20 years of broad-range engineering and managerial experience, successful in leading R&D and production teams. Versed at interacting with a diverse group of colleagues and managing stakeholders. Experienced with product development and prototyping. Recognized for high level of initiative and creative complex problem solving.
15+ years of experience in the HW & SW design industries, with particular emphasis on embedded and high availability systems. My career spanned from very technical hands on positions at first, such as embedded SW programmer, HW schematics and PCB designing, systems engineering all the way to now later management positions, such as team lead, project manager and director. I have worked for companies from 10 to 200 employees, and managed teams from 1 to 15 collaborators. I have been employed in Denmark throughout those years, but I have interfaced only with international customers, and the teams were generally very culturally and geographically diverse.
I am specialized in the agriculture industry specifically on indoor and vertical farming technologies. I worked in project management, engineering, and had experience in sales both in Denmark and Italy.
I have a background in Energy, Civil and Industrial engineering. In the past 3 years I have been mentor of Master thesis and worked on other university projects as external supervisor.
I have an engineering degree within organic Chemistry and medicinal chemistry and have centered my work around the Life Science Industry. Starting out doing research with small companies, beeing a project manager and Associate manager in Novo Nordisk for 10 years and now working with external collaborations between RUC and other universities, hospitals and pharma companies within Life Science and health.
For me it is important that your carrier ambitions and life ambitions match. Your carrier should be sustainable and provide joy, fun and increase the number of good people in your life as well as fulfilling your ambitions and using your potential.
I graduated from DTU in 2006.
For the past 25+ years i have been working with technology, primarily IT across multiple industries and geographies. I have gained a broad knowledge of business and how to translate this into technology implementations/process enablement. Currently i work in retail, but have management consulting experience from the financial sector in multiple geographies.
My key passion is to accelerate the green transition by combining my knowhow of energy technologies and markets with concise communicate and outgoing nature.
I recently graduated from DTU in 2017 with a MSc. in Physics and afterwards did a PhD at DTU Chemical Engineering ending in 2020. During my DTU time, I was engaged in the DTU Dancing and was assistant teacher multiple times thus helping others to succeed and perform is close to my heart.
My career took me to the Danish Energy Agency, where I as project leader and energy consultant collaborated interdisciplinary with authorities, knowledge institutions, industry associations etc. to accelerate the green transition. My green dedication continued as I progressed to chief consultant in the knowledge center called Danish Center for Energy Storage and now in the engineering consultancy company NIRAS.
Besides my professional career, I am an active person who like to run, train, play music, dance and travel.
I have over 8 years of experience as a consulting structural engineer. I have primarily worked in small engineering firms, contributing to a wide range of projects in both type and scale.
This has given me broad insight into the Danish building sector — from collaborating with small contractors on simple alterations, such as creating new door openings, to participating in large-scale, multi-year construction projects, and many in between.
I have a strong understanding of the mindset and technical skills required of a modern consulting engineer, particularly when it comes to designing and documenting load-bearing structures in compliance with the Eurocodes and the Danish Building Regulations (Bygningsreglementet).
Owner & Director, Craft Brewing Consult | Chairman, Danish Brewers’ Guild
Brewing executive-turned-consultant with 25+ years’ experience—from Brewery manager at To Øl, leading expansions and global production at Mikkeller to technical roles at Carlsberg and NIRAS. I help teams turn ideas into scalable and efficient beverage operations and communicate them clearly to stakeholders.
I have 5+ years of industry experience following a PhD in academia, with a foundation in drug delivery and medicinal chemistry. My career has spanned both the medtech and biotech sectors, with a current focus on peptide drug discovery and the application of automation and high-throughput synthesis to accelerate drug development.
I thrive in the intersection of design, hands-on execution, and leadership—driving robust technical solutions that enhance the efficiency and impact of the discovery pipeline. My motivation comes from turning scientific insight into tangible progress, and I take pride in building systems that make R&D more agile and innovative.
Mariana is a Principal at Biobridge Partners, a Life Science Strategy Consultancy based out of Copenhagen
Mariana brings 20 years of experience in management consulting within the life science industry, focusing on strategy, transformation, and operations at Deloitte, Bayer, and several clients in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors. She has led transformative initiatives in areas such as strategic planning, new product and service introductions, operating model improvements, customer experience & analytics, and sustainability. Mariana has a proven track record of successfully collaborating with regional and global teams across the United States, Latin America, and Europe to achieve ambitious goals.
Mariana holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics from the University of North Carolina and an MBA in Marketing, Analytical Consulting and Biotechnology from Kellogg School of Management.
