Olve Maudal - Curriculum Vitae (last updated May 2013)

Direct: +47 90093309, oma@pvv.org Work: +47 67125125, olve.maudal@cisco.com Home: +47 67180865, Kløftaveien 27, 1352 Kolsås, Norway Family: Married to Katrina Maudal, two kids (Hanna 2002, Thor 2005) Born: 13th of September 1971, Trondheim, Norway Interests: Programming, Computers, Science, Books Languages: Norwegian, English, C, C++ Homepage: http://www.pvv.org/~oma Blog: http://olvemaudal.wordpress.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/olvemaudal

I am a dedicated geek and very proud of being a computer programmer. I have been writing code nearly every day since I got my first real computer, the VIC-20. Implementing software is definitely my favourite activity, but I am also very interested in trying to figure out how and why large groups of programmers can achieve spectacular things when working together in certain ways. This has lead me into studying things like development principles, project management, craftmanship, software architecture, leadership, organization theory, but first of all programming techniques. Knowledge management and inhouse training in software development has been a central role in all positions that I have had so far in my career.

I often give talks and training classes about programming, embedded system development, modern development techniques, software architecture, innovation and product development methodologies. C and C++ has been the main focus for 20 years.

My main interests are programming, mathematics, technology and science. I enjoy x-country skiing and hiking. I do play chess and bridge at a decent level. Oh, and by the way, I can solve a Rubiks cube blindfolded.

Assignment History/Education/Experience

• June 2010 - today    Software/System Developer, Cisco Systems, Oslo
  Developing systems for effective telecollaboration
  Keywords: C, C++, Embedded, Knowledge Management
  (Note: Cisco acquired TANDBERG in 2010)

• October 2004 - June 2010    Software/System Developer, TANDBERG, Oslo
  Developing systems for effective audiovisual telecommunication
  Main projects: SIP, MXP-series, C-series, Movi
  Keywords: C, C++, Python, Embedded, Linux, Microsoft, Mac, Knowledge Management
  (Note: TANDBERG was acquired by Cisco in 2010)

• June 2000 - September 2004    Software/System Developer, BBS, Oslo
  Developing systems for electronically moving money
  Main projects: eFaktura, iBank, Avtalegiro Online, EFTPOS Terminals
  Keywords: J2ME, J2EE, Corba, Solaris, Tandem, OS/390, Knowledge Management

• Dec 1996 - June 2000    Software/System Developer, Schlumberger Geco-Prakla, Oslo
  Developing systems for finding oil
  Main projects: seismic acquisition and online processing systems
  Keywords: C++, Corba, HPC, Sun, Solaris, Geophysics, Knowledge Management

• Sep 1996 - Dec 1996    PhD studies, Trondheim (NOT COMPLETED!)
  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.
  Provisional title: Knowledge Discovery techniques in Network Management.
  Keywords: Java, Telematics, System Reliability, Traffic Theory
  (Gave up after 2 months due to complications beyond my control)

• Sep 1995 - Sep 1996    MSc in Intelligent Robotics, Edinburgh
  University of Edinburgh, Department of Artificial Intelligence.
  Thesis: Preprocessing techniques for NN-based classifiers.
  Keywords: C, C++, Lisp, Prolog, Image Processing
  (Completed degree with good results. Thesis rated 'top 10')

• Sep 1992 - Jun 1995    BEng(Hons) in Software Engineering, Manchester
  University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
  Diploma: Training Neural Networks with Genetic Algorithms
  Keywords: C, C++, Assembler, OO, Structural, Embedded Systems
  (Completed with 1st Class Honours Degree)

• Oct 1991 - Aug 1992    Norwegian Army, Ingenioerregimentet, Hoenefoss
  Compulsary national service. Worked in the office as Administration Assistant (Corporal).

• Aug 1989 - Jun 1991    International Baccalaureate, Trondheim Katedralskole
  Specialisation: Mathematics, Physics, History.
  Project: Velocity distribution of molecules in a monatomic gas.
  Keywords: Pascal, Assembler, 2D/3D vectors
  (IB is equivalent to british A-Levels and norwegian naturfaglinja)

• Aug 1988 - Jun 1989    Grunnkurs Almenfag, Trondheim Katedralskole

• Aug 1987 - Jun 1988    Grunnkurs Handel og Kontor, Nidareid VGS

• 1988 - 1995 Various summerjobs
  
  summer 1995 - Micro Design AS, Trondheim (Sybase/ODBC, VBA, Unix, NT)
  summer 1994 - Micro Design AS, Selbu (C, VxWorks(68k), HDLC, DSP, Unix)
  summer 1993 - Torinno AS, Oslo (SQLWindows, SQLBase, documentation)
  summer 1992 - Torinno AS, Oslo (SQLWindows, Excel XLM, DDE)
  summer 1991 - Studentsamskibnaden i Trondheim (janitor assistant)
  summer 1990 - Studentsamskibnaden i Trondheim (janitor assistant)
  summer 1989 - Studentsamskibnaden i Trondheim (janitor assistant)
  summer 1988 - Studentsamskibnaden i Trondheim (janitor assistant)