Christian Vintergaard

Christian Vintergaard earned his Ph.D. at Copenhagen Business School. His areas of research are venture capital and entrepreneurship. Mr. Vintergaard also has international teaching experience and is an adjunct associate professor at the Copenhagen Business School, the University of Copenhagen and the Rythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen. He is an active board member with posts in the DVCA, EVU and Venture Cup, where he serves as chairman. He is often used as an advisor for entrepreneurs, the established business community and policy makers. Full CV.

Employer:	Øresund Entrepreneurship Academy
Position:	Managing Director
Time period:	January 2006 - Present
Description:	The Øresund Entrepreneurship Academy is a government initiative to promote entrepreneurship education in the Øresund Region, as well as regional growth. The project includes participants from private firms, universities, regional authorities and governments.

Employer:	Copenhagen Business School, Aalborg University Copenhagen, Copenhagen University, Rhythmic Music Conservatory
Position:	External lecturer
Time period:	January 2006 - Present

Employer:	Vintergaard Consulting
Position:	Director and Founder
Time period:	January 1999 - Present
Description:	Selected consultant activities • Danish Shipowners' Association: Establishment of new Shipping Fund (2008) • Inventure: implementation of Balance Score Card in new venture firms (2007) • Management consultant on innovation projects at the Research Center RISØ (2006) • Mentor/ advisor activities for entrepreneurs (e.g. Dolphsonic ApS, Airdanica, Vintergaard Media, AV Media, MITT & MyFieldKitchen) • Business plan reviews and advises to several independent entrepreneurial firms 2003 and continuing. • LaCorp Capital Partners: Marked survey of the Danish corporate finance marked – strategic positioning (2005) • Co-founder of Vintergaard Media (2004) • Advisor for Springboards at CONNECT Denmark – business plan/ strategy advisor 2004 and continuing. • Schrøder • Lucas & Partnere: Subcontractor in marketing and strategy 2001-2002 • Scandinavian Telecommunication Company and Rovsing Management A/S: Preliminary study of the Danish marked for combined mobile and standard telephone services (2000). • Dolphin and Rovsing Mangement A/S: Preliminary study of the Danish marked for TETRA-solutions (2000). • Scandinavian Telecommunication Company and Rovsing Management A/S. Strategy consultant and member of business development team preparing a business plan and bid for FWA-license (2000). • Radiator a/s: Internet consultant, Radiator/ NewEconomyLab. Establishment of business plan for New Economy consultant-office (2000 – 2001). • Scandinavia consultant and British Telecommunication Company: Preliminary study of the Nordic internet marked for web portals (2000). • LAMC: Business Analyst/ Consulting LAMC Practice Marketing plan for international company in with fast moving consumer goods (1999 – 2000). • AV Media: Marketing/ Sales Consulting (1999-2004) • Norwegian Embassy - The Trade Council of Norway: Marketing research (1999), (Copenhagen, DK) • Swedish Embassy: Marketing research (1999), (Copenhagen, DK)

Employer:	Copenhagen Business School, Department of Management, Politics & Philosophy
Position:	Assistant professor
Time period:	January 2005 - December 2006

Employer:	Øresund Entrepreneurship Academy
Position:	Project manager
Time period:	January 2005 - December 2006

Employer:	Vintergaard Media
Position:	Strategic Manager and Co-Founder
Time period:	January 2004 - December 2006

Employer:	Copenhagen Business School
Position:	Research assistant
Time period:	January 2000 - December 2001

Employer:	Norwegian Trade Council
Position:	Marketing researcher
Time period:	December 1999

Articles:

Articles under review: • Vintergaard, Christian & Husted, Kenneth “The Capacity of Corporate Venture Firms to Evaluate Science Based Venture Opportunities”. In Handbook of Corporate Entrepreneurship by Shaker Zahra. Elger

Papers:

Peer-review papers published: • Moberg, Vintergaard, Vestergaard (2008) ”Regional Growth: Model for Entrepreneurship Education in Regions” AOM Meeting, 2008. • Hansen, T. & Vintergaard, C (2008): ”Teams, sociale netværk og vækstvirksomheder: Kan tværfaglighed betale sig?” The GEM report. • Knudsen, L. & Vintergaard, C. (2007): “Kommercialisering af forskningsresultater via spin-off virksomheder - belyst via TopoTarget A/S” The GEM report. • Nielsen, A. P. & Vintergaard, C. (2006): “Venture kapital – mere end blot kapital”. The GEM report • Vintergaard, Christian (2005):”Opportunities in Corporate Venturing – Actors Creating Passageways” International Journal of Innovation Management (IJIM), Volume 9, Issue 1. page 215-239. • Jørgensen, H. and Vintergaard, C. (2006): “Connecting Company Strategy and Network Identity”. In: Managing Dynamic Networks Organisational Perspectives of Technology Enabled Inter-Firm Collaboration. Klein S. and Poulymenakou A. (eds.) Heidelberg: Springer. • Husted, Kenneth & Vintergaard, Christian (2004):”Stimulating innovation through corporate venture bases”. Journal of World Business, Volume 39, Issue 3. Reprinted in: Zahra (2005) Corporate Entrepreneurship and Growth” Edward Elgar. • Munk, Birkeholm Kasper & Vintergaard, Christian (2004):“Accentuating the role of venture capitalists in systems of innovation” (VEST) Journal for Science and Technology Studies. No. 1-2 vol. 17. Managerial/ policy publications: • Vintergaard (2006) ”Bruger din Virksomhed hele hovedet?” Iværksætteren, nr. 20, September. • Vintergaard (2006) ”Iværksætterakademi i Øresundsregionen” CBS Partner News 2-06 • Vintergaard (2005) ”En ny bølge af ledelsesmæssige udfordringer i corproate venturing” Ledelse i Dag. • Vintergaard (2005) “ Intraprenøren skal vække virksomhederne fra deres tornerosesøvn” Civiløkonomen, June/ July. • Vintergaard (2005) “Vågn op af Tornerosesøvnen” HTS, 2005 Årsrapport • Vintergaard (2004) “Iværksætter-Danmark” Civiløkonomen, December, p. 19-20 • Vintergaard (2004) ”Kortlægning af Danske Universiteters Uddannelsestilbud Indenfor Entrepreneurship”. Published by The Danish Venture Capital Association. • Vintergaard (2001) “Corporate Venturing - en strategi for virksomheder under konstant forandring” Published by Copenhagen Business School and Schrøder • Lucas & Partnere – Virksomhedsmæglere og kapitalformidling.

Memberships:

2006 Selvstændighedsfonden - Entrepreneurship and innovation education 2005 - Venture Cup - Chairman of the Board of Directors 2005 – 2008 EVU – (Erhvervscenter for Etablering, Vækst og Udvikling) - Member of the Board of Directors 2004 – 2005 Venture Cup - Member of the Jury 2005 - CEMS Faculty Group - I C E (Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship) 2004 - Connect Denmark - Member of the Spring-board committee - Member of committee for board of directors 2004 - 2005 5th Triple Helix -Scientific Committee 2002 - Danish Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (DVCA) - Chairman of the educational committee - Member of the research and analytical committee