Kim Joar Bekkelund

Currently studying communication technology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. Especially interested in web development. I have working experience from a full time employment at Atmel Norway AS and co-founding Polar Bear ANS, and I have organizational experience from amongst others Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem as leader of the marketing group and as software developer at UKA and Nabla.

I love roaming between the fields of programming, design and the users. As an example you can say that I like being in the four lowest layers of Jesse James Garrett's Elements of User Experience (Strategy, Scope, Structure and Skeleton). I love being a part of developing great user experiences and working on challenging problems.

Kim Joar Bekkelund’s Specialties:

PHP, Object-oriented programming, XML, MySQL, PostgreSQL, usability, accessability, algorithms, JavaScript, AJAX, web development, web standards, HTML, CSS.

Kim Joar Bekkelund’s Experience

Summer Intern

Get Satisfaction

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

June 2009 — Present (2 months)
Co-founder

Polar Bear ANS

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Polar Bear is a small web development company located in Trondheim, Norway.
Software Developer

Atmel Norway

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ATML; Semiconductors industry)

September 2005 — Present (3 years 11 months)

During my years at Atmel Norway working on their support site, AVRfreaks.net, I have worked on all aspects of web development, all the way from strategy through implementation.

While being the lead developer of AVRfreaks the site has seen an record high increase in users and use, and has gone through a lot of steps to become easier to work with and adjust according to new needs in the market.

Since sept 2007 there has been a large project creating the new AVRfreaks.net, and this is not yet available for the public, but contact me for a preview if you are interested.
Senior Advisor

Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

February 2008 — February 2009 (1 year 1 month)

Senior Advisory Position where I was an advisor for the student media in Trondheim.
Head of Marketing

Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

November 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 4 months)

Leader of the marketing group at the student society in Trondheim. The marketing group consists of about 30 people.

During my year as leader of the marketing group Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem reached a record high number of members.
Summer intern

Atmel Norway AS

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Semiconductors industry)

June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)

Working on AVRfreaks.net
Lead developer

Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2004 — November 2006 (2 years 3 months)
Summer intern

Atmel Norway AS

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Internet industry)

June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

Working with AVRFreaks.net.
Software developer

UKA-05

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

March 2005 — October 2005 (8 months)