Jakob Kristensen
CEO And Board Advisor. Strategy And Operations.
Aalborg, North Denmark Region, Denmark
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Top SchoolJakob Kristensen is a strategic leader and CEO with eight years of cross-sector experience translating military-grade operational discipline into commercial strategy and board-level governance. A Major (RES) in the Danish Army Special Forces with an MBA in Strategy, he has led training, sales, and defence-focused businesses—most recently founding his own advisory practice and serving on multiple boards. He excels at driving change in high-stakes environments, combining tactical planning from frontline command with commercial acumen from roles at Wiley X and Siemens Gamesa. Known for pragmatic execution, Jakob often bridges the gap between technical teams and executives to deliver measurable outcomes in defence and industrial contexts. An uncommon strength is his hands-on background in small-team leadership, which he leverages to scale organizational capability and embed resilient decision-making.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, Master of Business Administration, Strategy, MBA, Master of Business Administration, Strategy at Business Institute, Aalborg1st lieutenant, Platoon leader in Danish Army. Strategic and tactical planning and development for small teams, coop, 1st lieutenant, Platoon leader in Danish Army. Strategic and tactical planning and development for small teams, coop at Danish Army Officers AcademyBachelor, Tactics, management, leadership, Bachelor, Tactics, management, leadership at Royal Danish Military Academysergeant, Small teams, sergeant, Small teams at Danish Army Sergant schoolMatematisk student, Mathematics, Matematisk student, Mathematics at Holstebro Gymnasium
English, French
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Github Skills (56)
bootstrap9
bootstrap-components9
postman8
react8
javascript8
laravel-api8
zeplin7
laravel7
lumen-framework7
typescript7
lumen7
api-generator7
react-router6
wpf6
unity-game-engine6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
soenderby/recipe-webapp
May 2020 - Jul 2022
A web app for posting and sharing recipes.
Contributions:10 PRs, 41 pushes, 1 comment in 2 years 2 months
recipesdjangosharingsharing-recipesposting
soenderby/parser-generator
Jan 2021 - Aug 2022
A parser written using functional programming in JavaScript
Contributions:1 PR, 15 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 6 months
javascriptfunctional-programmingparser
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