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Entrepreneur in Residence, Index Venture (profile page)
Current board or adviser positions:
- Sunstone Ventures (adviser) (link to profile). working with prezi / layar / youcalc
- Boardmember: Issuu
- Adviser or Investor: allstaffed / handtrick / prehype / StreetSpark / Wingify / Hot Potato / Basno
- Creative / product consultancy for various media companies / cable operators
Before that…
Founding Chief Creative Officer @ Joost. 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:
- Vice President, Strategy & Product Development, MTV Networks International.
- Creative (Managing) Director – MTV France, GameOne
- Director – MTV Games Europe
- Concept developer @ Metronome production (part of Endemol)
- Founder, Tripledash ltd. (MTV , BBC Prime, Disney, Egmont , BBC Explorer, Coca-Cola),
- TV Producer, MTV Networks Europe
- Radio producer, BBC
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.
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)
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).
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