Michael Link Email & Phone Number

Lysaker, NO

Lysaker, Viken, NO

• As the Vice President of Software Development for Digital Energy, I was fully focussed on scaling the development organisation for Kognitwin.
• Continued scaling up the product development organization to around 200 people throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, organised into 8-10 men agile teams
• Implementing processes and tooling to enable scaling the organisation
• Managing the R&D teams for 3D, machine learning/data science, and UX.
• Setting up and leading development teams in Norway, India, and Houston.

Lysaker, Viken, NO

• As VP of Software Development for Applications, Analytics and Visualization at Kongsberg Digital, this role involved leading a global team of 100 developers while contributing to the company's strategy, organization.
• Led a global team of 100 developers
• Managed product development teams and R&D budgets for Kognitwin an innovative new SaaS product, Sitecom - a real-time data platform for drilling transforming from on-prem to SaaS and Cloud, Ledaflow, and KSpice
• Implemented Agile and DevOps processes in product development
• Led Kongsberg Digital's three Centers of Excellence in AI, ML, and 3D visualization
• Recruited and attracted top software engineering talent to the team

Lysaker, Viken, NO

As VP of Machine Learning and Analytics at Kongsberg Digital, I was responsible for recruiting the company's AI/Machine Learning teams in Oslo and Houston. I established a portfolio of R&D, product development, and customer projects in collaboration with the business areas. Additionally, I represented Kongsberg Digital at industry events, delivered public.

Oslo, NO

• As CIO at Opera, the role involved delivering mission-critical infrastructure and services for all parts of the company, managing both cost-optimized hyperscale infrastructure as well as public cloud / IaaS services..
• Strategic planning, objective setting, financial planning, and capacity planning.
• IT procurement: selecting vendors to match Opera's strategic goals.
• Hosting and Operations: delivering all mission-critical infrastructure for Opera products.
• Big Data: managing data, platform, and frontline tools generated by all Opera products.
• Information Security: ensuring the security of end-user and corporate data.

Oslo, NO

• As VP Hosting and Operations, I was responsible for ensuring the stability and performance of Opera's services, which run on thousands of servers using hyperscale computing techniques. I led the team in reorganizing.
• Delivered mission-critical infrastructure for Opera's 350M users and 500+ development staff.
• Conducted analysis and strategic planning to prioritize improvement areas.
• Implemented a new organization and work processes based on Kanban and Jira.
• Introduced new automation systems and tools to streamline operations.
• Conducted financial and capacity analysis and forecasting.

Oslo, NO

• As the VP of Product Development for Services at Opera, I had the opportunity to lead a global team and develop and operate a portfolio of services supporting the Opera browsers. This was a fantastic opportunity to.
• Led a department of around 50 across 4 countries, managing multiple software services
• Created first prototypes of Opera Discover, a content-based, multi-language news recommender, and led the project to launch on the home tab of all Opera browsers
• Oversaw management of website platforms and browser home pages in all Opera products
• Managed all product analytics, observability and distribution systems, including CDNs
• Successfully integrated Fastmail.fm team into Opera and later, managed its divestiture

• As CTO at Schibsted Media Group, joined as Development Manager and quickly took on a leadership role.
• Led the technology team of 20-25 staff through a challenging time for the media industry, overseeing cost reductions while managing development of Sesam's services.
• Managed the operations of the platform, which consisted of hundreds of servers, and implemented consolidation and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Implemented and improved multi-team agile development methods, mostly using Scrum, to increase efficiency and alignment across teams.

Oslo, NO

• Very fortunate to be asked to join Opera, a cutting-edge internet technology company with a mission to democratize internet access across all devices.
• Launched Opera 8 and 9 SDKs for Devices globally
• Established efficient product management processes, routines, and systems
• Collaborated with engineering teams in Oslo, Linköping, Wroclaw, and Beijing to deliver customer projects and accellerate roadmap
• Provided product expertise to global sales teams and participated in key customer meetings
• Contributed to named account strategy, securing Tier 1 global OEMs including Nintendo, Sony, Motorola, and Philips.

Fornebu, NO

• First technical employee at Nordic interactive TV startup Zonavi, which was later merged into satellite operator Canal Digital.
• Led the technical delivery of Zonavi's interactive TV services, including the Norwegian National Lottery, games, pay-per-view portal, and FIFA 2002.
• Established, planned, and managed implementation projects and teams across the Nordic region.
• Conducted technical analysis and planning for IPTV, VOD, and PVR rollouts.
• Developed solution components using J2EE/Weblogic, Oracle, MSSQL, Web Services, and XML.

Fornebu, NO

Recruited as first technical employee to explore possibilities for Telenor in the interactive TV space, resulting in the establishment of Telenor Zonavi, an interactive TV startup. Analysis of interactive TV technologies, standards and business models and developing concepts for the Zonavi service.

Austin, Texas, US

Software Development and Customer Support for the innovative UK interactive TV Service "Open"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open....

Munich, DE

Internship in Product Management department

Munich, DE

Internship in Product Management department