EDUCATION
University of Bergen (1995–2000)
- Information Science, Master’s degree (Cand.polit.) at the Faculty of Social Sciences (Papers) (Spring 2000)
- Organizational and Work Psychology (minor) at the Faculty of Psychology (Spring 1998)
- Logic (semester course) at the Faculty of Humanities (Spring 2002)
- Philosophy (intermediate level) at the Faculty of Humanities (Papers) (Autumn 1996)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Tet Digital AS
- Chief Technology Officer (CTO) (Aug 2025 – present)
Haugaland Kraft Energi AS
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (Aug 2022 – Aug 2025)
Haugaland Kraft AS
- Group Director – Development & Digitalization (CDO) (Apr 2018 – Jul 2022)
Bekk Consulting AS
- Head of Technology Department (Jan 2016 – Jul 2018)
- Manager / Practice Lead – Continuous Delivery, DevOps & Cloud (Aug 2010 – Dec 2015)
NorgesGruppen Data AS
- Discipline Manager – System Development (Jul 2008 – Aug 2010)
- Group Lead for a 12-developer Java team (Jan 2006 – Jun 2008)
- Systems Developer / Architect / Project Manager (Feb 2004 – Dec 2005)
EDB Business Consulting / EDB Fellesdata
- Senior Consultant (Jan 2002 – Apr 2003 and May 2003 – Jan 2004)
- Lecturer in Multimedia Handling, Department of Information Science, University of Bergen (Jan – Jul 2003)
- Consultant (Mar – Dec 2001)
Department of Information Science, University of Bergen
- Senior / Chief Engineer (50% position) (1998 – 2000)
- Teaching Assistant – Information Technology (Spring 1998)
Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen
- Tutor – Ex.phil. (Autumn 1997)
Student Welfare Organisation in Bergen
- Group Leader, Project “Study Start” (Autumn 1997)
Trollsteinen Kindergarten, Fyllingsdalen
- Kindergarten Assistant (1993 – 1995)
Various summer jobs – Beitostølen Health Sports Center
- Night guard, recreation assistant, guide (physically disabled / blind), maintenance assistant (1991 – 1998)
Military Service (1994):
- Sergeant training at the School Company, Infantry Training Division No. 2
- Service period with the 2nd Battalion, Brigade North
SCHOLARSHIPS
- ICCBR’99 (International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning) scholarship (1999)
- L. Meltzer’s Fund – awarded to particularly gifted students (1998 and 1999)
ORGANIZATIONS
Student Society of Bergen
- Four semesters (two on the board), Autumn 1995 – Spring 1997
LANGUAGES
- English – fluent
- German – basic
INTERESTS
- Snowboarding
- Playing bass in Gauge 44; previously guitar in .moot, Squelch and Kald Skulder.