Onar Vikingstad

UI Engineer - MobileMe at Apple

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • UI Engineer MobileMe at Apple
Past
  • Web Applications Developer at Apple
  • Graduate Research Assistant at National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
  • Web Developer (internship) at Lucent Technologies
Education
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Handelshøyskolen BI
  • Universidad Pontificia Comillas
  • ESADE Business School
Connections
139 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Onar Vikingstad’s Summary

Web Application Developer with extensive expertise in all Web-layers, including user interface, application and database logic.

I focus on technologies such as Javascript, AJAX, Java, PHP and (X)HTML. Energetic self-starter with excellent creative, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Onar Vikingstad’s Specialties:

JavaScript, AJAX, Java, LAMP, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, CSS, (X)HTML, SQL, UNIX.


Onar Vikingstad’s Experience

  • UI Engineer MobileMe

    Apple

    (Public Company; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)

    March 2009Present (9 months)

    MobileMe - www.me.com

  • Web Applications Developer

    Apple

    (Public Company; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)

    February 2007March 2009 (2 years 2 months)

    IS&T/AppleCare - support.apple.com and others

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    National Center on Physical Activity and Disability

    (Program Development industry)

    August 2005January 2007 (1 year 6 months)

    - Developed internal request database for consumer relationship and management
    - Continous development (PHP/MySQL) and design of www.ncpad.org and related sites

  • Web Developer (internship)

    Lucent Technologies

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LU; Telecommunications industry)

    June 2006August 2006 (3 months)

    - Conceptualized and developed reporting tools (PHP/ODBC) in use by the Global Help Desk
    - Developed and connected Microsoft SharePoint site to reporting workflow (WebDAV)

  • Web Developer (part-time)

    University of Stavanger

    (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

    20012006 (5 years )

    - Developed and designed 11 web sites related to migration research or education, including 4 within the European Union Socrates program – www.migrationhistory.com
    - Obtained feedback from website users and project coordinators for further improvements
    - Attended project-related seminars and courses in Europe along with coordinator meetings


Onar Vikingstad’s Education

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    Masters , Management Information Systems , 20052006

  • Handelshøyskolen BI

    BS , International Marketing , 20022005

    The schools in Spain, 1 year at ESADE in Barcelona and half a year at ICADE in Madrid, were a part of an exchange program organized by the Norwegian School of Management.

  • Universidad Pontificia Comillas

    BS , International Marketing , 20042004

  • ESADE Business School

    BS , International Marketing , 20032004


Additional Information

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Onar Vikingstad’s Interests:

Web development, Web interfaces, internet, product development, software engineering, management of information systems, product marketing.

Onar Vikingstad’s Groups:

  •    ICADE / ICAI Alumni - Universidad Pontificia Comillas
  •    UIC - University of Illinois at Chicago Alumni & Friends
  •    Silicon Valley NewTech Meetup
  •    Silicon Vikings
  •    Apple - Current and Former Employees
  •    Prototype Community
  •    Handelshøyskolen BI
  •    SproutCore

Onar Vikingstad’s Honors:

- Awarded twice “Peder Smedvigs stipendiefond” scholarship (fall ’05, spring ‘06 and fall ‘06) for “highly qualified students in the areas of economy and management”.
- Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Conference November 2006: “Developing a Responsive Consumer Request Service System”


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