Johan Faerch Better to be than to pretend

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I'm a Team Leader and Ex-Special Forces Operator

with +30 years of experience in leading and transforming teams and organizations. I join a team to make a difference!

I set high standards for organizational development, team development and pro-active security. All on the basis of the companys executable strategy.

I have extensive knowledge of IT, from concept through implementation and optimization.

I'd love to talk more with you about your needs ☕

  • Organization
  • Teams
  • Security
  • IT Transformation

Personal Values

  • Courage
  • Openness
  • Vision
  • Integrity
  • Perseverance

Hands-on highlights

  • Leadership
  • Mentoring
  • Visionary on people, tech and strategy
  • Implementing structure
  • Developing self-leading teams

Relevant learning

  • 2022-2025 AI/LLM - USA
  • 2024 ESG - Sweden
  • 2024 Board Education - Board Institute
  • 2017 GDPR - Bech-Bruun Lawyers
  • 2014 MBA - Denmark

Experience

COO (+50 staff)

Strategic work leading to an organization with middle management replaced with self-organizing, self-leading High Performance Teams, and psychological safety.

Vastly improved production and employee satisfaction.

Lead Software Engineer (5-25 team members)

Developed, built and implemented software for Fin-Tech and ERP solutions.

Worked with both on-site and remote teams.

CEO (+70 staff)

Implemented FOSS for 80% of the tools used with budget savings of 60-80% and vastly improved uptimes

Improved administration and efficiency pushing profits from 20 to nearly 40%

Implemented cloud tools, 55" dashboards and iPad-like tools as early as 2002-2007

Special Forces, Operator
Danish Army Jægerkorpset

Leadership and High Performance Teams in extreme environments

Skydiving

With the Army or with my wife, I like to jump out of flying objects - 700 times between 400 and 33.000 feet

Communication

Danish, English, Swedish, (German)