Jens Korsgaard
Product Leadership
Accomplished product leader with substantial experience intersecting business, technology and innovation to create impactful products. Proven ability to build and lead high performance teams, driving positive change, and implementing winning strategies. Creative problem-solver with a firm belief in leading by example.
Professional experiences
Director of Innovation
Reducate EdTech Group
Mar 2023 – Present
Utrecht, Holland
Reducate is the result of a merger of 4 major e-learning companies in Europe. The group provides e-learning to over 170,000 users monthly across Europe. The innovation team is responsible for scoping and delivering innovation projects across the entire value chain for all group companies.
Established PMO for group R&D including strategy, project and innovation framework, roadmap, and recruitment.
Formulated Go-to-market strategy for vertically integrated group projects.
Maintained and strengthened key stakeholder relationships, securing alignment on innovation projects and ensuring delivery success.
Led implementation of AI-driven production workflow optimizations, reducing production go-live time by as much as 30 % whilst reducing costs by up to 50 %.
Initiated work on building in-house RAG by vectorizing and labeling all content to further enhance both production and end-user functionality.
Director of Innovation
Reducate EdTech Group
Mar 2023 – Present
Utrecht, Holland
Reducate is the result of a merger of 4 major e-learning companies in Europe. The group provides e-learning to over 170,000 users monthly across Europe. The innovation team is responsible for scoping and delivering innovation projects across the entire value chain for all group companies.
Established PMO for group R&D including strategy, project and innovation framework, roadmap, and recruitment.
Formulated Go-to-market strategy for vertically integrated group projects.
Maintained and strengthened key stakeholder relationships, securing alignment on innovation projects and ensuring delivery success.
Led implementation of AI-driven production workflow optimizations, reducing production go-live time by as much as 30 % whilst reducing costs by up to 50 %.
Initiated work on building in-house RAG by vectorizing and labeling all content to further enhance both production and end-user functionality.
Director of Innovation
Reducate EdTech Group
Mar 2023 – Present
Utrecht, Holland
Reducate is the result of a merger of 4 major e-learning companies in Europe. The group provides e-learning to over 170,000 users monthly across Europe. The innovation team is responsible for scoping and delivering innovation projects across the entire value chain for all group companies.
Established PMO for group R&D including strategy, project and innovation framework, roadmap, and recruitment.
Formulated Go-to-market strategy for vertically integrated group projects.
Maintained and strengthened key stakeholder relationships, securing alignment on innovation projects and ensuring delivery success.
Led implementation of AI-driven production workflow optimizations, reducing production go-live time by as much as 30 % whilst reducing costs by up to 50 %.
Initiated work on building in-house RAG by vectorizing and labeling all content to further enhance both production and end-user functionality.
Chief Product Officer
Blueprint Learning ApS
Jun 2022 – Present
Copenhagen, Denmark
In charge of leading 30~ people, including product strategy, as well as most parts of daily operations. Also holds title as CSIO for all Nordic operations. Responsible for all recruitment, budget and strategy for all product related departments.
Grew user base from 400 to 13000~ active users, creating the largest platform for continued mandatory learning in Denmark
Launched four new verticals and grew them to positive EBITDA within first year.
Spearheaded end-to-end platform rebuild leveraging agile methodologies, increasing Enterprise sales by 66% and boosting total revenue by 40% YoY.
Implemented and certified ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and ISAE 3402, including optimizing all pertaining processes.
Achieved 100 % employee satisfactory rating within all departments three years running.
Participated in formation of Reducate EdTech Group including initial DD, documentation and brand alignment.
Built Schultz Campus, which today offers e-learning for over 45 % of all Danish municipalities.
Chief Product Officer
Blueprint Learning ApS
Jun 2022 – Present
Copenhagen, Denmark
In charge of leading 30~ people, including product strategy, as well as most parts of daily operations. Also holds title as CSIO for all Nordic operations. Responsible for all recruitment, budget and strategy for all product related departments.
Grew user base from 400 to 13000~ active users, creating the largest platform for continued mandatory learning in Denmark
Launched four new verticals and grew them to positive EBITDA within first year.
Spearheaded end-to-end platform rebuild leveraging agile methodologies, increasing Enterprise sales by 66% and boosting total revenue by 40% YoY.
Implemented and certified ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and ISAE 3402, including optimizing all pertaining processes.
Achieved 100 % employee satisfactory rating within all departments three years running.
Participated in formation of Reducate EdTech Group including initial DD, documentation and brand alignment.
Built Schultz Campus, which today offers e-learning for over 45 % of all Danish municipalities.
Chief Product Officer
Blueprint Learning ApS
Jun 2022 – Present
Copenhagen, Denmark
In charge of leading 30~ people, including product strategy, as well as most parts of daily operations. Also holds title as CSIO for all Nordic operations. Responsible for all recruitment, budget and strategy for all product related departments.
Grew user base from 400 to 13000~ active users, creating the largest platform for continued mandatory learning in Denmark
Launched four new verticals and grew them to positive EBITDA within first year.
Spearheaded end-to-end platform rebuild leveraging agile methodologies, increasing Enterprise sales by 66% and boosting total revenue by 40% YoY.
Implemented and certified ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and ISAE 3402, including optimizing all pertaining processes.
Achieved 100 % employee satisfactory rating within all departments three years running.
Participated in formation of Reducate EdTech Group including initial DD, documentation and brand alignment.
Built Schultz Campus, which today offers e-learning for over 45 % of all Danish municipalities.
Head of Product
Blueprint Learning ApS
Aug 2019 – Jun 2022
Copenhagen, Denmark
Blueprint Learning is the largest provider of continued mandatory education in the Nordics. I started as Head of Production, and since overtook responsibilities of day-to-day management of both production and development.
Optimized processes and workflows, scaling production output from 30~ to over 600 hours of content production annually.
Decreased median time-to-market per course with 80~ % by introducing a multi-track pull-based framework.
Decreased error rate of course releases to > 1 % by implementing QA processes and enhanced cross departmental feedback loops.
Initiated restructuring of development department, growing it to a seven people, significantly accelerating delivery velocity as well as reducing tech debt.
Head of Product
Blueprint Learning ApS
Aug 2019 – Jun 2022
Copenhagen, Denmark
Blueprint Learning is the largest provider of continued mandatory education in the Nordics. I started as Head of Production, and since overtook responsibilities of day-to-day management of both production and development.
Optimized processes and workflows, scaling production output from 30~ to over 600 hours of content production annually.
Decreased median time-to-market per course with 80~ % by introducing a multi-track pull-based framework.
Decreased error rate of course releases to > 1 % by implementing QA processes and enhanced cross departmental feedback loops.
Initiated restructuring of development department, growing it to a seven people, significantly accelerating delivery velocity as well as reducing tech debt.
Head of Product
Blueprint Learning ApS
Aug 2019 – Jun 2022
Copenhagen, Denmark
Blueprint Learning is the largest provider of continued mandatory education in the Nordics. I started as Head of Production, and since overtook responsibilities of day-to-day management of both production and development.
Optimized processes and workflows, scaling production output from 30~ to over 600 hours of content production annually.
Decreased median time-to-market per course with 80~ % by introducing a multi-track pull-based framework.
Decreased error rate of course releases to > 1 % by implementing QA processes and enhanced cross departmental feedback loops.
Initiated restructuring of development department, growing it to a seven people, significantly accelerating delivery velocity as well as reducing tech debt.
Marketing Producer
eGENTIC GmbH
Mar 2018 – May 2019
Frankfurt, Germany
eGENTIC is a specialized direct marketing company, with global reach. My primary role was producing and selling campaigns within the nordic region.
Produced various digital marketing campaigns, increasing engagement by 12 % on average per campaign.
Liaison with legal entities to ensure compliance with GDPR and local regulations, minimizing risk and enhancing integrity.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams on improving data visualization.
Marketing Producer
eGENTIC GmbH
Mar 2018 – May 2019
Frankfurt, Germany
eGENTIC is a specialized direct marketing company, with global reach. My primary role was producing and selling campaigns within the nordic region.
Produced various digital marketing campaigns, increasing engagement by 12 % on average per campaign.
Liaison with legal entities to ensure compliance with GDPR and local regulations, minimizing risk and enhancing integrity.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams on improving data visualization.
Marketing Producer
eGENTIC GmbH
Mar 2018 – May 2019
Frankfurt, Germany
eGENTIC is a specialized direct marketing company, with global reach. My primary role was producing and selling campaigns within the nordic region.
Produced various digital marketing campaigns, increasing engagement by 12 % on average per campaign.
Liaison with legal entities to ensure compliance with GDPR and local regulations, minimizing risk and enhancing integrity.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams on improving data visualization.
Content Producer
Moch A/S
Sep 2016 – Dec 2017
Copenhagen, Denmark
Moch A/S (now Metacompliace) creates tailored e-learning for some of the largest companies in Europe. My role was producing the content for these, as well various ad-hoc tasks.
Produced 15 large-scale e-learning course for companies such as Maersk, Vestas and Novo Nordisk.
Managed end-to-end production, including camera, lighting, sound, and post-production, resulting in a complete move towards inhouse, significantly reducing costs compared to outsourcing.
Contributed towards the entire rebranding of Moch as well as launching their public course library and LMS, Prologio.
Content Producer
Moch A/S
Sep 2016 – Dec 2017
Copenhagen, Denmark
Moch A/S (now Metacompliace) creates tailored e-learning for some of the largest companies in Europe. My role was producing the content for these, as well various ad-hoc tasks.
Produced 15 large-scale e-learning course for companies such as Maersk, Vestas and Novo Nordisk.
Managed end-to-end production, including camera, lighting, sound, and post-production, resulting in a complete move towards inhouse, significantly reducing costs compared to outsourcing.
Contributed towards the entire rebranding of Moch as well as launching their public course library and LMS, Prologio.
Content Producer
Moch A/S
Sep 2016 – Dec 2017
Copenhagen, Denmark
Moch A/S (now Metacompliace) creates tailored e-learning for some of the largest companies in Europe. My role was producing the content for these, as well various ad-hoc tasks.
Produced 15 large-scale e-learning course for companies such as Maersk, Vestas and Novo Nordisk.
Managed end-to-end production, including camera, lighting, sound, and post-production, resulting in a complete move towards inhouse, significantly reducing costs compared to outsourcing.
Contributed towards the entire rebranding of Moch as well as launching their public course library and LMS, Prologio.
Founder
Midea Solutions ApS
Feb 2014 – Dec 2017
Aalborg, Denmark
I founded Midea Solutions with a simple goal: to create a full-service production company, specialising in new media and games. Outside of functioning as Managing Director, I also worked as producer on virtually all productions and projects.
Built mobile application for high schools for learning and exploring career paths. Managed all levels of audiovisual production and app development.
Delivered professional color grading for high-profile commercials, including Pandora’s European valentines campaign
Managed all day-to-day operations, finance, and stakeholder management.
Founder
Midea Solutions ApS
Feb 2014 – Dec 2017
Aalborg, Denmark
I founded Midea Solutions with a simple goal: to create a full-service production company, specialising in new media and games. Outside of functioning as Managing Director, I also worked as producer on virtually all productions and projects.
Built mobile application for high schools for learning and exploring career paths. Managed all levels of audiovisual production and app development.
Delivered professional color grading for high-profile commercials, including Pandora’s European valentines campaign
Managed all day-to-day operations, finance, and stakeholder management.
Founder
Midea Solutions ApS
Feb 2014 – Dec 2017
Aalborg, Denmark
I founded Midea Solutions with a simple goal: to create a full-service production company, specialising in new media and games. Outside of functioning as Managing Director, I also worked as producer on virtually all productions and projects.
Built mobile application for high schools for learning and exploring career paths. Managed all levels of audiovisual production and app development.
Delivered professional color grading for high-profile commercials, including Pandora’s European valentines campaign
Managed all day-to-day operations, finance, and stakeholder management.
Education
Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
MIT Management Executive Education
Graduated: 2023
Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
MIT Management Executive Education
Graduated: 2023
Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
MIT Management Executive Education
Graduated: 2023
M.Sc., IT – Interactive Digital Media
Aalborg University
Graduated: 2015
M.Sc., IT – Interactive Digital Media
Aalborg University
Graduated: 2015
M.Sc., IT – Interactive Digital Media
Aalborg University
Graduated: 2015
BSc – English
Boston University, Boston, BA
Graduated: 2013
BSc – English
Boston University, Boston, BA
Graduated: 2013
BSc – English
Boston University, Boston, BA
Graduated: 2013