Thor Christiansen

Thor Christiansen

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Danish, scandinavian born Teamlead, Manager for IT development and recruitment organisations. Living in Malaysia.

  • Education

    • Roskilde Handelsskole

      1992 - 1994
      Datamatician Information Technology

      Equivalent to a Bachelors degree in IT.

    • Niels Brock

      1994 - 1995
      Datanomics Data transmission and data communications
  • Experience

    • ATP

      Jan 1998 - Dec 2003
      Mainframe Developer
    • Danske Bank

      Mar 2004 - Dec 2010
      Mainframe contractor

      Mainframe Contractor, working with PL/1 and DB2. Special tasks involved MQ and FTP.Mostly working with receiving data from Summit Mysis trading platform (server side) and formatting and communicating data to Accounting, Line Credits and other backend systems on Mainframe.

    • Hennes & Mauritz

      Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
      Mainframe Test System Responsible

      Responsible for clearing obstacles and handling technical issues for the Test department in relation to the Test process.Involved in planning and development of environment enhancements concerning the online layer, the mainframe systems and the integration between these.

    • Vedel IT Sdn. Bhd.

      Mar 2012 - Jul 2015

      Team handles adhoc task and minor projects coming from client. Scrum master for project for major Scandinavian pension fund. Project is to enhance the core calculation system on the mainframe enabling the business to offer more services to their customers. Organisational responsibility for a Mainframe team. Working as a Senior Mainframe Developer in Cobol and PL/1 with DB2 db system. Client is a major Scandinavian Pension Fund.Development approach is Agile.Special tasks involve DB2 Explain.

      • Scrum Master for New mainframe team

        Jun 2014 - Jul 2015
      • Responsible Lead Mainframe Maintenance Team

        Oct 2013 - Jul 2015
      • Scrum Master

        May 2013 - Jul 2015
      • Team Lead Mainframe group

        Aug 2012 - Jul 2015
      • Senior Mainframe Developer

        Mar 2012 - Aug 2012
    • If P&C Insurance

      Dec 2015 - Feb 2016
      Mainframe Specialist

      Monitor MIPS usage on LPARS. Initiate and devise Mainframe system optimisation.

    • Ørsted

      Apr 2016 - Oct 2023

      Managing 3 teams, Testing Department, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) team and Smart Grid team. Current total headcount is 27 team members.Responsible for recruitment, people development and training, allocation, organisation and work processes.Heavily involved in Agile workprocesses.

      • Manager, Head of Competence Center Test and Document Management

        Apr 2021 - Oct 2023
      • Line Manager

        Apr 2016 - Apr 2021
    • DONG Energy

      May 2016 - Jul 2018
      Team Lead & Scrum Master
    • Danica Pension

      Oct 2024 - now
      Business Manager
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • IC Agile Certified Professional

      ICAgile
      May 2014
    • Certified SAFe® 4 Agilist - Leading SAFe

      Oct 2018
      View certificate certificate
    • Professional Scrum Master PSM I

      Scrum.org
      Aug 2018