Mads Aarup

Current

• Interim Manager, Owner at aarup.net (Self-employed)

Past

• scanjour.dk at ScanJour
• Project Manager, Independent Contractor at Danske Bank
• Project Manager, Independent Contractor at Vækstfonden

• Consultant, Independent Contractor at Fyns Amt
• Project Manager, Independent Contractor at ScanJour
• Project Manager and Developer, Independent Contractor at Northmann A/S
• Project Manager, Independent Contractor at ScanJour
• Project Manager, Independent Contractor at ScanJour
• Director of Product Management at Ascio Technologies
• Manager of Internet Technology at The Danish Pools and Lottery Company
• Senior Engineer at Catalog International A/S (fka. The Vision Factory)

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Education

• Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

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Industry

Computer Software

Mads Aarup’s Summary

Specialized in filling in sudden and/or temporary needs for middle management in companies working with software: project management, department management, business development, product management and development, agile development methods. Thorough understanding of business processes and customer needs. Enjoys working in the cross section between business needs and technological possibilities.

Mads Aarup’s Specialties:

Business systems, ESDH, GIS, systems integration, e-commerce, Internet.

Mads Aarup’s Experience

• Interim Manager, Owner

  aarup.net (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  December 2003 — Present (6 years )

  Fills in sudden or temporary needs of middle management in IT companies:
  Software development consulting, Interim Management, Product Management, Project Management, Agile methods, Coaching.

• scanjour.dk

  ScanJour

  (Computer Software industry)

  February 2009 — March 2009 (2 months)

  Project Management, implementation, test, delivery and release of customer specific functionality in Captia to a Danish Ministry.

• Project Manager, Independent Contractor

  Danske Bank

  (Privately Held; Banking industry)

  August 2007 — July 2008 (1 year )

  Project and Test Management and launch of common output functionality for all Danske Bank business areas. Output comprising print outsourcing in several different countries as well as electronic output to eg. e-Post. The project was part of the Sampo Bank Migration Programme and implied close cooperation with contract lawyers and multiple other projects and suppliers in Finland and Denmark.

• Project Manager, Independent Contractor

  Vækstfonden

  (Government Agency; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  June 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 2 months)

  Adaptation, Development and Implementation of financial portfolio system from FrontVenture to support Vækstfondens (www.vf.dk) core business of investing and co-investing in innovative and prosperous companies. The project involved close cooperation with the French supplier and the users and super users at all branches of Vækstfonden.

• Consultant, Independent Contractor

  Fyns Amt

  (Public Company; Government Administration industry)

  July 2005 — September 2005 (3 months)

  Consulting regarding Geo referencing past cases in ScanJour Captia in a systematic a reliable way, re-using as much information as possible while maintaining compatibility with new and yet to come cases in Captia.

• Project Manager, Independent Contractor

  ScanJour

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  September 2004 — May 2005 (9 months)

  Project Management involving renewal of a ScanJour clients' hardware and software platform around an older but highly specialized ScanJour version "G" software including conversion of large amount of data and roll-out to 13 regions around the country.

• Project Manager and Developer, Independent Contractor

  Northmann A/S

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  September 2004 — February 2005 (6 months)

  Specification and development of a syncronisation infrastructure with Ikea to ensure correct versioning of digital imagery between photografers and print labs. The work was performed in close collaboration with Ikea and carried out using extensive PL-SQL in MS SQL-Server.

• Project Manager, Independent Contractor

  ScanJour

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  April 2004 — July 2004 (4 months)

  Project Manager responsible for the delivery and implementation of Captia 2.0 at one of the Danish Regions. Also responsible for a standards based GIS integration between Captia 2.0 and MapInfo including delivery to the same client.

• Project Manager, Independent Contractor

  ScanJour

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  November 2003 — March 2004 (5 months)

  Temporary position as resource and programme manager at ScanJour's development department with 35 developers and multiple products and projects. Responsible for the completion of new Captia version 2.0 - a high-end standard product for ESDH.

• Director of Product Management

  Ascio Technologies

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2000 — November 2003 (3 years 6 months)

  Product Management Responsible for new and existing software systems for automated worldwide domain registration and administration. Built up and managed group of seven staff with diverse professional skills. Defined new products and carried out the Customer role in the eXtreme Programming development cycle.

• Manager of Internet Technology

  The Danish Pools and Lottery Company

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Gambling & Casinos industry)

  October 1999 — June 2000 (9 months)

  Manager of Internet Technology with the responsibility of introducing new technology to enable secure gaming on the Internet. Responsible for introducing new technology in cooperation with Marketing, Development, Operations, Finance, Call Center and external suppliers and security auditors

• Senior Engineer

  Catalog International A/S (fka. The Vision Factory)

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  October 1996 — September 1999 (3 years )

  Senior Engineering of systems integrations and Internet Commerce. Conducted the prototype development of a Product Retrieval Intranet for the worlds largest shipping company using Cat@log and MS SQL Server.
  
  Initiated the build-up of The Vision Factory, Inc. in Scotts Valley, California.
  
  Responsible for a number of large company accounts, Pandesic (US), Telenor (N), LM Ericsson (S), Rambøll (DK), Maersk Line (DK), World Online (NL), doing project management, consulting, training and pre-sales engineering. Product management of the Cat@log CSP (Commerce Service Provider) Edition product line installed at Telenor and World Online.

Mads Aarup’s Education

• Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

  MSc , IT / Computer Science , 1983 — 1991