Almost 30 years of experience within professional software development of IT systems ranging from research, military, pharmaceutical, mobile & line of business in both national and international organizations.

First decade as a developer on pretty much every platform using a wide range of programming languages. Eventually settling on three tier web based systems.

Second decade I gradually moved into the architect role and progressed to Enterprise Architecture & IT-based strategic approaches to business development.

Third and current decade I’m focusing on cloud computing as an enabler of business though better use of technology resulting in faster, cheaper and better IT projects. Using a pragmatic approach to enterprise architecture with focus on results instead of framework bog down.

I believe in accountability under freedom and transparency. When we set goals for each other they must be objectively measureable and we must be given the freedom, tools and support to meet and surpass those goals. Agreements must be met without hidden agendas and with full disclosure. As a leader I believe in being open and honest.

Making mistakes is the way we learn. Software development is a creative process and mistakes are bound to happen. If we don’t trust each other to make mistakes, then we’re not trying hard enough and we won’t better ourselves or our products. We have to work in an environment with mutual trust and respect.

I believe in “Lean”. I vigorously circumvent or if possible remove rules and processes that are an obstacle for effectiveness and efficiency – both in the way that people work and use technology. The way we work must make sense from a business or technology perspective and not be a result of “that’s the way we usually do this and have always done so”. I continually challenge the rules to obtain faster and better business though people and technology.

Solution Architect on secret stuff…

Cargolink Way Forward Solution Architect – Now it’s time to implement the stuff we designed last year, working on:

• Asset Management
• Road Planning
• Terminal Planning
• Mobile Apps

Additionally I’m driving:

• Design of APIs and implementing an API Gateway Management Tool
• Design of Enterprise Application Integration Patterns using APIs, ESB and ODS

Implement a new digital strategy using “Cloud-First” and “Microsoft-First” as the mantra. Dismantle the existing application landscape and either upgrade or replace systems with modern PaaS/SaaS solutions.

Innovate on existing solutions by using new technology to “get more for less”. Will move the core financial calculation engine to “R” to enable deployment to Azure and integration with Azure ML and presentation using PowerBI.

Cargolink Way Forward Architecture Blueprint – Design and documentation of companywide systems including enterprise application integration.

• Drive technical architecture alignment across the program
• Advisory and liaison between project streams and programs
• Review architectural design and strategy documents

Served in a multitude of roles all based around IT-driven business development:

• Enterprise Architect covering company wide systems and governance
• Product Architect developing new services and offerings for Bluegarden customers including Bluegarden Connect, Bluegarden API and Bluegarden Document Module
• Infrastructure Architect moving systems and applications to Microsoft Azure

Lead Enterprise Architect in program management for the de-merger of Statoil and Statoil Fuel & Retail. Designed, reviewed, planned and executed transition projects for business critical applications from on-prem hosting at Statoil to a private cloud at new outsourcing provider. Managed both internal and external resources from countries in Scandinavia, Finland, Poland and the Baltics.

• Ensure technical architecture alignment across the program
• Advisory and liaison between project streams, program and corporate architecture
• Review architectural design documents
• Maintain program architecture map
• Ensure compliance with corporate (and other) architectural standards
• Ensure resilience of intermediate architecture
• Input to and QA of application migration grouping

• Software Architecture using patterns and models
• Software Development with Continuous Integration
• Enterprise Architectures and strategies
• Mapping IT-landscapes and pinpointing areas of opportunity
• Transformation of IT-landscapes both scale-out, up and move to end of life
• Conceptualization of projects based on new technology
• Speaking and presenting technology, architecture and strategies for small and large audiences including keynotes
• Presales and bids, both public and private
• Customer workshops and seminars
• Strong experience with product development and internationalization
• Off-shore software development
• Experienced manager of developers and development teams

Master of Science in Engineering

Studentereksamen

High School Diploma (Honor Roll)