I led the company's technological strategy and execution, working closely with the CEO and the board of directors. I spearheaded the development and deployment of a pioneering hotel booking and business travel carbon accounting platform setting new industry standards in sustainability.▸Developed and executed the company’s strategy as part of senior management and as a trusted partner to the CEO and board of directors▸Architected, built, launched and operated a leading hotel booking and business travel carbon accounting platform (PHP, Laravel, MariaDB, Redis, Typesense, Docker, Nginx, AWS, ReactJS, MobX, Stripe, Expedia, HubSpot)▸Responsible for all technical infrastructure of this modern SaaS. Internet, email, development, security, hosting, operation, dashboards, process automation, financial reporting, marketing sales and service tools. Ensured seamless operations across the organization (Google Workspace, PowerBI, HubSpot, Stripe, Zapier, Trello, Geckoboard)▸Demonstrated perseverance and resourcefulness as I helped navigate the company through the ups and especially downs of the travel industry during a global pandemic

Hired as the first developer for this startup. Tasked with bringing an idea for a socially responsible hotel booking portal into a live product as fast as possible for proof-of-business. We accepted customer bookings via our solution within 3 months.▸Architected, built from scratch, launched and operated API and backoffice for this hotel booking platform startup (PHP, MariaDB, Redis, Apache, AWS, QuickPay, Expedia, Mandrill, Mailchimp, Insightly)▸Designed, built and launched accompanying Android and iOS app (Expo, JavaScript, React Native, MobX, Figma)▸Built internal tools and reporting to facilitate Finance and Customer Success (PowerBI, Geckoboard, JS, HTML, CSS)▸Supported frontend integration to our API (Node.js, ReactJS, MobX, Heroku)▸Used my positive and helpful attitude to become a trusted facilitator between developers, designers, management and customer success

Preparing a task broker platform to go global. Hired to turn their proof-of-concept implementation into a modern scalable SaaS solution.▸Architected and implemented a scalable replacement for the company’s existing minimum viable product (PHP, Phalcon, PostgreSQL, Redis, Apache, Docker, AWS, ePay, Mandrill, Twilio)▸Utilized my diplomacy, integrity and expertise to gain trust and unite a cross-functional team with large personalities▸Watching how fast this startup disintegrated reminds me of the importance of keeping a laser-focus on customer experience, value-driving activities, and testing your assumptions

As software project manager, with intimate understanding of the company and its processes, my main activities were on process-improvement and alliance-partner related projects.▸Validation of requirements and communication with external partners▸Creation & maintenance of product backlogs, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives▸Unified high-level documentation and reporting processes across projects▸Capturing of 3D poses from human actors to dramatically optimize our 3D modeling pipeline▸Supported junior project managers in adopting agile development processes▸User Experience testing & validation

Responsible for the Copenhagen subsidiary of Laerdal Medical. In total about 30 employees organized in 3 departments as well as a handful of in-sourced resources located in Russia and India.Responsible for overall budgeting, financial reporting, prioritization and scheduling, along with external partner and stakeholder relations.▸Aligned and integrated development methodologies with external strategic partners, and facilitated regular reviews, sign-offs and collocated workshops.▸Spearheaded shift from 2D photography to 3D computer rendering of thousands of images with cost and flexibility benefits as a result.▸Facilitated regular subject matter expert reviews, authority sign-offs and collocated team events▸Completed 2-year Laerdal International Management training in Intercultural Management

Day to day manager of the software development for the company’s product line of photorealistic medical simulators.▸Managed teams of 12 in-house and 15 outsourced software developers & assistants▸Implemented and facilitated SCRUM development methodology▸Created specifications and project plans with external content partners▸Led technological shift from legacy Windows applications to web apps (Haxe, Flex, Flash, JavaScript)▸Regular reviews and sign-offs with external partners and stakeholders▸Improved estimation accuracy by including the entire team in the process, securing thorough understanding of the projects.

Partnering with Norwegian Laerdal Medical AS secured global collaboration and partners. As our educational simulators expanded to new languages and guidelines, I took the lead in securing quality and stability in our increasingly complex products.▸Prioritization, estimation and scheduling of work with the project owner▸Coordination of tasks within the development team of 11▸Organized testing and QA on all supported platforms and localizations▸User experience testing▸Released 3 major editions (inhospital, prehospital and military) supporting 5 medical guidelines and 14 languages

This startup created interactive photorealistic educational simulators, designed to teach and practice cognitive health care skills. I was hired without work experience, but quickly maintained a key position in the company due to commitment, technical ability and personal traits.▸Sole developer on interactive first aid educational simulator. Hosted online at netdoktor.dk (Shockwave, ActionScript, HTML, JS, CSS, Photoshop)▸Implemented photorealistic educational simulators for healthcare providers (C++, Win32, MFC, Boost, Lua, Custom DSL)▸Created e-commerce site, with payment integration (PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML, JS, CSS)▸Linux based incremental backup system. Implemented as shell scripts, wrapping rsync and file system hard-links to minimize network traffic and disk space needed (Linux, Bash, Rsync)