Summary
Mads Jakobsen is a seasoned technology executive and CEO with over 25 years in leading digital infrastructure and IT services across Nordic and international markets. He has a strong operational track record from senior roles at NNIT and Aeven and now heads Sentia, combining strategic leadership with hands-on expertise in data engineering and Python. His background includes building international subsidiaries (including chairing NNIT Thailand) and steering service organizations through cultural and regulatory complexity. Educated across economics, management and executive programs at Aarhus, Southern Denmark, CBS and INSEAD, he blends business acumen with technical fluency to drive scalable, customer-focused technology transformations. An unusual asset for a CEO, he maintains an active interest in data engineering practice, keeping him close to implementation-level challenges.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Economy (Oecon), BA, Economy (Oecon) at Aarhus University
Executive Certificate, Executive MBA, Executive Certificate, Executive MBA at Copenhagen Business School
BCom, Organization and Management, BCom, Organization and Management at Syddansk Universitet - University of Southern Denmark
Executive Board Program, Executive Board Program at INSEAD
English, German, Danish