ULRIK JUUL CHRISTENSEN
CO-FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, AREA9
PROFILE
Co-founder & Executive Chairman, Area9 Group
2005 – Present
Global Director, Laerdal Medical
2004 – 2005
CEO, Laerdal Sophus A
2002 – 2005
Founder & Managing Director, Sophus Medical
1997 – 2001
Doctor of Medicine, University of Copenhagen
2002
KEY INSIGHTS
Ulrik Juul Christensen has spent the last 20 years pioneering advancements in adaptive learning and computer simulation which challenge the traditional ways of learning Growing up in a family of educators, he has had a lifelong affinity for both learning and teaching. After attaining a medical degree, Ulrik Juul Christensen moved on to become a highly successful leader and entrepreneur In 2006, he co-founded Area9 Group which has been at the forefront of creating platforms for individualised learning ever since.
AREA9
Having researched different facets of learning for more than 20 years, Area9 aims to give each user a personalised learning experience tailored to their individual needs. A collaboration between Area9 Learning and McGraw Hill to create an adaptive learning tool for higher education was so successful that in 2014, the American publisher purchased Area9 Learning for DKK 1.5 billion according to Borsen
