Dan Andrew Brendstrup

Current

• Project lead at Klean A/S

Past

• Co-editor of website for student counsellors (~3 hrs/week) at University of Aarhus, Studies Office
• Student Counsellor (~7 hrs/week) at University of Aarhus, Institute of Information and Media Studies
• Intern (~21 hrs/week) at Dansk Netværk

• Student assistant, website management (~8 hrs/week) at University of Aarhus, Studies Office
• English tutor (~4 hrs/week) at (privately organized)

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Education

• Aarhus Universitet
• Aarhus Universitet
• Danmarks Journalisthøjskole

• Sønderborg Statsskole
• New Trier High School
• Broager Skole

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Connections

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Industry

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Websites

• Where I work
• Where I tweet

Dan Andrew Brendstrup’s Experience

• Project lead

  Klean A/S

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  October 2009 — Present (3 months)

• Co-editor of website for student counsellors (~3 hrs/week)

  University of Aarhus, Studies Office

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  February 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 8 months)

  Responsibilities:
  • Layout and updating of the vejleder.au.dk portal
  • Integration of RSS and web services in static HTML pages
  • Updating and integrating events from Google Calendar
  
  Experience:
  • Focused on making the website accessible and usable
  • Creatively expanded of the capabilities of a CMS
  • Worked independently from home

• Student Counsellor (~7 hrs/week)

  University of Aarhus, Institute of Information and Media Studies

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  January 2008 — April 2009 (1 year 4 months)

  Responsibilities:
  • Knowledge of six different graduate programmes
  • Counselling via face-to-face meetings, telephone and email
  • Presentations for various student audiences
  • Set up wiki for knowledge sharing with colleagues
  
  Experience:
  • Completed 5-day training course for student counsellors
  • Became a better listener, counsellor and presenter
  • Kept abreast of new information across a broad subject area
  • Worked alone while simultaneously coordinating with colleagues

• Intern (~21 hrs/week)

  Dansk Netværk

  (Internet industry)

  August 2008 — December 2008 (5 months)

  Responsibilities:
  • Implement web-based CRM-system (Heap)
  • Develop new website powered by Textpattern CMS
  • Transfer flyers, invitations etc. to Google Docs
  • Send monthly newsletters via MailChimp
  
  Experience:
  • Facilitated knowledge sharing in a small group
  • Improved web development workflow
  • Functioned in dynamic and busy environment
  • Experienced entrepreneurship up close

• Student assistant, website management (~8 hrs/week)

  University of Aarhus, Studies Office

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  March 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 10 months)

  Responsibilities:
  • Updating content through a CMS (Site In A Box)
  • Basic information architecture, design and layout
  • Occasional Danish-English translation work
  • Training of two new colleagues for similar positions
  
  Experience:
  • Creatively bypassed the constraints of a CMS
  • Edited HTML via regex text-manipulation in jEdit
  • Had key role in expansion of online study guide
  • Prioritized work for several stakeholders

• English tutor (~4 hrs/week)

  (privately organized)

  (Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  September 2006 — August 2007 (1 year )

Dan Andrew Brendstrup’s Education

• Aarhus Universitet

  MSc (cand.it) , Digital Design , 2007 — 2009

  Courses:
  • Introduction to Java, Flash, PHP, XML, XHTML and CSS
  • Multimedia aesthetics and hypermedia systems
  • Design processes and Human-Computer Interaction
  • Innovation & entrepreneurship and web 2.0
  
  Experience:
  • Improved web development skills
  • Academic perspective on my interest in web technology
  • Developed prototype of read-aloud game for third graders
  • Prototyped and user-tested web application for Master's thesis

• Aarhus Universitet

  BA , English and Rhetoric , 2004 — 2007

  Courses:
  • Rhetorical analysis and written and oral exposition
  • American and British history and litterature
  • Media studies and studium generale
  • Language research, phonetics, syntax and semantics
  
  Experience:
  • Experience with communication in theory and in practice
  • Broad knowledge of British and American culture
  • Practical experience with English-Danish translation
  • 13 (A+) for Bachelor's thesis on Benjamin Franklin

• Danmarks Journalisthøjskole

  2003 — 2004

  Courses:
  • 8-week introductory course on crafting good narratives
  • Media theory, interview technique and radio production
  
  Experience:
  • Able to find interesting angles and write compelling stories
  • Experience using interviews for research and presentation

• Sønderborg Statsskole

  Matematisk student , 1998 — 2001

• New Trier High School

  1997 — 1998

• Broager Skole

  1987 — 1997

Additional Information

Dan Andrew Brendstrup’s Websites:

• Where I work
• Where I tweet

Dan Andrew Brendstrup’s Interests:

standards-based webdesign, user experience design, microformats and the grassroots semantic web, community management and evangelism, digital and social media, writing and composition, translation (en-da).

Dan Andrew Brendstrup’s Groups:

•    Obama for America
•    Dansk Netværk
•    InteraktionsDesign i Aarhus
•    Headstart - new media network

Dan Andrew Brendstrup’s Contact Settings

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