Christopher Tannum
Principal Software Engineer at Cognite
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Tannum is a Principal Software Engineer based in Oslo with 11 years of experience focused on frontend and graphics programming, currently shaping architecture and delivery at Cognite. He progressed from senior engineer to tech lead and now principal within the same organization, demonstrating strong product-domain continuity and influence on long-lived codebases. His background includes a master's in computer science from NTNU and a consistent track record of lifting frontend performance and visualisation capabilities in industrial-scale data platforms. Colleagues rely on him for bridging deep graphics knowledge with pragmatic engineering leadership, and he often surfaces subtle UX and rendering trade-offs that improve both developer ergonomics and runtime efficiency.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
English, Norwegian
Github Skills (100)
threejs10
easing-functions10
svg10
webgpu10
3d10
javascript10
animate10
easing10
unity3d10
webgl10
volume-rendering10
tween10
virtual-reality10
openvr10
potree10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Torrib/EIT
Feb 2015 - Sep 2021
Contributions:3 PRs, 20 pushes, 4 branches in 6 years 8 months
apicontrolling
hayer/reveal
Apr 2022 - May 2022
Cognite Reveal 3D viewer
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 month
viewer3d-viewercognitethreejs
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