I was born in Norway in February 1982.

But my story really started somewhere else.

My vision.

Before I worked with space technology, offshore logistics, digital platforms, startups, or innovation, I played professional football internationally.

For eight years, football was my world as the first ever Norwegian to play professional in Brazil against some of the most known teams.

It taught me discipline.

It taught me pressure.

It taught me how to adapt when nothing around me felt familiar.

And maybe most importantly, it taught me that impossible things usually only look impossible from a distance.

Anyways.

After football, I returned to Norway and studied petroleum technology at the University of Stavanger.

Stavanger was and still is one of the world's energy capitals with the most advanced drilling technologies.

But I became interested in a different kind of drilling.

Drilling on Mars.

My bachelor thesis was called Deep Drilling on Mars, and that curiosity eventually took me to NASA Ames Research Center in California.

To Silicon Valley.

To a place where people asked questions like:

• Why not?
• What if?
• How fast can we test it?
• Who do we need to bring together?

At the Mars Institute at NASA Ames, I researched automated deep drilling systems for Mars exploration. Later, I co-founded Mars Institute Norway, helping connect Norwegian technology companies with NASA and the international space community.

That period shaped me.

I learned that innovation rarely happens inside one industry alone.

It happens between industries.

Between oil and space.

Between engineering and imagination.

Between operations and technology.

Between what already works and what has never been tried before.

I also learned that nothing meaningful is built alone.

I have been lucky to be surrounded by great, inspiring people — teammates, mentors, colleagues, professors, engineers, founders, customers, partners, and friends — who challenged me, believed in me, opened doors, and helped me get to where I am today.

Many of the best ideas in my life did not start as perfect plans.

They started as conversations.

As curiosity.

As people playing with possibilities.

That is why I often come back to one motto:

"Innovation is creativity having fun."

Along the way, I was fortunate to receive a few recognitions that reminded me I was moving in the right direction.

I was selected as one of PwC's 36 most talented students in the Nordic countries.

I won the Outstanding Capstone Presentation Award at Boston University.

Then my career moved closer to Earth again.

Then startups.

Then offshore logistics.

Then digital transformation.

I built the digital supply base of the future — using technology, data, and collaboration to make logistics safer, smarter, cleaner, and more efficient.

This became another turning point.

Because I realized that logistics is not just about moving things.

It is about connecting people, systems, decisions, and time.

Later, I returned to Silicon Valley through Stanford.

I studied technology and innovation at Stanford University in Palo Alto. I completed the Stanford LEAD Executive Program while continuing to work and build companies.

That journey reminded me of something I deeply believe:

Learning is not a phase.

It is a habit.

And the moment you stop learning, you start falling behind.

Eventually, all these chapters led me to entrepreneurship.

I co-founded a B2B SaaS company, where I work with innovation, partnerships, and supply chain transformation.

Through the company, I was also part of the founding team behind a digital collaboration platform built together with a Port Authority for the future of Norwegian port operations.

For me it all represents something bigger than ideas.

It represents the same vision that has followed me from Mars and back:

When worlds collide and complex systems connect, people unlock the courage to imagine — and build — what once seemed impossible.

Over the years, I have helped raise approximately 16 million USD in innovation funding for technology and industrial innovation projects.

Not because funding itself is the goal.

But because funding gives ambitious ideas the oxygen they need to become real.

I have always liked the space between things.

Between industries.

Between strategy and execution.

Between technology and people.

Between the problem and the possible solution.

That is probably why my career has looked a little unusual.

• Professional football internationally.
• Petroleum technology in Stavanger.
• Mars research at NASA Ames.
• Silicon Valley.
• Stanford University.
• Space technology.
• Power electronics.
• Offshore logistics.
• Digital transformation.
• Entrepreneurship.

On paper, it may look like different chapters.

To me, it has always been one story.

A story about taking knowledge from one world and using it to unlock another.

And none of it would have happened without the people around me.

The people who inspired me.

The people who challenged me.

The people who believed before the idea was obvious.

Today, I work to build bridges between people, industries, and ideas — especially where technology can make complex operations simpler, greener, and more connected.

The most interesting problems are usually the difficult ones.

The ones that require courage.

Structure.

Trust.

And people who are willing to imagine something better before it exists.

That is where I like to work.

And having fun while doing it.