Espen Højsgaard
Independent Consultant at De Erhvervsøkonomiske Censorkorps
Copenhagen Metropolitan Area Denmark
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Top SchoolEspen Højsgaard is an independent consultant and seasoned software architect with 14 years of experience designing and delivering complex IT solutions from Copenhagen. He blends hands-on development, research-calibre rigor (a PhD in Computer Science), and practical delivery leadership—having served as CDO, chief solution architect, and project manager across insurance, finance, and large enterprises. Espen frequently works as an embedded external consultant, leading solution design, fit/gap analysis, and improving code quality and delivery processes for clients like Keylane, Topdanmark, and AkademikerPension. He also contributes pro bono on software development and data management and acts as an external examiner, reflecting a strong commitment to knowledge sharing and developer education. Comfortable moving between deep technical implementation and stakeholder-facing program delivery, he’s known for turning difficult software problems into pragmatic, auditable solutions. A rare combination of academic modelling experience (bigraphs and scalable simulation tools) and broad industry delivery makes him especially effective on projects that need both formal reasoning and real-world execution.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Frederiksborg GymnasiumPh.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at IT-Universitetet i KøbenhavnComputer Science, Computer Science at Københavns UniversitetDen Nye Leder, Den Nye Leder at CfL - Bedre ledere. Bedre resultater.
Danish, English, German, French, Swedish, Norwegian
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Github Skills (37)
foundry10
voting10
decentralized-exchange10
solidity9
solc9
bots9
blockchain9
sdk9
ethereum9
logging9
smart-contracts9
truffle9
nodejs8
tooling8
gitbook8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ehojsgaard/cgm-remote-monitor
Jan 2018 - Sep 2020
nightscout web monitor
Contributions:6 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
nightscoutmonitornightscout-web-monitorweb-monitor
mangrovedao/.github
Jun 2023 - Mar 2024
Contributions:17 reviews, 28 PRs, 33 pushes in 9 months
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