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Midtjylland, Danmark

Herning, Midtjylland, Danmark

Herning, Middle Jutland, Denmark

Herning

- Started as controller in BackOffice with focus on strengthen the efficiency of the entire administration. An example of this was to implement an automated setup for the weekly trades in I&T funds. The weekly time spend on these tasks went from 1½ days to ½-1 hour. - As Head of IT my main responsibilities included:x IT Operations + IT Infrastructure + Outsourcingx IT Support – mainly through the outsourcing partnerx All endpoints and management of these (PC, Phones… Show more - Started as controller in BackOffice with focus on strengthen the efficiency of the entire administration. An example of this was to implement an automated setup for the weekly trades in I&T funds. The weekly time spend on these tasks went from 1½ days to ½-1 hour. - As Head of IT my main responsibilities included:x IT Operations + IT Infrastructure + Outsourcingx IT Support – mainly through the outsourcing partnerx All endpoints and management of these (PC, Phones, Tablets)x IT Security including compliance with legislative requirementsx End-to-end responsibility of I&T developed solutionsx Reporting (client-, internal-,management-,board-, and ad hoc)- Project examplesx Outsourcing of IT Operations and infrastructure including focus on the compliance requirements from legislationx Designed and developed a new internal data warehouse to strengthen the data quality and make consistent data across the organization.x Responsible for selection and implementation of a new system for portfolio management and reporting. This included own development of integration from I&T backend to the new system. x Designed, developed and implemented a complete system to handle the “Know your customer” requirements. x Implemented automated pre-trade controlling on trades Show less

- At first focus on daily tasks (controls of transactions, data consistency, balance statement, reconciliation) and the improvement / rethinking the processes around these tasks. - Implementation of new processes and models focused on improving the quality and effectiveness of the controlling function. This included: x Automatic surveillance of liquidity in funds and mandates x Models for currency hedging in finds and share classes x Concept to automate… Show more - At first focus on daily tasks (controls of transactions, data consistency, balance statement, reconciliation) and the improvement / rethinking the processes around these tasks. - Implementation of new processes and models focused on improving the quality and effectiveness of the controlling function. This included: x Automatic surveillance of liquidity in funds and mandates x Models for currency hedging in finds and share classes x Concept to automate the rebalancing of a fund-of-funds setup x Automated surveillance of the entire tradeflow x Consolidation of a lot of daily controls into one main control application with an easy interface to add additional controls. - Responsible for the portfolio management and trading system Bloomberg AIM. This responsibility included: x Main administrator of the entire system x Ongoing status with Bloomberg on new functions and Sparinvest-specific developments x Overall integration of data between Sparinvest infrastructure and Bloomberg x Administration and surveillance of trading platforms for both equities and bonds including a network of more than 50 brokers- Main responsible for all Pre-trade and End-Of-Day controlling of investment restrictions on all funds and mandates in Denmark and Luxemburg including the systems used to perform this monitoring (StatPro and Bloomberg AIM)- Beside my main responsibilities I used my ability to understand both business and IT to give valuable input in cross-organizational projects such as selection of a new fund accounting system, changes to the IT infrastructure, new database developments, developments of new investment products and business areas. Show less

Main responsibilities:- Investment models used in investment advisory- Web Development (www.ejdtyskland.dk and www.ewii.dk)- Optimization of existing applications in .Net- Ad hoc analysis on new and existing structured products

- Responsible for an Asset Allocation application used to form portfolio proposals for investment advisors. The application was used by EgnsINVEST, commercial banks and in the teaching of investment advisors in Denmark. - Formulation and implementation of a model to simulate CPPI trading strategies on different funds.- Ad hoc analysis on new and existing structured products with primary focus on the pricing of the structure and the performance of the product, which also ended up… Show more - Responsible for an Asset Allocation application used to form portfolio proposals for investment advisors. The application was used by EgnsINVEST, commercial banks and in the teaching of investment advisors in Denmark. - Formulation and implementation of a model to simulate CPPI trading strategies on different funds.- Ad hoc analysis on new and existing structured products with primary focus on the pricing of the structure and the performance of the product, which also ended up being the topic of my Master's thesis. Show less

- Temporary position focused on redevelopment of existing models / VBA solutions due to the upgrade from Office 2003 to Office 2007. The projects were in different parts of the bank including Markets, Private Banking, Business Development and the network of branches.

- Technical project manager in the development of a new equity quant model for equity screening. I initially developed a prototype of the model in Excel / VBA. Afterwards I served as an intermediary between the IT organization and the Equity Research Department and conducted ongoing validation and quality control of the final solution.- Development of a Word template for equity research, which automatically generates graphs and tables on a given company. The solution was fully automated… Show more - Technical project manager in the development of a new equity quant model for equity screening. I initially developed a prototype of the model in Excel / VBA. Afterwards I served as an intermediary between the IT organization and the Equity Research Department and conducted ongoing validation and quality control of the final solution.- Development of a Word template for equity research, which automatically generates graphs and tables on a given company. The solution was fully automated in VBA with data automatically obtained through Bloomberg API and a number of internally stock databases. - Development of an automated trading sheet for equity options and futures contracts. The model made trade registration easier and more consistent, which saved time in both front and back office.- Developing a tool in VBA for reporting on the customer contact of the equity analysts.- Replacement of the primary data source from Datastream to Bloomberg in existing models. Show less

- Design of questionnaires and data analysis / reporting through an internally developed reporting tool. Responsible for maintenance and further development of reporting tools (VBA in Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).- Responsible for the conduction of competencies analysis and the development of tools for this (Web, database, Excel VBA). Analysis was used in all subsidiaries resulting in contact with particular Switzerland and Germany.- Technical manager on the analysis of… Show more - Design of questionnaires and data analysis / reporting through an internally developed reporting tool. Responsible for maintenance and further development of reporting tools (VBA in Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).- Responsible for the conduction of competencies analysis and the development of tools for this (Web, database, Excel VBA). Analysis was used in all subsidiaries resulting in contact with particular Switzerland and Germany.- Technical manager on the analysis of internal communication in TDC.- Responsible for a pilot project for the monitoring and reporting of calls made to the internal phone support of the entire organization. Show less

Bookkeeper and IT consultant.

- Preparation of questionnaires and SQL database for the Regional Innovation Survey.- Data validation and documentation of the publication “Indicators of Research and Innovation in Denmark”. This was conducted with both SAS and SQL programming. Additionally responsible for the overall layout of the final publication. - The publication is available at: https://ps.au.dk/fileadmin/site_files/filer_forskningsanalyse/dokumenter/Forskningsstatistik/Indikatorer2005.pdf

Various jobs in the period from august-1997 to december-2005:Bryggeriet Sct. Clemens, Århus. (Restaurant) // Messecenter Herning, Herning. (Fairs / Events) // TDC Printcenter, Århus. (Media) // SuperSpar Gjellerup, Herning. (Supermarket) // J. Zartow, Herning. (Textile) // Sejtex Tricotagevæveri, Herning (Textile)

Msc

Bachelor

High School

Elementry School