
Information Architect at Designit A/S
Århus Area, Denmark

Information Architect at Designit A/S
Århus Area, Denmark
EDUCATION:
MSc in Information Technology & Multimedia
BA in Information Studies (with individual supplementary programme)
(Note: from 1999-2002 was spent on studying computer science)
RESEARCH ASSISTANT:
I work with design and proof-of-concept development of augmented reality technologies for medical education and health care sectors in general.
Further I teach (in the use of IT) at various PhD courses at The Department of Public Health at the University of Aarhus.
MANAGER AT REWORKS I/S:
In my spare time I run a web-design and web-developing company, that focus on delivering high quality website communication solutions to small businesses that cannot afford similar services from larger web-design/-communication companies.
Conceptual designs, web-development (xhtml, html, css2, php, action script, flash etc), graphics design (adobe illustrator, adobe photoshop etc.), IT project management, communication, qualitative user studies.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years)
From the job description:
"A clever web solution is all about clever interaction design. And that’s why we’re offering a challenging and exciting position as our new Information Architect
The job in a few bullets:
- Develop interaction designs
- Develop navigational structures and information architecture
- Talk to users, watch them in action, user tests and analysis
- Communicate and develop digital strategies in cooperation with project teams and clients
- Secure the usability through prototypes and interaction models"
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Along with Rasmus Lund I manage our company in relation to financing, project development at technological advances.
Also in lead developer on our CMS application as well as implementation of technical web-solutions.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2006 — August 2007 (1 year)
I work with design and proof-of-concept development of augmented reality technologies for medical education and health care in general.
Further I do a lot of teaching (in the use of IT) at various PhD courses at the department of public health.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2002 — September 2006 (4 years 2 months)
Overall maintenance of Linux servers (Debian+Red Hat) as well as Windows 2000 and 2003 servers with Exchange and Active Directory authentication.
Also lead web developer/designer on various research projects in corporation with large companies such as Novo Nordisk.
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
1999 — 2005 (6 years)
Management of radio show content and delivery of flow. Further acting as radio host when needed.
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2005 — July 2005 (2 months)
In charge of planning, management, architecture and stability of all IT services for the entire radio station during and before the festival.
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years)
In charge of the overall health and stability of the organization, and navigating it through myriads of challenges. Also developing campaign websites for radio shows and managing IT-networks at the radio station.
MSc , Information Technology , 2005 — 2006
COURSES IN MY MASTER PROGRAMME:
Master thesis: Augmented Reality Learning Materials in Medical Education - a Study into the Potentials of Interactive ECG Reading
3D Modelling in Design
Creative Use of the Virtual Studio
Human-Computer Interaction
Hypermedia
Multimedia Aesthetics
Introduction to Programming
Multimedia Production 2
Multimedia Production 1
BA , Information Studies with individual supplementary programme , 2002 — 2005
COURSES IN MY BACHELOR PROGRAMME:
The Computer of Tools
Communication
History of Technology
Programming and System Development
Philosophy of Science
Bachelor Project: Organizational Analysis
Mathmatics 10 (linear algebra)
Mathmetics 111 (analysis)
Computer Architecture & Operating Systems
Augmented Reality - Theories, Methods & Practice
Writing for the Web
Computer Science & Multimedia 1999 — 2002
designit, web 2.0, ajax, ria, augmented reality, virtual reality, pervasive computing, pervasive health care, ubiquitous computing, design, usability, contextual design, sociology, emerging new technologies, prototyping, mountain biking, running, fishing, apple, mac, osx
Aarhus University, IEEE, sundhedsITnet, DSMI
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:
Hedegaard H., Dahl, M.R. & Grønbæk, K. (2007): EKGAR: Interactive ECG-Learning with Augmented Reality. Short-paper and poster presentation at the conference: Human Factors Engineering in Health Informatics that takes place 7-8 June 2007 in Aarhus, Denmark. [V-CHI / HFEinHI2007]
Hedegaard H., Dahl, M.R. & Grønbæk, K. (2007): EKGAR: Augmented Reality Support for Learning of Electrocardiography (ECG) Analysis. In proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2007. 2007. AACE. 6 pages. [ED-MEDIA]
Kjærside, K., Kortbek, K. J., Hedegaard, H. and Grønbæk, K. (2005): ARDressCode: Augmented Dressing Room with Tag-based Motion Tracking and Real-Time Clothes Simulation, in proceedings of the Central European Multimedia and Virtual Reality Conference 2005 (CEMVRC05), 8-10 June 2005, Prague, Czech Republic.