Ole-André Riga-Johansen

Ole-André Riga-Johansen has a diverse work experience spanning several companies and roles. Their most recent position is as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Wanda, a role they started in May 2022. Prior to that, they worked at Scelto from 2015 to 2022, where they were a Partner and Senior Consultant, working on a cloud-based e-services system for Statoil Fuel and Retail. Ole-André was also the Co-Founder and CTO of Merti, a software company in the dental industry, from 2015 to 2019.

Before these roles, Ole-André worked as a Consultant at Embriq from 2013 to 2014, where they developed software for dental prosthetics and worked on the QUANT software suite for smart meters. Ole-André was also a Consultant at Bouvet ASA from 2011 to 2013, where they worked on customer projects involving Microsoft technology.

During their early career, Ole-André worked as a Software Developer at Capgemini, where they worked on various projects, including the development of the open-source application Smeedee. Ole-André also worked part-time at NTNU as a Lecturer and at Star Information Systems, dSafe, and Capgemini as a Software Developer.

Overall, Ole-André Riga-Johansen has significant experience in technology consulting, software development, and leadership roles.

Ole-André Riga-Johansen completed their education at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Ole-André earned a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from NTNU, starting in 2005 and graduating in 2009. Following this, they pursued a Master's degree in Systems Engineering and Human-Machine Interaction at NTNU, which they completed from 2005 to 2011.

In addition to their formal education, Riga-Johansen obtained several certifications to enhance their skills and knowledge. Ole-André received the Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner and Solutions Architect Associate certifications from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in October 2019. In September 2016, they obtained the MCSA: Web Applications certification from Microsoft. In March 2016, they earned the Web Application Development with JavaScript and MongoDB certification and completed the Introduction to Meteor.js Development course, both through Coursera. Ole-André also obtained the Responsive Website Basics: Code with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript certification in February 2016, also through Coursera.

Riga-Johansen holds multiple certifications from Microsoft, including MS MCP 70-480: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 and MS MCP 70-486: Developing ASP.NET 4.5 MVC Web Applications, both obtained in August 2013. In June 2013, they received the 1Z0-803: Java SE 7 Programmer I certification and became an Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 7 Programmer. Ole-André also obtained the MSTS 70-511: Windows Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 certification from Microsoft in August 2011.

Additionally, Riga-Johansen has edX Verified Certificates for HTML5 Part 2: Advanced Techniques for Designing HTML5 Apps and Learn HTML5 from W3C, although the specific dates of completion are not provided.