Inquisitive, versatile, experienced, independent team player
As a girl geek, I took my first programming course in 1979, and started a one-woman computer consulting firm as a student in Oslo in 1985. I eventually completed my Cand.Scient. degree in Theoretical Physics at the University of Oslo, with subjects physics, mathematics, informatics and astronomy. (A degree roughly equivalent to M. Sc.) Still, I preferred working with varied tasks in IT to calculating quark masses all day.
This was a very exciting pioneer time for “personal computing”, where I worked on the Internet before the World Wide Web (!), with HP’s first PC, and as Microsoft’s first Norwegian localiser when Windows, Word and Excel had their major breakthroughs. My first PC was purchased in 1986: an HP Vectra AT I got for 26,000 NOK… – at a 50% discount!
SInce then I have worked mainly as a self-employed consultant, from 1992 based in my hometown of Ålesund on the west coast of Norway. Early on I was doing data localization / translation and data communications, and later I’ve added Quality Assurance, testing, technical writing, web services, social media, digital design and survey design to services offered. From 2018 to 2024 I worked in an 80% position as a QA Manager at the software company Zegeba, doing QA, support, training and documentation for Norwegian and international clients. From October 2024 I have worked mainly as a consultant in my own company again.
Some of my other interests include music (Gregorian, classical, blues, rock), travel, photography, movies, series, quizes and restoring old houses. I’m a language nerd and a history nerd, I sing in an opera choir and a church choir. And that’s about all I have time for! 🙂
