Summary
Michael Lassen is a seasoned IT executive with 13+ years leading large, global infrastructure and cloud organizations, now serving as Vice President of Cloud and Corporate Infrastructure at Novo Nordisk. He has repeatedly built and scaled ~100-person teams across Copenhagen, India, Amsterdam and beyond, driving hybrid cloud, Kubernetes, Azure and FinOps strategies while shepherding agile transformations. At Saxo Bank he managed multi-hundred-million DKK budgets and modernized compute, container and workplace platforms—combining tactical operational ownership with strategic architecture and vendor/contract stewardship. Technically grounded from a M.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science, he began his career as a developer and retains hands-on fluency in automation, DevOps and platform engineering practices. Known for turning legacy estates into cloud-first, cost-aware platforms, he balances risk-conscious governance with pragmatic delivery. Colleagues describe him as a steady builder of cross-cultural teams who translates complex infrastructure challenges into measurable business outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Mathematics and Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Mathematics and Computer Science at Aalborg University
Lemvig Gymnasium
English, Danish