and services for customers such as LEGO, Danske Bank, Grundfos, Arla, MHI Vestas, Danske Commodities (Trading), Cobham (Spy Gadgets), Jeff Rowland (High End HiFi), Aarsleff (construction), etc.I hold a Master's degree from Information studies and a Ph.D. from the department of Computer Science, focusing on Human-Computer Interaction (UX), Design Management, and Design Thinking.
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Chief Executive OfficerDuckwiseAarhus, Dk -
Business Unit DirectorDuckwise Aug 2024 - PresentAarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark -
OwnerUx Strat Aps Aug 2017 - PresentAarhus Denmark
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MusicianMusician Sep 2001 - PresentSinger, Drummer, Guitarist
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Head Of ProductLunar Oct 2023 - Sep 2024Aarhus, Middle Jutland, Denmark -
Group Product ManagerLunar Sep 2022 - Oct 2023Aarhus, Middle Jutland, Denmark -
Head Of Ux & DesignBankdata Feb 2021 - Sep 2022 -
User Experience Lead, ExternalMhi Vestas Offshore Wind Feb 2020 - Mar 2021Aarhus N, Middle Jutland, Denmark -
User Experience Lead, External ConsultantArla Foods Oct 2017 - Jul 2018Aarhus, DenmarkHelping the mature the Nordic's largest Dairy Company toward a more user-centric and design-driven way of working. This entailed applying User Experience strategy across touch points on a program level. My responsibilities included vendor management, recruiting for and building a design team, creating a user research and design strategy in green field and SaaS projects.Concrete products: A new responsive portal (created in Salesforce) for 12K farmers, and a responsive platform for registering animal welfare at farm level. -
User Experience LeadCreuna May 2016 - Sep 2017Århus Area, DenmarkAs User Experience Lead and part of Creuna Denmark's management, I was responsible for the professional management of all UX consultants and putting UX at the forefront of Creuna's market value proposition. and estbalish Creuna as a though leader within UX, CX, and Design Thinking. Among my responsibilities were- Recruitment- Professional sparring with UX consultants- Public speaking and panel participation at conferences, events, etc.- Driving the Implementation of Design Thinking as a strategic pilar throughout Creuna in all the Nordic offices -
User Experience Lead @ LegoLego Group For Mjølner Informatics Jan 2014 - May 2016Billund -
Senior User Experience ConsultantMjølner Informatics A/S Aug 2011 - May 2016Aarhus, DenmarkAt Mjølner Informatics I help customers create innovative and value-creating products and services. -
Ph.D.Department Of Computer Science, Aarhus University Aug 2008 - Jul 2011Aarhus University Department Of Computer ScienceMy dissertation regarded the design information technology to support citizen empowerment in the provision of public services.You can learn more about the research project at www.egovplus.dk and my personal website http://web.me.com/ngandrup/Research/Welcome.html
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Visiting ScholarUniversity Of Toronto Aug 2010 - Nov 2010During the stay I participated in the activities of the research group ‘Performing Identities’ under renowned professor Andrew Clement, and started work on a co-authored journal paper. Moreover, I held a number of presentations for research groups, The Faculty of Information, etc. Lastly I built a strong network through my activities at University of Toronto and by visiting various high-profile scholars at e.g. Cornell University and University of Maryland. -
Assistant Lecturer In Experimental System DevelopmentUniversity Of Aarhus Jan 2009 - Jan 2010Execution of lesson plans, lecturing, facilitating discussions, providing guidance and correcting papers.The course entailed a general introduction to the field of System Development and methods for experimental system development like prototyping, future workshops, etc. The students had to carry out a project that entailed collecting empirical data and designing a prototype for the specific context. -
Writing ConsultantUniversity Of Aarhus Jan 2009 - Jun 2009The job consisted of teaching best practice concerning academic writing and giving students supervision regarding concrete exam papers and projects. -
Project ManagerAlexandra Institute Jan 2006 - Jul 2008During my employment I arranged a series of it-workshops and helped apply for what would end up as the eGov+ project. Among other things I aided in the conceptual development of the focus of the project as well as the financial application.
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Assistant Lecturer In Organizational AnalysisUniversity Of Aarhus Sep 2005 - Sep 2007Execution of lesson plans, lecturing, facilitating discussions, providing guidance and correcting papers. The course entailed the introduction of fundamental sociological and qualitative research methods. -
Assistant LecturerUniversity Of Aarhus Sep 2005 - Jan 2006Execution of lesson plans, lecturing, facilitating discussions, providing guidance and correcting papers. The course entailed a general analysis of the history of technology and the modern business from the 18 hundreds up until present date. Moreover, the course provided the students with fundamental -
Research AssistantThe Alexandra Institute Sep 2005 - Jul 2007The position entailed a number of varying research and administrative network tasks. This included the development and execution of academic workshops, production of visual and textual PR material etc. within the NIAS network (Network for Innovation in Administrative Systems), and New Ways Of Working.
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Assistant LecturerInstitut For Informations- Og Medievidenskab Aug 2005 - Jan 2007I worked as a teacher assistant giving classes on organizational analysis and the history of modern business.During my employment as teaching assistant I received very flattering evaluations from all my student groups as well as the professors I aided.
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Junior ConsultantKeystones Aps Feb 2005 - Jun 2005Creating business plans for customers - primarily smaller start-ups with great ideas, but in need of help with framing and execution.
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Radio Host And EditorAarhus Student Radio Sep 2002 - Sep 2003Plan and execute weekly radio show.
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Security ManagerRoskilde Festival Jul 2001 - Jul 2002Manager of the entire security team on a venue at the festival. -
VolunteerAmerican Field Service Jan 1997 - Jan 2001AFS is an exchange student organization. Through AFS I have been involved in a number of activities: Public Speaker, Contact Person, Course and Interview Manager, etc. Many of these positions required prior training.
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Nikolaj Gandrup Borchorst Education Details
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Human-Computer Interaction (User Experience) -
Introduction To Moderne China -
Information Studies -
Organization, Leadership, It -
Statsgymnasiet -
Katrinebjergskolen
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