Jakob Thorsbro

Data Science Tech Lead at Danske Spil

Jakob Thorsbro has a diverse work experience history. Jakob started their career as a Mentor at Ballerup Technical High School from September 2011 to June 2012. From there, they worked as a Guide at The International Physics Olympiad in July 2013. Additionally, they served as a Vektor at the Technical University of Denmark from February 2014 to February 2015. Afterwards, they took on the role of a Student Assistant at Statens Administration from November 2015 to June 2016. In 2018, they became a Teaching Assistant at DTU - Technical University of Denmark, a position they held until December 2018. Jakob continued working as a Teaching Assistant at the same university from June 2019 to July 2019. In 2017, they began working at Quantitave Development, Danske Bank Asset Management, starting as an IT Student from June 2017 to July 2019, followed by being a Project Collaboration Student from August 2019 to April 2020, and finally becoming a Statistical Analyst from May 2020 to December 2020. Most recently, they have been employed at Danske Spil A/S, first as a Data Scientist from January 2021 to July 2022, and currently holding the position of Data Science Tech Lead starting from August 2022.

Jakob Thorsbro completed their education as follows:

- From 2018 to 2020, they pursued a Master of Engineering in Computational and Applied Mathematics at DTU - Technical University of Denmark.

- From 2013 to 2017, they obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) in Physics and Nanotechnology from DTU - Technical University of Denmark.

- In 2012, they completed a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemistry at Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen.

- From 2009 to 2012, they studied Mathematics A, Physics A, and Philosophy C as a student at Ballerup Technical High School.

- Jakob also holds additional certifications, including Databricks Certified Professional Data Scientist from Databricks (obtained in January 2022), Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate from Microsoft (obtained in February 2021), and a Data Science/Big Data specialization from BDVA - Big Data Value Association (obtained in 2020).

Overall, Jakob has a strong educational background in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computational and applied mathematics.

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Timeline

  • Data Science Tech Lead

    August, 2022 - present

  • Data Scientist

    January, 2021