I am a project developer and senior researcher at NORCE Technology with a background in most things related to data science. I began at the Christian Michelsen Institute in 1985, working on visualization and other computing projects while finishing my PhD, and later moved to UNIFOB / UNI Research, working mainly on High Performance Computing. I joined Christian Michelsen Research in 2013 as senior project developer and have continued in that role at NORCE following the merger of several large Norwegian research institutes. I have also held software development and research positions at both small and large companies in the US and Norway.
My current focus is data analysis and multivariate visualization, with several ongoing activities streaming and visualizing real-time remote sensor data. I am also exploring environmental acoustics as a new area of interest — automated acoustic monitoring of wildlife and soundscapes.
Over the past years I have adopted AI coding agents as a core working method, using them across the full development cycle — requirements capture, architecture, implementation, testing, release management and technical documentation. Recent examples include the prototype for a national geoscience data portal, developed from design specification to running demonstrator with agents in the loop at every stage, and the production hardening and field preparation of a container-based genomics analysis platform for mobile laboratories, where agents handled everything from code and release engineering to operator documentation. I also work with the Model Context Protocol (MCP), connecting research data infrastructure to AI agents so that data discovery and analysis can be driven conversationally.
I follow developments in home automation and have deployed a home-grown automation system for controlling heating and reducing energy use at home.
I am also a qualified drone pilot and carry out flights where required by the projects I work on.
