Jakob Nielsen

Principal Designer, Microsoft Office | Founder and CEO, Make Digital Solutions ApS

Role: Founder and CEO at Make Digital Solutions Aps
Location: Redmond, WA, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

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About Jakob Nielsen

Visionary and result-oriented leader, design manager and expert in user interface design and human-computer interaction. 38+ years of experience in designing and building business applications. 26+ years of Microsoft experience: 5 years in consulting and 21+ years in product development achieving outstanding results, at the team and organizational level, as an individual and through others. Experienced design manager with years of experience building and leading a large, high-performance team of user experience designers and researchers across multiple locations and time zones. Solid track record of working with people, influencing and having impact at all levels of a large and distributed organization.Designed the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface for the Navision Financials 1.0 business management solution for small and medium size businesses. This product was first in its category to receive the ‘Designed for Microsoft Windows 95’ designation. Version 6 of this product was released in 2008 as Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 featuring a RoleTailored user experience. The product is used today by more than 1 million users in more than 40 countries.

Experience

Founder and CEO
Make Digital Solutions Aps
Mar 2023 — Present

Education

DTU - Technical University of Denmark
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science
1985 — 1991

Skills

Microsoft Technologies
Software Design
Personas
Wpf
Mind Mapping
Design Strategy
Design Management
Usability Engineering
Microsoft Excel
Rapid Prototyping
User Experience Design
User Interface
Interaction Design
Wire Framing
Project Management
Software Development
Usability Testing
Agile Methodologies
Web Application Design
Software Project Management
User-Centered Design
User Interface Design
Mobile Applications
Visual Basic for Applications (Vba)
Software Engineering
Linq
User Experience
User Research
Axapta
C#
.net
C/Al
Navision
Computer Science
Visual Design
Paper Prototyping
Erp
Information Architecture
Product Management
Enterprise Software

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