Devoted to sharing knowledge and building value and great communities in software and technology. Java Champion, founder of Cantara and former president of the very successful Norwegian JUG javaBin and the great JavaZone Conference. Speaker on several conferences including JavaZone, JavaONE, CommunityONE, Microsoft Application Platform, XP, OMG Information Days and various other conferences. With over 30 years of professional programming experience spanning quite a few programming languages he has contributed in both international and domestic projects in various roles, including CTO, technology adviser, project leader, technology mentor, software architect, lead developer, technology strategist and trainer. Specialties: Creating business value with software development, Software Development, Software Architecture, Agile & Enterprise software development, Technical expert in Java++ technologies including Micro Services, NoSQL, REST, WebServices, EJB, JMS and SOA