{"id":11,"date":"2020-09-24T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lars-christian.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2024-04-11T08:30:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T07:30:06","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lars-christian.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My name is Lars-Christian Simonsen. I am a thirtysomething man from \ud83d\udccd <em><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/qY6Ugux1Kni475XB9\">Ski<\/a><\/em>, just outside of&nbsp;<em>Oslo<\/em>, the capital of \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 <em>Norway<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"background\">Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been creating stuff online for more than twenty years. Professionally, however, I pursued a Master\u2019s Degree in Economics and Business Administration. After graduating in 2012, I gained nearly a decade of experience in business finance, management and administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I decided to get back to my roots. I wanted to turn my passion for building and promoting online into a profession. I quit my job as a finance and administration manager, and landed a role in Product Information Management (PIM) with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/coop.no\/\">Coop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"skills-and-experience\">Skills and experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tech\">\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffc\u200d\ud83d\udcbb Tech<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Content Management Systems<\/strong>&nbsp;like&nbsp;<em>WordPress<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Optimizely<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Implementation<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>streamlining<\/strong>&nbsp;of complex&nbsp;<em>ERP<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>CRM<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>HRM<\/em>&nbsp;systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Front End<\/strong>&nbsp;web development&nbsp;<em>HTML<\/em>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<em>CSS<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Product information management<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>process design<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>data model management<\/em>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<em>InRiver<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"content\">\ud83d\udcdd Content<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Writing<\/strong>&nbsp;ranging from&nbsp;<em>short copy<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>long form articles<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AI<\/strong>&nbsp;assisted content creation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Photo<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>video<\/strong>&nbsp;from capture to production with tools like the&nbsp;<em>Adobe Creative Suite<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Canva<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Final Cut Pro<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>LumaFusion<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>UI<\/strong>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<strong>UX work<\/strong>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<em>Sketch<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Figma<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Newsletters<\/strong>&nbsp;using&nbsp;<em>Mailchimp<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>ConvertKit<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"analysis\">\ud83d\udcca Analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Data management<\/strong>&nbsp;with expert level knowledge of&nbsp;<em>Excel<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Web analysis<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>tracking<\/strong>&nbsp;using&nbsp;<em>Google Analytics<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Google Tag Manager<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SEO strategy<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>implementation<\/strong>&nbsp;utilising tools like&nbsp;<em>Ahrefs<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Semrush<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SEM<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>PPC marketing<\/strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Google Ads<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Facebook Ads Manager<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"analysis\">\ud83d\uddc2 Admin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Extensive&nbsp;<strong>project management<\/strong>&nbsp;experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Knowledgeable in&nbsp;<strong>process management<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>task automation<\/strong>&nbsp;with no- and low-code solutions like&nbsp;<em>Zapier<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Power Automate<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experienced in&nbsp;<strong>meeting management<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skilled in defining&nbsp;<strong>KPIs<\/strong>&nbsp;and and creating relevant&nbsp;<strong>report structures<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"likes\">Likes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"family\">\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83d\udc67\u200d\ud83d\udc66 Family<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been blessed with an amazing family that includes a wife and two beautiful kids ages 5 and 2. They are my world. Everything I do, I do for them, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/run161.com\/stories\/fathers-day-run\/\">the one we lost<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"long-distance-running\">\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2642\ufe0f Long distance running<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I still manage to run every day, sometimes twice. The marathon is my Sisyphean mountain. I\u2019m also a fan of track and field and road racing, and follow the sport. Locally and globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fantasy-novels\">\ud83d\udcda Fantasy novels<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s nothing quite like disappearing into a world where anything can happen. My favourite authors include Joe Abercrombie, Brandon Sanderson and Neil Gaiman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"projects\">Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I am always fidgeting with one project or another. To learn something, hone my skills, or sometimes simply to pass time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"run161\"><a href=\"https:\/\/run161.com\/\">Run161<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong>&nbsp;I created this website to explore my passion for running. It started out as a simple blog. Nowadays, it is an extensive resource on running training. And the weekly newsletter goes out to more than a thousand runners every week. The concept is always evolving in tune with my desire to learn and explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stack:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>WordPress<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Convertkit<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Email me at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:blog@lars-christian.com\">blog@lars-christian.com<\/a> to get in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"AboutHistory\">\/about history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I wrote the first version of this page when I started this blog in 2005. You can view previous editions of my \/about page here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lars-christian.com\/about\/about-12-april-2005\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1443\">12 April 2005<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>More to come as I bring back the archives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Lars-Christian Simonsen. I am a thirtysomething man from \ud83d\udccd Ski, just outside of&nbsp;Oslo, the capital of \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 Norway. Background I have been creating stuff online for more than twenty years. Professionally, however, I pursued a Master\u2019s Degree in Economics and Business Administration. 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