# Svend Aage Petersen (@meinertzpetersen.dk)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/meinertzpetersen.dk
Headline: IT Project Manager, Agile Scrum master & coach. Managing international teams. Coatings/utility/gaming/telecommunications industries. Occasional storyteller.
Location: Tune, Region Zealand, Denmark

## About

Contact info: Tel. +45 23412599 Email svendaage@meinertzpetersen.dk -------------------------------------------------------------------   Extensive Agile/SCRUM experience. PSM I, PSM II.

Chief Impediment Remover and Wheel Greaser.

Senior IT project manager. PRINCE2.

Industries: Coatings, Utility, Telecommunications, Gaming.

Experienced in running international IT projects (UK, Germany, Iceland, Austria, Czech Republic, Spain, India, South Africa) Stakeholder management and alignment between business and IT.
\* Promoting an agile mindset
\* Championing agile methods and tools
\* Working with requirement specifications, implementation, sourcing and vendor management.
\* Technical background in IT development, working with both frontend and backend.

Also, I have written and published three books!

## Experience

- **IT-Implementeringskonsulent at HOFOR** (2023 – present)
- **Forfatter at Freelance** (2019 – present)
- **IT Project Manager at TDC** (2015 – 2016)
  Managing projects for Yousee within Order management systems/BSS
- **IT Project Manager at Danske Spil** (2012 – 2015)
  Integration between IT, clients and business partners. IT project management. Sourcing and vendor management.
- **Webmaster at Danske Spil** (2011 – 2012)
  Integration between IT, clients and business partners. Business project management.
- **Internet developer at Danske Spil** (2000 – 2011)
  Developing content management solution. Maintaining frontend UI/UX
- **Mainframe developer, Cobol at Danske Spil** (1995 – 2000)
  Maintaining finance backend systems
- **Mainframe developer at Lego A/S** (1992 – 1995)
  Maintaining and developing process management systems. Technical project lead.
- **IT Project Manager at Georg Jensen** (2022 – 2022)
- **Project Manager at Hempel A/S** (2016 – 2022)
  Project management, Business Applications.
  
  Leading development and maintenance of applications primarily for R&D and Product+Portfolio Management.

## Education

- **Århus Købmandsskole** — EDB-assistent (1990 – 1991)
- **Aarhus Universitet** (1987 – 1990)
- **Nakskov Gymnasium** (1984 – 1987)
- **Vestenskov Skole** — 9.klasse (1975 – 1984)

## Skills

- Content Management
- MySQL
- Sourcing
- Lederskab
- Information Architecture
- Agile Project Management
- Digital strategi
- XML
- Scrum
- Web Project Management
- PRINCE2
- Projektkoordinering
- JIRA
- Integration
- User Experience
- E-handel
- Økonomisk planlægning
- Kommunikation
- Agile projektstyring
- Project Management
- Agile Methodologies
- Requirements Analysis
- Vendor Management
- Database Design
- Programming
- CMS
- HTML
- PHP
- Technical Project Leadership
- Requirement Specifications
- User Journeys
- Projektimplementering
- Agile-metodologier
- Web Design
- Project Planning
- Front-end
- Analysis
- Projektledelse

## Certifications

- PRINCE2 Foundation — APMG (http://www.apmg-international.com/SCRQuery.aspx?exam=p2)
- PRINCE2 Practitioner — APMG (http://www.apmg-international.com/SCRQuery.aspx?exam=p2)
- Professional Scrum Master (PSM) I — Scrum.org (https://www.scrum.org/certificates/452230)
- Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I) — Scrum.org (https://www.credly.com/badges/a7fbc072-1f32-421b-bf81-a5dba3ded02b?source=linked_in_profile)
- Professional Scrum Master™ II (PSM II) — Scrum.org (https://www.credly.com/badges/1f4f713b-87fc-4449-ab95-504c161d491f/linked_in_profile)

## Projects

- **Global roll-out of quotation and specification tool**
  Implementation of Q&S tool in the global sales organisations
* Data clean-up and preparation
* Training
- **Cargo Protection Guide**
  This project created a new, interactive website for looking up resistances and correlations between paint systems and cargo products. Part of the solution was a bespoke CMS to edit the relations between paint systems and cargo types.

The project was run as fully agile, with an off-site development team.
- **Specification tool for intumescent paints**
- **Danske Spil TV** — http://www.danskespil.dk/dstv/
  Danske Spil TV is a webbased TV channel featuring commercials, sports news and live broadcasts.
- **Affiliate program** — https://danskespil.dk/partner
  Partner/affiliate løsning på danskespil.dk
- **New Zezam platform (Casual gaming)** — https://danskespil.dk/zezam/
  Replacing existing casual gaming platform on danskespil.dk with a more modern product, featuring new games and better community options, in cooperation with Spigo.dk
- **Mobil Poker & Casino** — http://mobil.danskespil.dk
  Adding a Poker app and browser-based Casino games on the Danske Spil mobile platform
- **New Bingo and Instant platform** — https://danskespil.dk/bingo/
  Implementing a new platform for Bingo and Scratch tickets.
- **Implementing ESDH system**
  Implementing case- and document handling tool for Legal department
- **PIM**
  Implementing product information management (PIM) system, to ensure unified and correct product data across functions, regions and channels.
- **Hull Performance**
  Building a bespoke system for analysing marine hull performance based on real-time sensor data from vessels, combined with ship model data.

## Publications

- Englenes Andel — Skriveforlaget
- Bagagerum — Mellemgaard
- Man kan, hvad man vil — Saxo Publish (http://www.meinertzpetersen.dk)

## Volunteering

- Bestyrelsesmedlem/arrangør at Tune Musikfestival

## Honors and awards

- Søby Prisen 2025

## Languages

- Danish (native)
- English (full_professional)
- Spansk (limited_working)
- German (limited_working)
- Norsk (limited_working)
- Svensk (limited_working)

## Other profiles

- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/svendaagepetersen/
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svendaage2025/
- website: https://meinertzpetersen.dk