Bjørn Johansen
Chief Technology Officer at Netthandelsgruppen AS
Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolBjørn Johansen is a Chief Marketing & Technology Officer with 13 years of experience building scalable e-commerce platforms and cross-functional teams across agencies, startups, and larger retail groups. He blends hands-on software engineering and server operations with commercial acumen to deliver robust digital experiences, performance marketing, and compliance at scale. Currently leading marketing, technology, and compliance for established Norwegian e-commerce brands, he focuses on customer journeys that drive sustainable growth. His background spans web development, cloud hosting, and PR, and he stays close to code—contributing to open-source projects like a WordPress Facebook Instant Articles plugin that demonstrates practical backend and feed engineering. A hands-on, trust-based leader, he thrives in collaborative teams that take shared ownership of outcomes. Outside the office he brings a pragmatic mindset shaped by roles from board chair to founder-level retail operations.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
DiverseØvrebyen VGS
English, Norwegian, Swedish
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Github Skills (7)
wordpress10
php10
wordpress-plugin9
plugin9
xml8
googlebot6
robots-txt6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/fb-instant-articles
Nov 2015 - Mar 2016
Archived (see Readme). Enable Facebook Instant Articles on your WordPress site.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:28 commits, 6 PRs, 25 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Bjørn primarily focused on setting up the foundational structure and initial functionality for a WordPress plugin enabling Facebook Instant Articles. They implemented activation and deactivation hooks, established a custom feed, and created a class structure for post processing. The user also added a basic template file and connected the title and canonical URL, laying the groundwork for content rendering within the Instant Articles format. They also addressed XML output, ensuring a valid RSS feed.
wordpressinstant-articleswp-plugin
bjornjohansen/www.bjornjohansen.com
Dec 2017 - Jun 2021
The www.bjornjohansen.com website
Contributions:17 PRs, 88 pushes, 12 branches in 3 years 6 months
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