Building the worlds premier digital assessment platform

Heading up multiple software development teams

In Tradeshift we build the future of global trade, enabling all companies in the world to connect in an easy and efficient way.My move to Tradeshift is motivated by a wish to challenge myself in a large scale growth organisation with all the challenges a rapidly changing environment brings.In my day to day work I manage multiple teams, onsite and remote as well as work with the rest of the managers to improve processes and practices

At Hungry Group we provide all tech services for the online take away platforms Hungry.dk and Marvin.ie, as well as for the private dining platform Chefmade.dkAs CTO I was responsible for all things tech, including:Technical leadership, ensuring our platform continues to support our growth.Management of our team of 6Recruiting/hiringBudgettingLaying out the roadmap together with the rest of the top managementHands on development on key parts of the platform, like infrastructure and scalability.Notable results:Scaling our platform, from one country to three countries (DK, IE, and NL), without compromising development speed and agility, and maintaining a small teamsize.Hiring junior developers fresh out of university, and making them perform and grow as developers in a short amount of time.Containerising our platfom to be docker based and orchestrated by Kubernetes for better scaling options and being less vendor lockedEntirely rebuilding our apps, from the ground up in order to achieve best in class user experience

I joined Hungry at a very early stage, when the company was only six months old.My main task was to take charge of all development on their Python/Django based platform, thus relieving them from their dependency on external consultants. Among my tasks were:Maintaining and developing our core platform (Python/Django), including it's RESTful APIMaintaining and developing our different frontends (website, mobile website, apps) for multiple countries.Building a scalable infrastructureDevOps (Server configuration, nginx, cloudflare, New Relic, uwsgi, OnApp)Technological, architechtural and infrastructual decisions

BilligAlu was an online retailer of wheels and tyres, later acquired by one of the largest physical retail chains in Denmark, Quickpot, to play a central role in their cross channel strategyAt BilligAlu.dk, I was responsible for all technical aspects of their E-commerce platform. That includes front- and backend webdevelopment, ERP development (Navision) integration to third party providers such as PSP's, license number registry, shipping companies vendors etc.

I started out at Infoserv as a student developer, and got a full time position after graduating.At Infoserv I:worked intensively with crossbrowser issues, and I was the driving force in making the company's CMS (Aviva CMS) crossbrowser compatible.Professionalized the development of Aviva CMS, by introducing version control, systematic beta tests, bug tracking, deployment procedures and creating a developer manual.Implemented loads of websites for customers.Worked with integration towards facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.Developed custom CMS modules, ie. product databases and calendars.Provided 1st and 2nd level supportDeveloped major new features in Aviva CMS, ie. an image editor, a template system, jQuery/ajax interfaces, user friendly urls.Developed webapps using the python framework Django.Provided training in the use of Aviva CMSHosted design workshops

Ala carte serving of restaurant guests in a busy restaurant

I was assistant manager in the kitchenMy responsibilities included:- Daily staff management- Stock management- Cooking for several hundreds of ala carte guests every day