Bent Herlevsen
Company Owner at Hermel ApS
Region Zealand, Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolBent Herlevsen is an entrepreneurial IT leader with 30+ years of hands-on experience and 11 years as a company owner, specializing in IT procurement, contract negotiation, asset and service management, and data center operations. He has built and centralized global IT procurement functions for large organizations like Ramboll and led enterprise IT strategy and 24/7 operations across multiple time zones as VP IT at Ambu. Bent combines deep technical knowledge—telephony, unified communications, virtualization and failover architectures—with commercial acumen that has repeatedly delivered significant cost savings on contracts and licensing. He runs multiple Danish businesses including Hermel ApS and Cardirect, showing an ability to pivot between pure IT consulting and product-focused entrepreneurship in niche markets. Known for turning complex procurement and lifecycle challenges into measurable efficiency gains, he brings a pragmatic, vendor-savvy approach rooted in former VP and IT leadership roles. Based in Region Zealand, Denmark, he leverages academic grounding from Handelshøjskolen i København alongside decades of field experience to advise on strategic IT and contract decisions.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Handelshøjskolen i København
Github Skills (98)
cms10
php-api10
backend10
hybrid10
javascript10
browser10
laravel10
compiler10
static-site-generator10
typescript10
vercel10
nextjs10
octobercms10
php10
react10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Cloudhuset/Zendesk-Guide-Pusher-Boilerplate
Jul 2017 - Oct 2020
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
centerhelp-centerboilerplatezendeskpusher
Cloudhuset/Zendesk-Guide-Theme-Boilerplate
Nov 2017 - Sep 2022
Development framework for Zendesk Guide/Help-Center Themes
Contributions:52 commits, 16 PRs, 44 pushes in 4 years 10 months
centerhelp-centerzendeskdevelopment-frameworkthemes
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