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Data Engineering

Clarity for the Complex.

Data engineer working across pharma, energy, medtech, and finance — building pipelines and platforms that make complex data reliable and usable.

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Focus Areas

Data Engineering Work

Engagements built around pipeline reliability, cloud data architecture, and making complex data structures usable for the teams that depend on them.

01

Pipeline Architecture

Design and build of data pipelines from ingestion through transformation to delivery. Covers AWS and Azure environments, including EMR Serverless, Databricks, ADX, and Spark-based processing at scale.

02

IoT & Sensor Data

Structuring high-frequency device and sensor data for analytics use. Experience with Digital Twin validation, Azure Data Explorer optimization, and making operational telemetry accessible to engineering and maintenance teams.

03

Cloud Data Platform

Establishing or refactoring cloud data infrastructure on AWS or Azure. Includes infrastructure-as-code with AWS CDK, API management, security design with OAuth2/OpenID Connect, and coordination of distributed teams.

04

Knowledge Graph & Search

Connecting heterogeneous data sources into graph structures for research and discovery use cases. Includes Neo4J implementation, custom frontend delivery, and search capability for domain experts such as life sciences researchers.

Track Record

Career in Data

Twenty years moving between pharma, energy, finance, and medtech — building the pipelines and platforms that make data usable.

2023 - 2026

Data Engineer

Framna

Maintained and extended a data pipeline for a music streaming platform. Worked across AWS CDK, Step Functions, EMR Serverless, Spark, and Scala to keep the pipeline reliable and cost-efficient at scale.

2023 - 2024

Data Engineer

Helen

Ingested IoT device data into Azure Data Explorer and made it available to apps, dashboards, and analytics consumers. Optimized ADX performance and validated incoming data against Digital Twin metadata to maintain integrity.

2022 - 2023

Data Engineer

Energinet

Built end-to-end pipelines from source systems to a business-facing data warehouse. Used Databricks and PySpark to generate code across similar ADX pipeline patterns, and implemented data validation and quality controls.

2022 - 2022

Tech Lead

Novo Nordisk

Led the collection and processing of biological data from multiple sources into a Neo4J knowledge graph. Delivered search, insight, and collaboration tooling to researchers through a custom-built frontend.

2020 - 2022

Senior Data Engineer

Laerdal Copenhagen

Built data processing pipelines using Scala and Databricks for a medtech company operating in clinical simulation. Focused on throughput reliability and clean separation between ingestion and transformation layers.

2020 - 2020

Senior Data Engineer

LEO Pharma

Built and deployed Data Science applications on AWS Fargate with MLflow for experiment tracking. Enabled the data science team to move models from development into production with repeatable infrastructure.

2018 - 2019

Data Engineer

Maersk Drilling

Collected operational metrics from GE Proficy Historian, processed them in Azure Data Explorer, and surfaced maintenance insights through a custom frontend used by Maintenance Engineers on offshore rigs.

2014 - 2018

IT Architect

FOSS

Designed cloud infrastructure and data strategy for a precision instrument manufacturer. Delivered API management via OpenAPI/SwaggerHub, secured web applications with OAuth2/OpenID Connect, and coordinated offshore development teams across multiple workstreams.

2013 - 2014

Senior Consultant for Ciber

Ørsted

Implemented lossless compression of SCADA telemetry data from wind turbines, reducing storage overhead without sacrificing the fidelity required for operational analysis.

2013 - 2013

Senior Consultant for Ciber

Danske Bank

Diagnosed and resolved performance bottlenecks in SQL Server and NHibernate query layers within a banking context where latency directly affected transaction throughput.

2011 - 2013

Managing Consultant for Capgemini

Scandia Pension

Integrated multiple legacy pension systems into a unified web portal using SOAP, WCF, and BizTalk. Managed the complexity of aligning disparate data models under a single consumer-facing interface.

2009 - 2010

Managing Consultant for Capgemini

Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI)

Designed an SOA/ESB architecture and established a Design-First SOAP/WCF development process. Built tooling and standards that improved consistency across service interfaces in a government-scale system.

2007 - 2009

Managing Consultant for Capgemini

Industriens Pension

Designed and built proprietary software for insurance payment services, handling the business logic and integration requirements of a regulated financial services environment.

2005 - 2007

Software Developer

LicenseWatch

Sole developer and operator — responsible for the full software lifecycle from architecture through deployment and maintenance with no supporting team.

2004 - 2005

Software Architect

Mærsk Data Defence

Developed and architected components of DACCIS, the Danish Army Command and Control System. Combined developer and architect responsibilities in a defence-grade software environment.

2003 - 2004

Technical Designer

Accenture

C# developer and technical solution architect on enterprise projects. Contributed to solution design and implementation across client engagements.

1997 - 2003

Developer

DataPharm

C++ developer across six years, building pharmaceutical software systems with a focus on correctness and long-term maintainability.

1995 - 1997

Programmer

Bie & Berntsen A/S

C and Delphi developer in an early commercial software environment, building practical applications across client requirements.

1986 - 1995

Laboratory Technician (Bioanalytiker)

Bispebjerg Hospital

Clinical laboratory work across nine years in a hospital setting, building precision and process discipline that carries into data quality work today.

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