Jan is a senior leader in the publishing and EdTech industry. He holds a master's degree from the University of Copenhagen (English, Learning and Pedagogics) and was employed at Egmont from 2004 to 2018 (Danish media group with activities in 30 countries and 6,200 employees). As an Editor, Editorial Director and Editor-in-chief, Jan has knowledge and hands-on experience in all aspects of the publishing industry. As president of Egmont's high school publishing house running editorial, sales, marketing, organizational development, innovation, and strategy and as the architect of a national digital platform used by 10 competing publishing houses, Jan has executed successful business innovation with a special focus on effective publishing systems across companies. Today, Jan is head of development and product management of the publishing and educational platform from Area9 Lyceum, and he has the overall responsibility for partnerships in the kindergarten to Higher Education K20 space, globally.