Chief Executive Officer

• Jan 2022 - Present

ICA-Finance AS (Immediate Climate Action Finance) is an Oslo-based investment company providing financing and project management of emission reduction activities for the energy sector in emerging markets. We deliver immediate climate action. Thus far, the total impact delivered by ICA-Finance equals 9.9 million tons of CO2e removed and approximately 72 million euros of carbon credit finance generated. (Btw that’s 22.8 million barrels of oil consumed). The company's history… Show more ICA-Finance AS (Immediate Climate Action Finance) is an Oslo-based investment company providing financing and project management of emission reduction activities for the energy sector in emerging markets. We deliver immediate climate action. Thus far, the total impact delivered by ICA-Finance equals 9.9 million tons of CO2e removed and approximately 72 million euros of carbon credit finance generated. (Btw that’s 22.8 million barrels of oil consumed). The company's history dates back to 2005, and was de-merged from Carbon Limits AS in 2021. We continue the financing, generation, and monetization of GHG emissions projects which includes sales of High Integrity Carbon Credits. Enabled by a team of experts with decades of experience, ICA-Finance offers full risk-based service from project identification and assessment to project financing, implementation, carbon credit development and carbon credit sales. We leverage strong international partners to manage all activities of the project cycle, collaborating with Carbon Limits AS, Carbon Limits Nigeria, Iraqi Green Climate Organization (IGCO) and Pollination. The current project development focus of ICA-Finance is Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iraq, with expansion to other economies underway. We have ambitious plans. Stay tuned for upcoming news on our mission towards a net-zero future. Show less ICA-Finance AS (Immediate Climate Action Finance) is an Oslo-based investment company providing financing and project management of emission reduction activities for the energy sector in emerging markets. We deliver immediate climate action. Thus far, the total impact delivered by ICA-Finance equals 9.9 million tons of CO2e removed and approximately 72 million euros of carbon credit finance generated. (Btw that’s 22.8 million barrels of oil consumed). The company's history… Show more ICA-Finance AS (Immediate Climate Action Finance) is an Oslo-based investment company providing financing and project management of emission reduction activities for the energy sector in emerging markets. We deliver immediate climate action. Thus far, the total impact delivered by ICA-Finance equals 9.9 million tons of CO2e removed and approximately 72 million euros of carbon credit finance generated. (Btw that’s 22.8 million barrels of oil consumed). The company's history dates back to 2005, and was de-merged from Carbon Limits AS in 2021. We continue the financing, generation, and monetization of GHG emissions projects which includes sales of High Integrity Carbon Credits. Enabled by a team of experts with decades of experience, ICA-Finance offers full risk-based service from project identification and assessment to project financing, implementation, carbon credit development and carbon credit sales. We leverage strong international partners to manage all activities of the project cycle, collaborating with Carbon Limits AS, Carbon Limits Nigeria, Iraqi Green Climate Organization (IGCO) and Pollination. The current project development focus of ICA-Finance is Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iraq, with expansion to other economies underway. We have ambitious plans. Stay tuned for upcoming news on our mission towards a net-zero future. Show less

Board Member

• Jul 2022 - Present

SoftSeaweed was established in 2021 in Norway by an international team of people with long experience in the seaweed industry, engineering, management consulting, IT and agriculture. It aims to support the seaweed farmers to develop their business in a sustainable and profitable way. Software as a Service + Hardware + Big data + AI SoftSeaweed was established in 2021 in Norway by an international team of people with long experience in the seaweed industry, engineering, management consulting, IT and agriculture. It aims to support the seaweed farmers to develop their business in a sustainable and profitable way. Software as a Service + Hardware + Big data + AI

Board Member

• May 2022 - Present

WeMe is a Nordic Wellbeing Technology Startup developing AI-based SaaS tools for employees and managers that empowers businesses to integrate wellbeing through action based digital dialogue, preventing stress and burnout and improving overall performance. - Easy to implement and offering great value with immediate results improving mental and emotional health. Because Dialogue Pays Off. WeMe is a Nordic Wellbeing Technology Startup developing AI-based SaaS tools for employees and managers that empowers businesses to integrate wellbeing through action based digital dialogue, preventing stress and burnout and improving overall performance. - Easy to implement and offering great value with immediate results improving mental and emotional health. Because Dialogue Pays Off.

Co-Founder

• Jan 2019 - Present

www.upstock.io www.upstock.io

Principal

• Jun 2013 - Present

Assisting a range of technology companies in various phases of growth. Bridging trust between technology, business and finance. M&A and investment banking advisory. Interim management. Equity based incentives (stock-options/employee shareownership) design and advisory.

Chairman, Directorships and assignments - summary

• Mar 2013 - Present

Past duties Nornir - Board Member, 2020-2021, www.nornir.no Drylab R&D - Chairman, 2014-2020, Board member, 2020-2021. www.drylab.io Friend Software - Board Member 2015-2020, www.friendos.com Unite Living - Chairman, 2017-2018, www.uniteliving.com Meawallet AS - Chairman, March 2015 - June 2016, www.meawallet.com Accurate Equity AS - Board Member, April 2013 - March 2015, www.accurateequity.com American Coalition of Stock Plan Administrators (ACSPA) - Board Member 2011… Show more Past duties Nornir - Board Member, 2020-2021, www.nornir.no Drylab R&D - Chairman, 2014-2020, Board member, 2020-2021. www.drylab.io Friend Software - Board Member 2015-2020, www.friendos.com Unite Living - Chairman, 2017-2018, www.uniteliving.com Meawallet AS - Chairman, March 2015 - June 2016, www.meawallet.com Accurate Equity AS - Board Member, April 2013 - March 2015, www.accurateequity.com American Coalition of Stock Plan Administrators (ACSPA) - Board Member 2011 -2013

Chairman

• Feb 2021 - Apr 2023

Board Member

• Dec 2014 - Dec 2021

Co-founder and Chairman 2014-2020. SaaS platform for film and TV creators, to safeguard artistic intention, save time and make life easier on-set. This includes applications for metadata handling, dailies distribution and collaboration. Most of us work with movies and TV every day, and all of us are passionate about creating user friendly and powerful creative tools. http://drylab.no/ Co-founder and Chairman 2014-2020. SaaS platform for film and TV creators, to safeguard artistic intention, save time and make life easier on-set. This includes applications for metadata handling, dailies distribution and collaboration. Most of us work with movies and TV every day, and all of us are passionate about creating user friendly and powerful creative tools. http://drylab.no/

Chief Executive Officer

• Jun 2020 - Mar 2021

LiDAR - electro-optical sensors for autonomous vehicles in the automotive industry. In a very short time, we built up an excellent team of scientists and strategists and were able to develop a ground-breaking technology. In March, we successfully demonstrated that we could control the technology through Proof of Concepts which document the R&D work in detail. We were also successful in patenting the core concepts with solid and broad patents in a very demanding discipline. The… Show more LiDAR - electro-optical sensors for autonomous vehicles in the automotive industry. In a very short time, we built up an excellent team of scientists and strategists and were able to develop a ground-breaking technology. In March, we successfully demonstrated that we could control the technology through Proof of Concepts which document the R&D work in detail. We were also successful in patenting the core concepts with solid and broad patents in a very demanding discipline. The investors, based in Shenzhen and Beijing, decided to change strategy and discontinue the operations in Norway. I was given the challenging task of assisting the estate lawyers in the sale of the assets. Completed this work during July 2021. Show less LiDAR - electro-optical sensors for autonomous vehicles in the automotive industry. In a very short time, we built up an excellent team of scientists and strategists and were able to develop a ground-breaking technology. In March, we successfully demonstrated that we could control the technology through Proof of Concepts which document the R&D work in detail. We were also successful in patenting the core concepts with solid and broad patents in a very demanding discipline. The… Show more LiDAR - electro-optical sensors for autonomous vehicles in the automotive industry. In a very short time, we built up an excellent team of scientists and strategists and were able to develop a ground-breaking technology. In March, we successfully demonstrated that we could control the technology through Proof of Concepts which document the R&D work in detail. We were also successful in patenting the core concepts with solid and broad patents in a very demanding discipline. The investors, based in Shenzhen and Beijing, decided to change strategy and discontinue the operations in Norway. I was given the challenging task of assisting the estate lawyers in the sale of the assets. Completed this work during July 2021. Show less

CEO and Co-Founder

• Feb 2014 - Jan 2020

Hyperconverged virtual mainframe. A virtual computer "meta operating system". Centralized and decentralized versions. Friend allows users to access their applications and data on any device, anywhere in the world, with the same experience, free from the reins of tech giants. With the values of Freedom, Intelligence, Empowerment, Privacy and Integration at the core, Hyperconverged virtual mainframe. A virtual computer "meta operating system". Centralized and decentralized versions. Friend allows users to access their applications and data on any device, anywhere in the world, with the same experience, free from the reins of tech giants. With the values of Freedom, Intelligence, Empowerment, Privacy and Integration at the core,

CEO and Co-Founder

• Aug 2003 - Jun 2013

Fintech SaaS. Bootstrapped a solid international FinTech SaaS and professional services company. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Staff based in Norway, US, UK, Sweden, Finland and India A large number of of accounting reports (IFRS + USGAAP) delivered on behalf of clients without incident across all major audit firms, all sectors and 15 jurisdictions (including UK and US, the most stringent) over the last 10+ years. End of 2014 it had 18 Fortune 500… Show more Fintech SaaS. Bootstrapped a solid international FinTech SaaS and professional services company. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Staff based in Norway, US, UK, Sweden, Finland and India A large number of of accounting reports (IFRS + USGAAP) delivered on behalf of clients without incident across all major audit firms, all sectors and 15 jurisdictions (including UK and US, the most stringent) over the last 10+ years. End of 2014 it had 18 Fortune 500 companies on the client list. Partnered with Deutsche Bank since 2009, BNP Paribas since 2010, as well as several other major banks and brokers in order for the partners to manage their respective clients’ equity based incentive programs. 100% client retention 80% recurring revenue 220% upsell per client... In March 2015, Accurate Equity was sold to Equatex, a company owned by Montagu Private Equity www.montagu.com which again was a PE-backed MBO of UBS' Wealth management services. In 2018, Equatex was sold to Computershare . Show less Fintech SaaS. Bootstrapped a solid international FinTech SaaS and professional services company. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Staff based in Norway, US, UK, Sweden, Finland and India A large number of of accounting reports (IFRS + USGAAP) delivered on behalf of clients without incident across all major audit firms, all sectors and 15 jurisdictions (including UK and US, the most stringent) over the last 10+ years. End of 2014 it had 18 Fortune 500… Show more Fintech SaaS. Bootstrapped a solid international FinTech SaaS and professional services company. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Staff based in Norway, US, UK, Sweden, Finland and India A large number of of accounting reports (IFRS + USGAAP) delivered on behalf of clients without incident across all major audit firms, all sectors and 15 jurisdictions (including UK and US, the most stringent) over the last 10+ years. End of 2014 it had 18 Fortune 500 companies on the client list. Partnered with Deutsche Bank since 2009, BNP Paribas since 2010, as well as several other major banks and brokers in order for the partners to manage their respective clients’ equity based incentive programs. 100% client retention 80% recurring revenue 220% upsell per client... In March 2015, Accurate Equity was sold to Equatex, a company owned by Montagu Private Equity www.montagu.com which again was a PE-backed MBO of UBS' Wealth management services. In 2018, Equatex was sold to Computershare . Show less

Sales Executive

• Apr 2002 - Aug 2003

We commercialized the FleetMaster Log Books as the “World’s first” Electronic Log Books,. Supervising all customer contact, marketing activities, negotiations, contracts and budgeting. In charge of all aspects related to the approval process of FleetMaster by various Flag Administrations and got the log book approved by the 6 first flag administrations as “World’s first”. Last part of employment I acted as strategy advisor to the board on a consultancy basis whilst transitioning over to… Show more We commercialized the FleetMaster Log Books as the “World’s first” Electronic Log Books,. Supervising all customer contact, marketing activities, negotiations, contracts and budgeting. In charge of all aspects related to the approval process of FleetMaster by various Flag Administrations and got the log book approved by the 6 first flag administrations as “World’s first”. Last part of employment I acted as strategy advisor to the board on a consultancy basis whilst transitioning over to start up with Norse Solutions. Show less We commercialized the FleetMaster Log Books as the “World’s first” Electronic Log Books,. Supervising all customer contact, marketing activities, negotiations, contracts and budgeting. In charge of all aspects related to the approval process of FleetMaster by various Flag Administrations and got the log book approved by the 6 first flag administrations as “World’s first”. Last part of employment I acted as strategy advisor to the board on a consultancy basis whilst transitioning over to… Show more We commercialized the FleetMaster Log Books as the “World’s first” Electronic Log Books,. Supervising all customer contact, marketing activities, negotiations, contracts and budgeting. In charge of all aspects related to the approval process of FleetMaster by various Flag Administrations and got the log book approved by the 6 first flag administrations as “World’s first”. Last part of employment I acted as strategy advisor to the board on a consultancy basis whilst transitioning over to start up with Norse Solutions. Show less

Vice President Marketing Atlantic

• Mar 2001 - Apr 2002

Built up the branch office in Houston, hired the commercial team, mapping the customers in Atlantic and setting the strategy for the Segment West of Suez (60% of the NGC Fleet – 8 units of 6-8500 cbm – fully refrigerated Ethylene Carriers). Responsible for commercial activities in Atlantic (West of Suez). Special focus on finding and developing long-term strategic partner-/customer- relationships Built up the branch office in Houston, hired the commercial team, mapping the customers in Atlantic and setting the strategy for the Segment West of Suez (60% of the NGC Fleet – 8 units of 6-8500 cbm – fully refrigerated Ethylene Carriers). Responsible for commercial activities in Atlantic (West of Suez). Special focus on finding and developing long-term strategic partner-/customer- relationships

Head of Section

• Aug 1998 - Mar 2001

Earned the trust and acted as a valued technology and strategy lobbyist on behalf of one of the most powerful lobby organizations in the shipping transportation industry. Achieved satisfactory results on a variety of key strategic subjects related to operations, safety, quality and environmental issues including out-phasing of single-hull oil tankers related to Oil Pollution Act 1990 (OPA’90). Operated both on national and international level including being a representative to the… Show more Earned the trust and acted as a valued technology and strategy lobbyist on behalf of one of the most powerful lobby organizations in the shipping transportation industry. Achieved satisfactory results on a variety of key strategic subjects related to operations, safety, quality and environmental issues including out-phasing of single-hull oil tankers related to Oil Pollution Act 1990 (OPA’90). Operated both on national and international level including being a representative to the International Maritime Organization, the UN body for shipping in London. Show less Earned the trust and acted as a valued technology and strategy lobbyist on behalf of one of the most powerful lobby organizations in the shipping transportation industry. Achieved satisfactory results on a variety of key strategic subjects related to operations, safety, quality and environmental issues including out-phasing of single-hull oil tankers related to Oil Pollution Act 1990 (OPA’90). Operated both on national and international level including being a representative to the… Show more Earned the trust and acted as a valued technology and strategy lobbyist on behalf of one of the most powerful lobby organizations in the shipping transportation industry. Achieved satisfactory results on a variety of key strategic subjects related to operations, safety, quality and environmental issues including out-phasing of single-hull oil tankers related to Oil Pollution Act 1990 (OPA’90). Operated both on national and international level including being a representative to the International Maritime Organization, the UN body for shipping in London. Show less

Project Manager - Advisor

• May 1996 - Aug 1998

Contributed largely in developing a new business area around “Standards for Training, Certification and Watchkeeping” (STCW) and the “International Safety Management Code” (ISM). Managed the two first Flag State projects in DNV history, the Philippines and Panama. Lived in Manila, Panama City and New York. Managed between 40-70 people at any given time. Delivered on time-on-target for both projects. Contributed largely in developing a new business area around “Standards for Training, Certification and Watchkeeping” (STCW) and the “International Safety Management Code” (ISM). Managed the two first Flag State projects in DNV history, the Philippines and Panama. Lived in Manila, Panama City and New York. Managed between 40-70 people at any given time. Delivered on time-on-target for both projects.

Officer

• Jul 1989 - May 1996

Officer on Submarines during the majority of seagoing service Several involvements in the period 1996-2007 (undisclosed) Lecturer for Operative Branch at Royal Norwegian Naval Officer Cadet School Served in various capacities as officer on surface ships Officer on Submarines during the majority of seagoing service Several involvements in the period 1996-2007 (undisclosed) Lecturer for Operative Branch at Royal Norwegian Naval Officer Cadet School Served in various capacities as officer on surface ships