VENFLUC - Key Persons


Anders Mandrup Hansen

Job Titles:
  • Founder / Director of Sales, Load Specialist
Anders has 8 years of experience within the offshore wind industry and comes from a position as Senior Load Engineer at Ørsted. Anders is an expert in aeroelastic modelling and load calculations related to design of offshore foundations and has a long track record in mathematical modelling and engineering software development.

Caitlin Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Student Assistant
With a comprehensive understanding of structural dynamics from her recent courses at DTU, Caitlin brings valuable expertise to Venfluc. Her proficiency in coding, especially when evaluating finite element models in modal, damping, and vibration analyses, makes her a crucial addition to our development team. Caitlin actively supports both our software development and consultancy teams, contributing her unique skills and knowledge to the improvement of our services.

Kenneth Hansen

Job Titles:
  • Founder / Director of Consulting, Finite Element Specialist
Kenneth has 8 years of experience within the offshore wind industry focusing on development of new design methodologies and optimization of existing designs used for offshore structures. Kenneth has a background as a specialist and a senior structural engineer at Ørsted. He uses his skills within finite element analysis and previous experience with technical development and quality improvement within fabrication and installation of offshore structures to contribute to savings and optimized solutions for our clients.

Kristian Kousgaard Mikkelsen

Job Titles:
  • Founder / Director of Technology, Monopile Design Specialist
Kristian has extensive experience in design and optimisation of monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines. He has performed the detailed design of foundations for Gunfleet Sands 3 and West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farms and acted as a lead engineer for several projects. Furthermore, Kristian has developed software used to conduct the detailed design of more than a thousand monopile foundations. The software has also been employed regularly to provide foundation input for bids and reassess existing foundations. For many years Kristian was the main driver behind, and technically responsible for the optimisation efforts for monopile design in Ørsted, introducing novel design approaches and cutting costs significantly. Additionally, Kristian has authored primary steel technical documentation, design briefs and guidelines for the optimisation of monopile foundations.