Profile
I am like many other Danes born and raised in an insignificant provincial suburb in Denmark. In this case the city was Odense and the suburb Bolbro. To have been raised in Bolbro means that I have lived almost 19 years of my life in Denmark's less affluent suburb (disregarding a few in Copenhagen). Hence, the suburb might not be that insignificant after all. My family did quite well but the area had it's problems. A few of my childhood acquaintances have since they left school given in to different temptations and is no more.
From Odense to London
My mother was at home while my father worked at the local newspaper (Fyens Stiftstidende) as a typographer.
A part from me they also had to deal with my older sister and younger brother. I had a rather exciting childhood.
I was quite a handful. To cut to the chase, I ended, after numeous projects, at the University of Odense studing English.
After a period I got tired of the dark and lugubrious halls and took of to London for a couple of years where I was one of
the young people living there lured by the bright lights.
From London to Copenhagen
At one point I had enough and decided to moved to Copenhagen to study Film and Media Science at University of
Copenhagen. It suited me well and I liked it but when I was to do my thesis, I found this assignment quite
devoid of purpose.
A boring teacher or??
It was time to contemplate my situation once again. It has never been a childhood dream to be a journalist although
I have worked in this field several times. But at one point I felt that the future did not look as great as I thought it
should. Was my future to teach in the college or was there something I would rather do? I made a number of film reviews
for the local paper in Copenhagen and at the same time worked for a film magazine. From there I didn't look back.
Journalism
I applied and got accepted at the Danish School of Journalism in Århus. So instead of doing my thesis I
choose to moved to Århus with all it's hills and impossible infrastructure. After 18 month I moved back to Copenhagen to
to work as an intern. First at The National Consumer Agency and then at the University of Copenhagen. Places which
supplement eachother quite well. Great to be back in Copenhagen. After another 18 month I had to return to Århus to
complete my education and get my degree.
Back in school
Luckily, most of my friends were also back at the school so it was all right to be back. Most of
my classes were in the radio department in order to try something different. A part from the classes I also worked in
order to support myself.
A working life
After graduation I worked as a freelance journalist for a period but it is a rather superficial and lonely way to work.
Then I began to work as a web editor at Schultz Information where we developed, implemented and maintained www.ug.dk for
The Ministery of Education. After an exciting period I changed to Ramboll where I took part in developing a new corporate
site for the company and all its business units. When the project was over I was employed as Web Master at
Sterling Airlines and was promoted to Web Manager. At Sterling Airlines I also helped develop a new website. Most of my work
was to attract visitors and to convert visitors into customers. Sadly, Sterling went bankrupt due to the financial
crisis. And I have to find a new job.
Hello, hello...
It was hard suddenly to have to find a new job, while the financial crisis raged. I put a lot of energy in Sterling Airlines,
and all of the sudden it just felt just wasted ... Keep your head up. Working with sales on the Internet also called e-commerce is
exciting,
challenging and fun. Therefore, I knew that it was what I wanted to do. Telmore became my next stop. After 18 month I was asked
if I would like take responsibility of the Site Management department. Did I want to be an executive? It has never been a carrer goal
to be an executive. However, I thought it would be exciting to be in charge of a website. So I said yes.
When I'm not sleeping
Life is more than work, although I think it's exciting, and I spend much time on it. I usually say that that it's where I spend most
of my waking hours. The rest I spend on a lot of things including music of the more indie-like type and the culture
event I can manage, which is not always as many as I would like. A jog in the park, the row machine and stairmasteren in
TDC's (holding company of my workplace) gym, and a long weekend ride on my far to expensive bike
around Central and Northwest Zealand are among the more active pleasures. It can be up to 400 km. (250 miles) of cycling during the week
including my daily ride to and back from work. I run significantly less. Obviously.