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Thomas Rasmussen

M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Technical University of Denmark (2009), Business Development Manager at Novozymes A/D since Aug 2010.

Headline: Engineer
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Website: http://www.novozymes.com
Skills: Business, Chemical Engineering, Chinese, Danish, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, German, Languages, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Norwegian, Recruitment, Swedish
Location: Copenhagen
Groups: Venture Cup Denmark
Interested in: Consulting opportunities, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Providing services to startups, Trading services
Schools: Stanford University, Technical University of Denmark

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Novozymes A/D, Bagsvaerd, Denmark
Position: Business Development Manager, Strategy & Business Development
Time period: August 2010 - Present
Description: Responsible for the explorative partnership program where I function as engagement manager with fortune 500 companies worldwide together with a R&D Director
Responsible for engaging current strategic accounts outside the segments we already serve them in
Responsible for taking new enzyme platforms, and develop partner strategies for these, to ensure co-development with industry leaders.

Employer: Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark
Position: Executive Assistant to the EVP of R&D
Time period: August 2009 - August 2010
Description: Upgrade of Novozymes’ portfolio management and portfolio reporting.
Driver of Novozymes global R&D Strategy process
Broad responsibility in Novozymes’ open Innovation activities (As responsible for “Connect & Innovate” in Europe and member of RIC)
Key role in a LEAN Innovation project in the R&D organization
Initiator of, and responsible for, cross functional outsourcing projects driven together with external consultants.
Novozymes contact point for NOVO and the Novo Nordisk Foundation

Employer: Green Vision, Roskilde, Denmark
Position: Founder
Time period: September 2008 - December 2009

Employer: Novozymes, Beijing, China
Position: Intern
Time period: January 2008 - November 2008

Employer: Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, Copenhagen, Denmark
Position: Science Writer
Time period: December 2006 - May 2007

Employer: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Position: Visiting Scientist
Time period: September 2006 - December 2006

Employer: Biotech Academy, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Position: Founder and Manager
Time period: June 2006 - January 2008

Employer: Sofieskolen, Bagsvaerd Denmark
Position: Teaching assistant
Time period: August 2005 - December 2006
Description: Teaching assistant at a home for severely autistic handicapped children just north of Copenhagen. I worked primarily in the weekends, and on night shifts, with the responsibility for a 6 year old boy who lived permanently in the home.

Employer: Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark
Position: Students assistant
Time period: August 2004 - December 2006

Employer: Byhaveskolen, Svendborg, Denmark
Position: Teaching Assistant
Time period: August 2003 - July 2004

Employer: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Position: Scientific assistant
Time period: December 2007

EDUCATION

University: Technical University of Denmark
Time period: 2004 - 2009
Degree: Biotechnology, MEng

University: Stanford University
Time period: 2006 - 2007
Degree: Biotechnology, BEng

INFORMATION

Memberships: Membership of the talent network “Moment Talent”
Henry & Mary Skovs Foundation
Ulla & Mogens Folmer Andersens Foundation
Member of the Jury in the Life Science category in Venture Cup Denmark
Member of the advisory board at the Department of Systems Biology, the
Technical University of Denmark
Awards: Awarded to the top student at DTU
Awarded to best biotech/chemtech student in Denmark
Awarded by former national bank director, Bodil Nyboe Andersen, after personal interviews with top business talents in Denmark
Honorary award, 15th European Union Contest for Young Scientist
2nd award at the Danish Young Scientist Final

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  • Biotech Academy

    BA connects elite students from DTU Systems Biology with top industrial leaders. The students in return creates educational materiale for Danish high school students. "Talent and responsibility for motivating the younger goes hand in hand in BA"

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  • NetUnderviser ApS

    Education on the internet We are cooperating with 26 danish colleges making the best e-learning-system in the world. A team with over 60 teachers and a platform with over 14.000 teststudents we are doing huge progress.

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