Kjetil Helland

Around age 13, I joined the then vibrant demo-scene as a coder, got hooked on technology, and have remained a technologist. Since then, I've accumulated 20+ years of professional experience on top of a formal software engineer/computer science education, and during my career I've gained hands-on experience with and made a point of keeping up to date with a long list of technologies and platforms. So far, I've co-founded 4 software companies, and filled roles such as hands-on programmer, game designer, lead programmer, lead developer, CTO and CEO. Highlights: • Co-founded 4 technology/software companies. • 35 years of software product experience. 22 of these professionally. • Leading the development and release of multiple large international commercial gaming and software projects. • Built multiple international teams by interviewing, hiring and managing them. (Team size varying from 20 to 60+ personnel) • 22 years of executive experience. • 20 years of experience in leading multicultural teams. • Consortium leader for EC projects. • Participated in multiple research projects.