Experience

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  Plex, Inc.

  • Director of Product and Metadata

    • Sep 2022 - Present

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  Vuu

  • Ålesund, Norway

  • CEO / Founder

    • Oct 2015 - Jun 2023
    • Ålesund, Norway

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  Portalia

  • Interaction Designer / iOS Developer

    • Mar 2010 - Oct 2015

    Responsible for all iOS development projects, including all programming tasks, and for maintaining client relationships with multi-million dollar companies.

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  Object Factory

  • CEO / Software Developer

    • Nov 2008 - Oct 2015

    Single-handedly designed, developed and released multiple apps for the iOS App Store. Climbed to #2 in Top Paid apps in the U.S. App Store with Social for the iPad, a Facebook client, beating Angry Birds for 2 consecutive weeks in 2010.

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  Panasonic Silicon Valley Laboratory, Panasonic R&D Company of America

  • Cupertino, California

  • Project Manager

    • Jan 2012 - Aug 2012
    • Cupertino, California

    Performed project management for client-based group project researching future methods of interactivity in public spaces. Applied learned user-centered research methods and interaction design techniques.

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  Carnegie Mellon University

  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

  • Teaching Assistant

    • Jan 2012 - May 2012
    • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Worked as a teaching assistant for the "Developing iPad Applications for Visualization and Insight" class where I was responsible for grading all homework and holding weekly office hours to assist students with coding problems and provide mentoring for final projects. I also assisted in shaping the direction of the course, along with the professor and a team from Apple.

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  Showtime Ålesund

  • Ålesund, Norway

  • Owner / Manager

    • Jan 2004 - Jan 2011
    • Ålesund, Norway

    Managed all store operations and operated the store with a profit for 7 years with increased profitability each year.

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  Board of Aalesund University College (NTNU)

  • Ålesund, Norway

  • Student Representative

    • Jan 2004 - Jun 2005
    • Ålesund, Norway

    Advised the Board in making sure that the school was run efficiently and in accordance with the laws and regulations, frameworks and goals provided by the government. Laid out strategies for college activities, and made important decisions in connection with finance, professional development and internal organization.

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  Norwegian Army

  • Bardufoss, Norway

  • Corporal

    • Aug 2001 - May 2002
    • Bardufoss, Norway

    Served as a corporal for the communication division at Heggelia Garrison. Performed various IT-related jobs, all classified as Top Secret.