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      "Delivered 15+ Power Apps and 50+ Power Automate flows as a citizen developer at The LEGO Group.",
      "MSc and BSc in Engineering from Aarhus University, both with a final grade of 12 (A+).",
      "Research Assistant at Aarhus University: supervising 3 MSc projects and presenting an AI literature-review agent at OSSYM 2026.",
      "Rated 4.9 / 5 by students as instructor in Web Technologies."
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