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Lead Strategic Data Scientist @ Arelion Copenhagen, Denmark

Professional Snapshot

I bridge network engineering and financial strategy, leading data science initiatives that optimize Arelion’s global infrastructure and long-range planning. With 15+ years across telecom networks, capacity planning, and advanced analytics, I translate complex datasets into decisions that grow revenue, tame costs, and elevate customer experience.

Recent Highlights

Lead Strategic Data Scientist

Arelion · 2025 – Present · Copenhagen

  • Owns forecasting models for power, site, lease, and maintenance spend that guide pricing and capital strategy.
  • Maps physical and virtual network assets to product outcomes so leadership can prioritize investment.
  • Delivers executive dashboards for the VP of Network Technology & Customer Operations and CEO.
  • Builds reproducible analytics pipelines with R, Python, Airflow, Docker, and SQL.

Senior Network Data Scientist

Arelion · 2024 – 2025

  • Created models that connect financial, capacity, and asset data to drive strategic decisions.
  • Maintained the Long Run Incremental Cost model for network products to support pricing.
  • Tracked installed vs. unutilized capacity to sharpen operational efficiency.
  • Authored board-level reporting for network technology and customer operations.
Earlier roles across Akamai, TDC NET, Syntropy, and academia
  • Led EMEA capacity planning at Akamai, combining time-series modeling with partner negotiations.
  • Designed IP network upgrades and business cases as a Network Planning Engineer at TDC NET.
  • Supported CDN and infrastructure initiatives for Syntropy and guided telecom research at Aalborg University.

Education

PhD Defense — Full Talk