Specialkonsulent i Landbrugs- og Fiskeristyrelsen, Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri. Ansvar for GMO, NGT, dyrkning af medicinsk cannabis mm.

Working on GMO policy in Denmark, EU and Internationally. Supporting the Danish government in GMO issues.

I was responsible for the business unit "Greenhouse Technology", consisting of six highly educated employees. I was driving operations covering early research project to development projects through to ensuring a sales pipeline, having market insight and an overview of funding opportunities for the department and customers. I was also responsible for internal and external communication. I optimized sales processes and systems for sales support and was responsible for the departments’ portfolio of strategic and commercial projects. I was overall responsible for resource allocation, project economy, stakeholder management (including public funding organization), contract negotiation, financial reporting, and other managerial tasks. I was a member of steering committees for key R&D projects and responsible for development of consultancy services and IT solutions. I was also responsible for marketing and sales material and business cases for globalization strategy for IT solutions.Reporting to Commercial Director. Responsible for projects with double-digit DKK budgets.Keywords:Business Development: Operation Management, R&D pipeline, sales pipeline, people management, budget responsible, sales culture development, contract negotiation, idea generation, Innovation, managementProject Management: Project pipeline responsible, resource allocation, fundraising, member of steering committee, stakeholder management, Business case development.Product Development: Product owner, concept development, IT software development, product owner, product launch Sales management, sales coaching, Key Account Manager, customer relations, CRM, marketing, communication,

Project manager for an Innovation Consortium with 6 Work package leaders and 18 partners to reduce food waste from the field to retail. An important initiative to improve efficient production in vegetable production. Funded by Denmarks Innovation Fond (InnovationsFonden).Reporting to Business Manager. Responsible for projects with double-digit DKK budgets.Keywords:Project management, resource allocation, time management, stakeholder management, budget responsible, project economy, concept development, networking, contract negotiation, communication, business case development and judging, project reporting. Product Development: Concept development, product launch, Sales management, sales coaching, Key Account Manager, customer relations, CRM, marketing, communication.

Development of the commercial business through motivation and leadership. Being up to date with market insight and coordinating sales activities across the organization. Key Account Manager.Development of the department. Development of people’s commercial and scientific skills.Project manager for strategic and commercial projects. Resource management, project economy, time management, stakeholder management (including public funding organization), contract negotiation, financial reporting, and other project manager tasks.Reporting to Center Manager. Responsible for projects with double-digit DKK budgets.Keywords:Business Development: Operation Management, strategy, R&D pipeline, sales pipeline, people development, strategy, budget responsible, sales culture development, contract negotiation, sales support, Concept development, Key Account Manager, customer relations, CRM,Project management: resource allocation, stakeholder management, budget responsible, concept development, networking, contract negotiation, communication, business case development and judging, project reporting.

Project manager for strategic and commercial projects. Resource management, project economy, time management, stakeholder management (including public funding organization), contract negotiation, financial reporting, and other project manager tasks.Development of the department. Development of people's commercial and scientific skills.Development of the commercial business through motivation and leadership. Being up to date with market insight and coordinating sales activities across the organization. Key Account Manager.Reporting to Center Manager. Responsible for projects with double-digit DKK budgets.Clients included technology suppliers, horticultural nurseries, food companies and primary roducers. We worked closely with universities and other knowledge institutions.KeywordsBusiness Development: Operation Management, strategy, R&D pipeline, sales pipeline, people development, strategy, budget responsible, sales culture development, contract negotiation, sales support, Concept development, Key Account Manager, customer relations, CRM, Sales management, sales coaching, communication,Project management: resource allocation, stakeholder management, budget responsible, concept development, networking, contract negotiation, communication planning, business case development and judging, project reporting. Product Development: Concept development, product launch, customer relations, CRM, sales material development, marketing planning,

Setting off from consumer needs and market insight developing new beverages based on core raw materials, current production facilities and new technologies. - Reference to Senior Laboratory Manager.Keywords:New beverage formulation/new product development, customer insight, functional ingredients/natural ingredients

Member of R&D Management Team with reference to VP R&D. - Implemented IT solution for documentation of laboratory experiments which increased readability, security and search ability for research data. - Implemented Stage Gate process in Research which increased awareness of project processes. - Educated project managers in the Carlsberg Way of Project Management, has introduced a common vocabulary for project management and improved project management skills across HQ functions. - Participated in redesigning the research organization which increased involvement by stakeholders.- Organized management team workshops to develop leadership skills. - Coordinated department representation at internal and public events has increase HQ employees’ awareness of R&D capabilities and impact to business. - Changed reporting format and process which improved communication with stakeholders. - Supported management to deliver on audit and employee survey actions.- Well executed events (workshops, public events, internal meetings) with high profiled speakers and top executive participants. In a team defined and implemented KPI’s for R&D management which created transparency on how R&D performance is measured. In a team that implemented Continuous Improvement (Lean Innovation) which improved the innovation quality (speed and number of tested recipes). Organized status reporting for research progress which has improved communication with stakeholders and Board of Trustees.Developed new go-to-market strategy for non-core products for Carlsberg Group and project portfolio management system for Carlsberg Group Development. Graduated in June.- Reference to VP R&DKeywords: Best practices, Open Innovation, Innovation Management, Portfolio Management, Change Management, Lean R&D, ELN (Electronic Laboratory Notebook), general management, strategy, governance, organization design.

Leading a joint venture/start-up. Developed 11 new varieties which are IP-protected in EU, USA and Japan. Currently produced and sold in Europe and responsible for the partners’ survival and success during the economic crisis. - Reference to Research Director at Carlsberg and Global Sales Manager in partners company.Key words: Star- up, Entrepreneur, B2B coorporation, Innovation, Project management, new product development, NPD, IPR, Plant Breeders Rights, traditional breeding, mutation breeding, breeding planning, ornamental plants, stakeholder management, contract negotiation.

Project manager for EU funded project with 11 partners. Seven mutants were identified in model plants and the mutated genes were characterized. More than 2,000 characterized, photo documented and multiplied transposants were entered in EU database and made available for research community. Designed and developed vectors for conditional gene expression and produced vectors with insect resistance genes, fructan pathway genes and other genes of interest. Vectors were exploited to generate plants with insect resistance and modified fructan content. Due to current legislation the plants have not been commercialized.Reference to Director R&D.Keywords:Research, project management, stakeholder management, European Network, molecular biology, gene tagging, Arabidopsis, flowering time mutants, physiological screening,

Designed and developed a complex system for gene expression in monocot plants. The system was demonstrated to work in model plants and became part of the expression strategy. Reference to R&D Director and Professor at Copenhagen University.

Transferred biotechnological methods from KVL which resulted in new capabilities in GMO techniques at Danish Plant Breeding. Referred to a Research Scientist. Identified research opportunities for the company resulting in formulation of PhD project. Reference to R&D Director.