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Current board and adviser positions:
- Adviser or Investor: Prehype / Hot Potato (sold to Facebook) / GoTryItOn / Basno / Handtrick / Readmill / Fancyhands/ 21212 / Muuse / Sunstone Ventures (profile) / Issuu (boardmember)
Before that…
Index Venture: Entrepreneur in Residence
Joost: Chief Creative Officer. Janus & Niklas (founders of Skype) asked Fredrik, Dave, Dirk and I to launch a online video new service (first operating under the code name The Venice Project).
Prior jobs:
- MTV Networks International: Vice President, Strategy & Product Development,
- MTV France, GameOne: Creative (Managing) Director
- MTV Games Europe: Director
- Metronome production (part of Endemol): Concept developer
- Tripledash: Founder (MTV , BBC Prime, Disney, Egmont , BBC Explorer, Coca-Cola),
- MTV Networks Europe: TV Producer
- BBC: Radio producer
Education
Education (degrees):
- MA Journalism (int) University of Westminster (with distinction)
- BA social & political science from Aalborg University ( Denmark)
- General Certificate of Education, A levels in social/political science and English
Languages:
Danish (fluent), English (fluent), French (Advanced)
Awards or acknowledgment:
- Fast Company. Named Top 100 Most Creative in Business.
Lecturing activities
- ‘Meister Committee’ (The Danish Ministry of Education), Aalborg University, Misc conferences (e.g Streaming Media Europe, Harvard University, University of Copenhagen, IESE MBA Business School).
Other relevant work experience
Literary activity:
- Chili, Chili-net ,B.T, PC-World ( Denmark)
Video/TV:
- Chili-rom, MTV European Top 20, MTV ID, Top Selection, Nordic Top 5, Dance Floor Chart , MTV Europe Awards in Milan,
Radio:
- Radio Young FM , founder of the student radio at University of Aalborg , Production/research for Mark Burman BBC radio 4, Co, BBC radio 4 documentary. BBC World Service (MegaMix), Co-produced ‘The Bench’ – radio play (awarded The Ashley Stewart Prize)
Editorial:
- Editor Vingesuset, editor Oeregas, Co-writer school play, Broeleren, Editor/founder Internet Ezine ‘nye elektroniske veje’, Co-developer of Chili-NET and Chili-rom (Award winning Internet Site and CD-roms)
Previous board or M&A activities
- Zyb (bordmember / sold to Vodafone)
- Payplay (Co founder / sold to co-founder elro.com)
Other
- Stand-up comedian at Carlsberg Comedy-zoo
- Ski guide