Frode Odegard

Current

CEO at Lean Software Institute

Past

Chair, AeA San Diego Product Development Roundtable at AeA San Diego
CEO at Odegard Labs, Inc.
CEO and Chief Software Architect at Modula-2 CASE Systems A/S

Software Engineer at Odegard Elektronikk A/S

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Frode Odegard’s Summary

The Lean Software Institute is the leading Lean Management resource for the software industry.

We help our clients accelerate profitable growth through enhanced innovation, faster execution, improved customer satisfaction, and waste elimination.

The Lean Software Institute employs a collaborative and quantifiable approach that stresses mutual learning. We invest the necessary effort to understand our clients' strategic position and help them define desired business outcomes. Our engagements are always joint projects with mutual accountability for results. We measure success with quantifiable outcomes that can be related to financial performance. We also place emphasis on transferring skills and knowledge to our clients, and provide continuing support to ensure lasting results.

Brief background:

Frode has more than twenty years of experience as an entrepreneur and trusted advisor to high-tech executives. Organizations he has helped include Sony Electronics Inc., NASA, Lockheed Martin, Candle, Conexant Systems, Mindspeed, and Plantronics. Frode is currently writing a book on Lean for the Software Enterprise.

Before founding the Lean Software Institute in 2004, Frode was the CEO and founder of Ødegård Labs, Inc., a software engineering research and consulting firm. Prior to founding Ødegård Labs in 1991, Frode was the CEO and founder of Modula-2 CASE Systems A/S, a Norwegian company building next-generation tools for embedded software developers. His interests outside work include history, philosophy, psychology, and strength training.

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Frode Odegard’s Specialties:

Lean Enterprise, Lean Product Development, Lean Software Development, Software Engineering Management, Organizational Change, Leadership.

Frode Odegard’s Experience

CEO

Lean Software Institute

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

May 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

As founder and CEO, my job is a mix of strategy and execution in a variety of functional areas. A lot of my time these days is spent on maintaining and building relationships, and I am also driving the development of new products and services.
Chair, AeA San Diego Product Development Roundtable

AeA San Diego

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

January 2005 — December 2006 (2 years )

The AeA Product Development Roundtable gives you the inside story on what leading companies are doing to generate profitable growth from new product development. Each month we feature high-quality speakers with powerful ideas and case stories from industry leaders. Participating executives enjoy unprecedented peer access. Time is set aside for interactive discussion, which helps bridge the gap between the concepts presented and their practical implementation.

As Chair and Founder of this roundtable, I worked with product development executives in San Diego area companies to select topics and organize meetings on a monthly basis. I also participated as a speaker, moderator, and panelist when appropriate.

AeA is a nationwide trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry and is dedicated solely to helping its members’ top line and bottom line. For more information, see http://www.aeanet.org.
CEO

Odegard Labs, Inc.

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

January 1991 — May 2004 (13 years 5 months)

Odegard Labs is a software engineering research and consulting firm focused on building next-generation tools for software design. This venture is currently inactive because I am spending 95% of my time on my newest company, the Lean Software Institute.
CEO and Chief Software Architect

Modula-2 CASE Systems A/S

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

1986 — 1990 (4 years )

As founder of this Norwegian software start-up, developed concept and architecture for a set of software development tools for Modula-2, a systems programming language popular in Europe at the time. Wrote business plan, obtained two rounds of funding. Served on ISO standards committee for Modula-2, and as European representative on the board of the Sun (Microsystems) User Group.
Software Engineer

Odegard Elektronikk A/S

(Computer Software industry)

1982 — 1986 (4 years )

Introduced modern software engineering techniques into a process control/embedded systems environment. Helped select Modula-2 as programming language, and worked with compiler vendor as part of a beta test program. Designed and implemented user interfaces, drivers, schedulers, operating system interfaces.

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Frode Odegard’s Interests:

Lean Enterprise, Software Engineering, Philosophy, Theoretical Computer Science, Mathematics, Psychology, Life-Work Balance, Second Life

Frode Odegard’s Groups:

Society for Software Quality | San Diego
Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network
Global Worker
Innovative Meeting & Event Design Innovators
Innovative Sales & Selling Innovators Network
Association of Virtual Worlds
Innovative New Product & Service Innovators & Inventors
Getting Things Done - GTD - SolutionPeople Innovation's Network of Action Innovators
Atlas Shrugged
PR 2.0 Lab
San Diego Software Industry Professionals
Ayn Rand Readers
Lean Agile Software Development Community
Twitter Power for Business
ThinkBalm Innovation Community
Life Architect