Michael Christensen

* Visionary entrepreneur *

Århus Area, Denmark

Current
  • CEO at Prototype Invest
  • Team Leader, Senior Web Developer at No Zebra
Past
  • Senior Web Developer/System architect at ProOffice
  • Owner, President at Wicked RGB
  • Partner at half
  • Consultant at Self-employed (Self-employed)
  • Web designer at Den Blå Avis
  • Web developer at 1eEurope
  • Web designer at LinkIT
  • Partner at Net Construct
Education
  • 70-175, Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft® Visual Basic 6.0
  • 70-152, Designing and Implementing Web Solutions with Microsoft® Visual InterDev 6.0
  • 70-176, Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft® Visual Basic 6.0
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Michael Christensen’s Summary

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First and foremost I got a passion for doing things "the right way".

I have been working professionally with the internet since 1994 both as a manager, graphic designer, developer (Microsoft Certified Professional), consultant and project manager.

I'M keen to multitask - can come my oldest daughters hair and give my youngest breakfast all while talking to my girlfriend and believe it or not feel relaxed.

Michael Christensen’s Specialties:

Startup
Internet (my 2nd home)
New media
Web 2.0
.NET
Javascript
AJAX
CSS


Michael Christensen’s Experience

  • CEO

    Prototype Invest

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    April 2008Present (1 year 4 months)

    Prototype Invest
    The entrepreneurs best friend
    We make your idea come alive - without paying anything
    Think of us as a Venture Capital firm providing software, web applications and guidance, instead of money.
    All we ask for is equity in your idea - you don't have to pay anything for our services.

    Prototype Invest is based on trust - without trust we simply can't exist.
    We are passionate about tech start-ups and look forward to getting behind your idea.

  • Team Leader, Senior Web Developer

    No Zebra

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 2007Present (1 year 10 months)

  • Senior Web Developer/System architect

    ProOffice

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2003September 2007 (4 years 9 months)

  • Owner, President

    Wicked RGB

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    June 2004July 2007 (3 years 2 months)

    I build Wicked RGB from scratch myself.
    Wicked RGB is a comprehensive collection of international superb elite computer artists.
    Some have called us "the dream team" in Computer graphics.

    It's based on a whole new way of thinking visual effects facility.

    The model can be described as these three steps
    1. Wicked RGB is constantly looking for and hiring the best artists all around the world. This is an ongoing process.
    2. Each artist is working on the project remotely from his location and is only paid when working on a project.
    3. All work is centrally managed by Wicked RGB

    Wicked RGB's artists have contributed to International feature films like (to name just a few):
    Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
    King Kong (2005)
    Garfield (2004)
    I,Robot (2004)
    Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
    Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
    Racing Stripes (2005)

  • Partner

    half

    (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    June 2002January 2003 (8 months)

    Half was a small webdesign-bureau focusing on smal to mid-size businesses and organizations.

  • Consultant

    Self-employed (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2002July 2002 (7 months)

  • Web designer

    Den Blå Avis

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 2001November 2001 (3 months)

    One of the largest commercial websites in Denmark. A bit like e-bay for danish people.

  • Web developer

    1eEurope

    (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    September 1999May 2001 (1 year 9 months)

    Primary focus on e-commerce (Microsoft Gold Partner)

  • Web designer

    LinkIT

    (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    February 1999August 1999 (7 months)

  • Partner

    Net Construct

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    December 1994January 1999 (4 years 2 months)

    I had the graphical responsibility in a trio running a small webdesign-bureau mainly focusing on smaller businesses and organizations.


Michael Christensen’s Education

  • 70-175, Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft® Visual Basic 6.0

    20012001

  • 70-152, Designing and Implementing Web Solutions with Microsoft® Visual InterDev 6.0

    20002000

  • 70-176, Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft® Visual Basic 6.0

    20002000

  • HTS

    Graphics Designer with honors , 19941998


Additional Information

Michael Christensen’s Websites:

Michael Christensen’s Interests:

Technology

Michael Christensen’s Groups:

  •    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
  •    SHiFT! - TURN PROSPECTS INTO CUSTOMERS by Harnessing Trigger Events
  •    Bright Ideas & Entrepreneurs
  •    Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA)
  •    Creating Results from Cultural Diversity
  •    Grafton Executive Search Recruiting and Career Network
  •    ExProOffice
  •    Investment Placement
  •    Worldwide CEO Club
  •    Nordic

Michael Christensen’s Honors:

Michael Christensen, best entrepreneur in Denmark 2008 finalist.
Graphics Designer with honors.


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