Jacob Veedfald
Danish, 28, majoring in Operations (engineering) at Aalborg Universitet, Research-assistant, President of a local student organization, and with a passion for electric cars.
| Headline: | Club Leader |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Website: | http://www.linkedin.com/in/... |
| Industries: | Cleantech, Information Technology, Media |
| Skills: | Business, Danish, Design, Editing, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Industrial Engineering, Languages, Management, Norwegian, Product design, Sales, Swedish, Writing |
| Next step: | Looking for internship: 2-8 month self-organized business combined with technology or engineering project management internship in the summer of 2009 - either with a start-up, or a company in growth. Ideally, in operations, R&D or prototyping and concerning commercialization. Looking to do B.Sc. thesis in extension of the internship with the same company. I'm particularly fascinated by electric vehicles and sustainable transportation! |
| Location: | Aalborg, Denmark |
| Groups: | California Clean Tech Open, E-Challenge Competition 2008, Energy Crossroads, Excitera Innovation Challenge 2008, MIT GSW 2008, Seedcamp, Social e-challenge Competition 2008, ST@B: Startup @ Berkeley, Stanford Innovation Tournament 2008, StudieVirk , Venture Cup Copenhagen, Venture Cup Denmark |
| Visas: | DK, EU, USA (most likely) |
| Interested in: | Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Creating a group, Employment opportunities, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Helping friends, Internships, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Receiving feedback, Sharing my projects |
| Tags: | aalborg, Books, boston, copenhagen, energy storage, finance, gym workout, investing, operations, silicon valley, technology, transportation, water |
FULL BIO
Engineering student of Industrial Operations at Aalborg University. In possession of a broad set of life competencies, be they science, business, theoretical or practical, creative or analytical. More generalist than specialist, extravert than introvert, networker than independent and by nature entrepreneurial. Areas, that I'd like to learn more of: Business model creation, Project management, and Operations.
Specialties: Problem-based learning, Market research, Product/concept development, Cross-disciplinary approach, Entrepreneurship
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Aalborg University |
| Position: | Research Assistant |
| Time period: | June 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Research/development of case-material for books/articles for the International Center for Innovation (ICI), that is affiliated with the Center for Industrial Production (CIP), at Aalborg University, Aalborg |
| Employer: | BEST |
| Position: | Main course organizer (Aalborg Universitet) |
| Time period: | March 2008 - October 2008 |
| Description: | Restructuring of the Local BEST Group at Aalborg Universitet after a period without recruitment of students excluding myself. Representation of LBG at Regional meeting. Public relations material. Planning a BEST winter course. Correspondence with external parties to partner with us on winter-course. |
| Employer: | AIESEC |
| Position: | External Relations-coordinator (Aarhus School of Business) |
| Time period: | March 2007 - December 2007 |
| Description: | In charge of overseeing the Internship program selling, marketing and public relations activities, externally. Managing, training and coaching of a 10-person sales team with the Local Chapter at Aarhus School of Business. After 2007, I made a decision to continue further studies at Aalborg University |
| Employer: | FlexiFact |
| Position: | Initiator, Researcher and Developer |
| Time period: | October 2006 - June 2007 |
| Description: | A group of students and I at AU-IBT's Innovation Week 2006 came up with a new business model concept for newspaper companies utilizing technology such as by Plasticlogic. Later on we changed the business model to be a converging platform with the aim of enabling incentives for citizen journalists and professional bloggers. |
| Employer: | CyberCity A/S |
| Position: | Business Technical Supporter |
| Time period: | February 2006 - August 2006 |
| Description: | Responsibility for phone and e-mail communication with customers paying for business add-on support. Primarily job role tasks revolved around technologies such as:
Internal task tracking tools, technician booking systems, CRM-systems, Web-systems, Mail-systems, xDSL, VPN, VoIP, WiFi, Firewalls, ZyXEL ADSL routers, Cisco IOS. |
| Employer: | Copenhagen Public Library |
| Position: | IT-laboratory Assistant |
| Time period: | January 2005 - March 2006 |
| Description: | Responsibility for the in-person assistance at Copenhagen Public Library at the end-user facility: IT-L@boratoriet. Job tasks: Booking, guidance, finding and implementing technical solutions to the users practical and theoretical problems, co-worker and staff situation reports, testing of software, management of the facilities. |
| Employer: | Bryggenet |
| Position: | Alternate Member of the Board at Bryggenet |
| Time period: | June 2003 - January 2004 |
| Description: | Alternate Member of the Board:
Planning, strategy, administrative tasks, public relations, giving feedback on investment alternatives and budgets. Media Council: Technical issues, elections, votes, negotiation with representatives, advertisement materials, suppliers/partners. |
| Employer: | Bryggenet |
| Position: | Technical Council |
| Time period: | January 2002 - December 2004 |
| Description: | Bryggenet is a society and a community network in the Islands Brygge quarter of Copenhagen, Denmark. Bryggenet serves an area of about 4000 residences with fast Internet access, cable TV and radio, and telephone services at cost prices. All three services went live in early 2003.
Bryggenet was started in June 2001 - and is still driven - by a group of volunteers. 2002-2004: Technical Council: Network, product and implementation specification, negotiations with entrepreneurs, service providers, technical issues, elections, negotiation with suppliers/partners, online forum moderator, technical meetings. |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Exercising, Swimming, Hiking, Tai Chi Chuan, Surfing |
| Hobbies: | Working, Playing chess, Investing, Public Speaking |
| Clubs: | Energy Crossroads, BEST |
| Memberships: | DILF |
| Awards: | - Danfoss Innovation Camp 2007 at Danfoss (finalist team)
http://www.liftoffmagazine.... - Individual Award for 'Activating Leadership' at ScaLDS 2007 http://www.aiesec.org/finland/ - Venture Cup 2006 Phase 1 in Aarhus (finalist team) http://www.venturecup.dk/co... |
Jacob's Contacts (14)
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Bent Haugland
Danish, 25, student at UC Berkeley, doing research on social capital in start-up and VC networks.
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Martin B. Justesen
Danish, 38, majoring in Social Science, Danish Language and Educational Studies. Founder of crossuniversity network StudieVirk. Selfemployed and openminded about new projects.
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Brian Gjerstrup
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Michael Plesner
Danish, Undergraduate program at Economics Copenhagen Uni., Working at Climate Office Copenhagen Uni., Vice president at Energy Crossroads Denmark, International Mentor-coordinator at Copenhagen Uni.