Software Engineer at Google
Trondheim Area, Norway
- Current
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- Software Engineer at Google
- Past
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- PostDoc at NTNU
- Chairman at Abiody AS
- Research Scientist at Fast Search & Transfer ASA
- PhD Candidate at NTNU
- Co-founder/CTO/Developer at Agentus AS
- University Lecturer at NTNU
- PhD Candidate at NTNU
- IT Trainee at Storebrand ASA
- IT Specialist at IBM Canada
- Education
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- Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
- NTNU
- Orkdal VGS
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Amund Tveit’s Summary
My goal is to discover and solve important problems with information technology.
Entrepreneurial experience
- Co-founder of two IT companies (Agentus and Abiody)
- Created first version of EventSeer.net
Amund Tveit’s Specialties:
Blogging, Data Mining, Information Retrieval, Mobile Commerce, Parallel Systems, Software Engineering and Software Patents
Amund Tveit’s Experience
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Software Engineer
Google
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GOOG; Online Media industry)
September 2005 — Present (3 years 2 months)
Mobile News (incl. iPhone and iPod Touch)
Cluster Software Infrastructure
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PostDoc
NTNU
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
February 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 7 months)
Text mining, medical/health informatics, detection of illness pathways from free-text computerized medical records
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Chairman
Abiody AS
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Research industry)
September 2004 — August 2005 (1 year)
Data Mining consulting company.
note: the original idea in 2003 (before founding the company) was to do consulting and software services for "large-scale individual-based simulation to be used for scenario simulation in efficient decision support and research by policy advisors, strategists, politicians, analysts and researchers". -
Research Scientist
Fast Search & Transfer ASA
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; FAST; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2004 — April 2005 (1 year)
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PhD Candidate
NTNU
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
February 2002 — January 2004 (2 years)
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Co-founder/CTO/Developer
Agentus AS
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2000 — January 2003 (2 years 6 months)
Developed browser-based predictive caching in cooperation with Mirror-Image Internet.
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University Lecturer
NTNU
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
August 2001 — January 2002 (6 months)
Taught "Distributed AI and Intelligent Agents" for approximately 50 students.
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PhD Candidate
NTNU
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
September 1999 — July 2001 (1 year 11 months)
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IT Trainee
Storebrand ASA
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; STB; Insurance industry)
January 1998 — June 1999 (1 year 6 months)
Worked on:
- Project lead for Storebrand Intranet
- Data mining for cost savings
- Developer for fund product forecasts and child insurance pricing
- Developer for sales systems for business insurance
- Took courses in project management, presentation techniques, knowledge management and insurance -
IT Specialist
IBM Canada
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1996 — June 1997 (1 year 1 month)
Consultant working on software development for large-scale solutions for the telecom industry in Canada:
- introduction of 1-888 tollfree number series for Stentor Alliance
- call center solutions for Bell Canada
Amund Tveit’s Education
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Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
PhD, Computer Science, 1999 — 2004
publications at http://amundtveit.info/publications/
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NTNU
MSc, Computer Science, September 1992 — December 1997
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Orkdal VGS
Additional Information
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Amund Tveit’s Interests:
blogging, refurnishing, innovation, games, outdoors and skiing.
Amund Tveit’s Groups:
Abakus, Omega, NTNU Alumni, Start Alumni, ACM and IEEE, NVG
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High Performance & Super Computing
Amund Tveit’s Honors:
Venture Cup Price, 2000
IBM Appreciation Award, 1996
Amund Tveit’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
