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Fredrik Nygaard

Address

Rua do Zaire, 142, 1 Esq.
4250-500 Porto
Portugal

Telephone: +47 900 57 438
e-mail: fredrik_nygaard@hotmail.com

Personal Data

Software architect and developer
 
Born March 30 1964
Divorced, three children

 

Key Qualifications

Fields of Expertise

Software applications, dynamic web pages, databases, search engine visibility

Techniques

Object oriented design, development, testing, patterns

Programming Languages

C++, C#, VB, SQL, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript

Tools and Frameworks

Visual Studio, .NET, Microsof SQL Server, Source Safe, CVS

Operating Systems

Unix, Windows and QNX

Natural Languages

English, Norwegian and Dutch

Education

1985 - 1988

B. Eng, Electronic Engineering with Honors, University of Surrey, UK.

Received top marks for a Draughts Simulator, written as the final year project.

1991 - 1992

Post HBO, System Design and Project Management, HTS The Hague, Netherlands. (evening course)

Work Experience

2008 - :

1881 Opplysningen, Oslo, Norway

Senior developer and system architect. Member of the team responsible for data quality, and automatic address information gathering from the internet and other sources.

2004 - 2008:

Self Employed, Asker, Norway

  • November 2008 - Developed a Draughts Simulator for InfoNorway
  • 2006 - 2008: Maintenance and development of the Ergo Group Business to Business Web Solutions
  • 2006: Maintenance and development of the Elektroskandia Business to Business Web Shop
  • 2006: Implemented style sheets for NRK web-TV
  • 2005: Developed the front end display for Music from Norway
  • 2005: Developed the internet map and route planner for 1881 Opplysningen
  • 2004: Developed the front end display of Prospect-Xtractor for Online Services

2001 - 2004:

ARXI, Asker, Norway

Senior developer and application architect. Member of the team developing the QNX version of the Opera web browser. Programming in C++.

1999 - 2001:

PCTVnet, Lysaker, Norway

Senior developer and application architect. Developing software for web-pads and set-top boxes. Responsible for the browser, mail tool, smart card reader and the general GUI library. Programming in C++.

1995 - 1999:

Geco-Prakla, Asker, Norway - Part of Schlumberger

Senior developer and application architect. Member of a team developing an Object Oriented database system. Used CORBA technology to integrate the database in a distributed administrative system. Used JNI and RMI to develop a distributed Java version of the database. Programming in C++ and Java.

1993 - 1995:

Lucent, Naperville Illinois, USA - Previously part of AT&T

Technical advisor and application architect for a new sales system for selling telephone exchanges. Responsible for communicating and administrating work tasks between developers located in USA and the Netherlands. Programming in C++.

1989 - 1993:

Lucent, Hilversum, Netherlands - Previously part of AT&T

Designed and developed software for two sales tools for selling telephone exchanges. Acted as team leader for a small team of developers, and worked closely with the end users. Programming in Fortran.

1988 - 1989:

SD-Scicon, Milton Keynes, UK - Now part of EDS

Developed software for an air traffic control simulator used for training purposes. Programming in Pascal.

Other Functions

1996 - :

Representative for Aschehoug's share holders group. This group recommends board members for the general assembly, and discuss matters of interest to the share holders, often in dialog with the board of directors.

1996 - :

Owner and developer of InfoNorway. A popular web page with information on Norway.

2006 - :

Board member of Undelstad vel. Chair since 2007.

2005 - :

Partner of North Wind, TomCom, Peixinho-de-prata, Mona Bjerke and Svenskeporten.