About Me
Hi, I lead and manage technology initiatives at Norway's best, one of the largest tourism companies in Norway. My focus is on optimizing systems, data platforms, and digital infrastructure to enhance operations and improve the customer experience. I have transitioned from a technical role to overseeing technology at a higher level, ensuring that our tech solutions align with business goals.
Contact Details
jakmanne at gmail dot comWork
Norway's best
Chief Technology Officer• September 2024 - Present
Leading and managing technology initiatives across Norway's Best. Responsible for optimizing systems, data platforms, and digital infrastructure to enhance operations and improve the customer experience. Working at the intersection of technology, business strategy, and digital transformation to ensure scalable and efficient solutions.
Cutters
Chief Technology Officer• March 2020 - September 2024
Development of Cutters' technology platform. Working at the intersection of technology, user experience and business development. I'm a key person in the technical development of the company where I am involved in the whole process from idea to delivery.
Bouvet
Software Developer• August 2019 - March 2020
Hired as an external consultant to a major oil & gas company. Further development of a planning tool for drilling oil wells. Used WCF, Sencha, SQL.
Equinor
Software Development Intern• September 2018 - November 2018
Further development of a library that is used to process seismic data. Built a .NET Standard wrapper on top of a library written in C.
Sbanken
Junior Software Developer• June 2017 - Oktober 2018
Working parttime besides my master studies. Worked in several areas such as payments, concept development, and everyday banking. Used C#/.NET stack as well as React.
GOOSE Society of Texas
Intern• May 2018 - June 2018
Branding, webpage development, marketing of GOOSE Society of Texas, a super angel investment group.
Knomatic
Intern• March 2018 - May 2018
Product management and configuration of solutions for automation and digitization of manual work processes.
Education
University of Oslo
Masters in Innovation and Entrepreneurship •June 2020
One exchange semester at Rice University, Houston, USA via Grunderskolen. Title of my master thesis was, What characterizes companies that implement cross-industry innovation?
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor in Computer Science •June 2017
Awards at the Department of Computing, Mathematics and Physics: Award for best bachelor project report. Project topic was “Digital Healthcare Forms”. Social environment award for contributing to creating a good social environment at the department.
