Summary
Espen Albrektsen is a technology manager and founder with two decades of hands-on software development experience and a 12-year track record in leadership and entrepreneurship. He specializes in embedded and firmware engineering (C/C++), low-power wireless systems, and functional safety (IEC61508), while also being fluent in C#, WPF, Python and CI tooling like Jenkins. Espen has led engineering teams and startups—cofounding REMB Technologies, heading systems technology at GasSecure, and founding Sonair AS—bridging product strategy with pragmatic implementation. His background in physics (NTNU) and early analog/hardware work gives him uncommon depth across system design, firmware and higher-level application stacks. Known for pragmatic consulting via Albrektsen Innovasjon, he combines realtime and embedded expertise with experience delivering ASP.NET and J2EE solutions and running distributed development teams.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Tranberg Videregående
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
English, Norwegian