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Welcome Kenneth!

Who's Kenneth? What will he be doing at Umbraco HQ? šŸ¤” He'll let you know right here:

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Say hello to the newest member of the Umbraco D-team: Kenneth! Heā€™s not all new to Umbraco or Umbraco Cloud, but heā€™s all new to Umbraco HQ and weā€™re super excited to have him join us as a senior developer. No need to mention he enjoys coding away on his keyboard, but heā€™s also a great fan of other ā€œboardsā€... figure out which by getting to know Kenneth a little better right here:

My new job at Umbraco HQ

Hello my name is Kenneth Jakobsen and Iā€™m the newest addition to the Umbraco Development team! I will be working as a senior developer on Umbraco Cloud.

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Iā€™ve been programming for most of my life and love the challenges it brings.

At 15 my fascination with the web started. I saw an awesome website on geocities and wanted to know how to make one for myself, and down the rabbit hole I went. Soon after I thought: this is fun, I should make a career out of this!

Iā€™ve been working with CMS systems for 6 years, including Umbraco and in my previous jobĀ I have also been working with Umbraco Cloud. In my new role I get to be ā€œon the other sideā€ helping improve the experience, whatā€™s not to like?

But that's not the only Umbraco "experience" I have. Iā€™ve even been to Codegarden (the biggest Umbraco conference held annually by Umbraco HQ) the last 2 years. You never really know what to expect at this conference, other than an awesome experience and a lot of new information.

Next time (CG18), Iā€™m really looking forward to my first CG experience as an Umbraco HQ team member.Ā Maybe Iā€™ll be put in a rabbit costume? Who knows šŸ˜…

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But it's not all about coding...

Iā€™m 34, father, husband, developer among other things.

Iā€™ve got a son, Theo (3 years old), Ā and one more on the way (Naming is hard!).

I currently resided to a small town called Langeskov just 10 km outside of Odense, with my wife and my kid(s). So not too far from Umbraco HQ.

I love spending my free time with a board beneath my feet. This fascination started in the early 90ā€™s where I learned to skate.

A couple of years later I realized that I could skate on water, but alas, there are very few waves in Denmark, so I started windsurfing instead. I no longer windsurf, but I kitesurf whenever I can.Ā The picture below is a picture of my gear. Being a nerd at heart also goes for gear which means I can spend hours upon hours researching gear and watching videos on how to nail those pesky tricks.

Surf Gear

In the winter I love to put a board under my feet Ā - a snowboard. And I have just bought a board for my son so he can start having fun with dad!

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I also play golf with friends and family on a non competitive level because there is nothing wrong with beer and golf!

But itā€™s not all sport and action for me - Iā€™m also an avid Formula 1 watcher and has been for the better part of 10 yearsĀ šŸĀ I usually end up getting up at 6 on a Sunday to watch the race when they are in Asia. Yeah, Iā€™m that dedicatedĀ šŸŽļø šŸ˜‰

Whatā€™s to come ?

Now you know a little more about me and my new job at Umbraco HQ . The future here seems pretty exciting.

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As I started at Umbraco HQ on the 1st of December I havenā€™t actually been here for very long - but Iā€™ve been given a very warm welcome. Ā In my first week I took part in the company Christmas party. The party was a great insight into how strong a bond there is among the colleagues here at Umbraco HQ (I can reveal that some choir singing was involvedā€¦ and later a bit of drunken karaoke šŸŽ¤ )

I have also joined the company football team, the infamous ā€œUnicornsā€. Everybody who feels like it joins and itā€™s a lot more fun than it might sound -Ā plus, another great way to bond with my new colleaguesĀ šŸ˜‰

But thatā€™s not all - soon Iā€™ll be getting a new title! Iā€™m currently an Umbraco Certified Professional but from January 2018, I should (will!) be able to call myself: ā€œUmbraco Certified Masterā€.

Oh, and then Iā€™ll also be building kickass systems for you to enjoy,Ā and hopefully meet you atĀ CG18Ā šŸ˜‰

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