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Assignment History/Education/Experience

(Aug 2019 - now)
Senior Advisor, Equinor, Oslo
Focusing on knowledge management, competence strategies, team work, community building, and learning cultures
Keywords: Governance, Azure, High Performance Computing, Python, Software development, Cyber security, Psychological safety

(July 2010 - July 2019)
Software/System Developer, Cisco Systems, Oslo
Developing systems for effective collaboration
Keywords: C, C++, Python, Security, DevOps, Software Architecture, Machine Learning, Knowledge Management
(TANDBERG was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2010)

(October 2004 - July 2010)
Software/System Developer, TANDBERG, Oslo
Developing systems for effective communication between people
Main projects: protocols, codecs and endpoints
Keywords: C, C++, Ruby, Embedded, SIP, Linux, Windows, Mac, Knowledge Management
(TANDBERG was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2010)

(June 2000 - September 2004)
Software/System Developer, BBS, Oslo
Developing systems for electronic funds transfer
Main projects: eFaktura, iBank, Avtalegiro Online, EFTPOS Terminals
Keywords: J2ME, J2EE, Corba, Solaris, Tandem, OS/390, Knowledge Management

(December 1996 - June 2000)
Software/System Developer, Schlumberger Geco-Prakla, Oslo
Developing systems for finding oil
Main projects: seismic acquisition systems and online geophysical processing and intepretation
Keywords: C++, Corba, HPC, Sun, Solaris, Geophysics, Knowledge Management

(September 1996 - December 1996)
PhD studies, Trondheim (NOT COMPLETED!)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.
Provisional title: Knowledge Discovery techniques in Network Management
Keywords: Java, Telematics, System Reliability, Traffic Theory
(Gave up after 2 months due to complications beyond my control)

(September 1995 - September 1996)
MSc in Intelligent Robotics, Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh, Department of Artificial Intelligence.
Thesis: Preprocessing techniques for NN-based classifiers
Keywords: C, C++, Lisp, Prolog, Image Processing
(Completed degree with good results. Thesis rated ‘top 10’)

(September 1992 - June 1995)
BEng(Hons) in Software Engineering, Manchester
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
Diploma: Training Neural Networks with Genetic Algorithms
Keywords: C, C++, Assembler, OO, Structural, Embedded Systems
(Completed with 1st Class Honours Degree)

(October 1991 - August 1992)
Norwegian Army, Ingeniørregimentet, Hønefoss
National service. Worked in the office as Administration Assistant (Corporal).

(August 1989 - June 1991)
International Baccalaureate, Trondheim Katedralskole
Specialisation: Mathematics, Physics, History.
Project: Velocity distribution of molecules in a monatomic gas.
Keywords: Pascal, Assembler, 2D/3D vectors
(IB is equivalent to british A-Levels and norwegian naturfaglinja)

(Aug 1988 - Jun 1989)
Grunnkurs Almenfag, Trondheim Katedralskole

(Aug 1987 - Jun 1988)
Grunnkurs Handel og Kontor, Nidareid VGS

(1988 - 1995)
Various summerjobs:
summer 1995 - Micro Design AS, Trondheim (Sybase, VBA, Unix, NT)
summer 1994 - Micro Design AS, Selbu (C, VxWorks, HDLC, DSP, Unix)
summer 1993 - Torinno AS, Oslo (SQLWindows, SQLBase, documentation)
summer 1992 - Torinno AS, Oslo (SQLWindows, Excel XLM, DDE)
summer 1991 - Studentsamskibnaden i Trondheim (janitor assistant)
summer 1990 - Studentsamskibnaden i Trondheim (janitor assistant)
summer 1989 - Studentsamskibnaden i Trondheim (janitor assistant)
summer 1988 - Studentsamskibnaden i Trondheim (janitor assistant)