Experience

Future Ocean Incubator

• Norway
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head

  • Oct 2023 - Present



VIS

• Norway
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Startup

  • Sep 2023 - Present

  Proud to be a part of the vibrant VIS Startup ecosystem in Bergen, the top-ranked Incubators in Norway. Gratitude is the word when I think of our incredible teams and visionary startups. Together, they are the heartbeat of our three distinguished incubators: Eitri, Ada and @future ocean. The team's and startups passion, innovation, and commitment are what truly define our success. Honored to serve and support such an inspiring community.

• Head of Eitri Medical Incubator

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  We are creating a community for health startups with University of Bergen - in close collaboration with Haukeland University Hospital, and other public and private partners. We will offer labs, facilitate innovation, and co-working for startups creating scalable products for the global market.



University of Bergen (UiB)

• Norway
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director - Eitri

  • Feb 2021 - Oct 2023

  We are creating a community for health startups with University of Bergen - in close collaboration with Haukeland University Hospital, and other public and private partners. We will offer labs, facilitate innovation, and co-working for researchers and students aiming to create scalable products for the global market. We are creating a community for health startups with University of Bergen - in close collaboration with Haukeland University Hospital, and other public and private partners. We will offer labs, facilitate innovation, and co-working for researchers and students aiming to create scalable products for the global market.



Eitri

• Norway
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Feb 2021 - Oct 2023



StormGeo

• Norway
• Information Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Executive VP Innovation, Weather Insights

  • Dec 2019 - Feb 2021

  - Responsible for facilitating and initiating new activities outside business as usual. - New product: Use of AI and satellite data to make Electricity grids more resilient (GridEyeS) - Increase the use of 3rd party data to evolve the business model from weather to location optimization - Standardized process for selling and delivering professional services - Facilitating leading StormGeo 2020-2023 Strategy

• Chief Product Officer, Weather Insights

  • Nov 2018 - Dec 2019

  - Consolidation of software platforms from M&A activities- Professionalizing product and development process- Initiated next-gen platform with new back-end architecture end and serverless front end. - Introduced Design Thinking, personas, prototyping and product surveys- Part of leadership team

• Strategy Associate

  • May 2017 - Oct 2018

  - Part of team defining the 2020 strategy. Particular responsibility for renewable energy.- M&As, Due Diligence and partnerships- Started and oversaw automation projects

• Global Group lead data and Senior data scientist

  • Feb 2014 - May 2017

  Global data flow, infrastructure and standardization, business development, satellite processing (reception, product creation and dissemination), weather modelling (WRF), and advanced analytics

• Research Manager

  • Mar 2016 - Jan 2017

  Introducing standardizationof code language and style, event driven architecture, version handling and deploy-routines, as well as establishing cross country data group. Active participation in business driven research projects and securing organizational support for internal R&D projects.



University of Bergen (UiB)

• Norway
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor and Post Doc

  • Jan 2013 - Apr 2014

  - Modelling of the geo-spatial spread of malaria combining big data, mathematical modelling and statistics - Co-supervision of two PhDs candidates on nutrition in DR Congo - Main supervisor for one master student studying spatio-temporal clustering of typhoid fever in Cambodia - Part of large malaria trial in Ethiopia for cost efficient prevention of malaria - Teaching students statistics using R - Modelling of the geo-spatial spread of malaria combining big data, mathematical modelling and statistics - Co-supervision of two PhDs candidates on nutrition in DR Congo - Main supervisor for one master student studying spatio-temporal clustering of typhoid fever in Cambodia - Part of large malaria trial in Ethiopia for cost efficient prevention of malaria - Teaching students statistics using R



Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

• Norway
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher

  • Jan 2010 - Jan 2013

  - Regional climate scenarios in Asia and Africa - Early phases of hurricanes development (African Easterly Waves) - Part of group initiating the Climate Services Adaptation Programme in Africa, part of group Global Framework for Climate Services - Contributor to CORDEX - Reviewer IPCC - Regional climate scenarios in Asia and Africa - Early phases of hurricanes development (African Easterly Waves) - Part of group initiating the Climate Services Adaptation Programme in Africa, part of group Global Framework for Climate Services - Contributor to CORDEX - Reviewer IPCC



University of Bergen (UiB)

• Norway
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD student

  • Feb 2008 - Nov 2012

  PhD candidate in malaria and climate. Part of a malaria clinical trial focusing on effective intervetions under climate change. Particular responsibility for connecting the dots through big data, mathematical modelling, and machine learning.

• Programme Coordinator

  • Jan 2007 - Feb 2008

  Coordinator Nile Basin Research Programme



Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway

• Norway
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Oct 2006 - Jan 2007

  Reliability of Surveys of Norwegian Coastal Cod Reliability of Surveys of Norwegian Coastal Cod



University of Ljubljana

• Slovenia
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2001 - Jul 2001

  Conducting experiments for cost efficient sewage decomposition Conducting experiments for cost efficient sewage decomposition