Espen Berg
Styremedlem at Opplæringskontoret i Bilfag - Oslo og Akershus
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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RockstarEspen Berg is a seasoned automotive industry executive and board member based in Oslo with 19 years of leadership experience spanning operations, finance and brand management. Currently serving as CFO of Dronningfjell AS and board member at Erik Arnesen Helsfyr, he previously led dealership operations and brand/after-sales teams for major Volkswagen and Skoda distributors. He combines hands-on commercial management with governance experience from multiple industry boards and an emphasis on training and workforce development as chairman of a regional vocational training office. A practical problem-solver, Espen also contributes to open-source genealogy software by localizing Gramps for Norwegian users—an indication of attention to detail and technical curiosity outside his day job. He is known for turning customer-focused after-sales insights into measurable operational and financial improvements across large retail service operations.
19 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (6)
date-parsing10
internationalization10
localization10
python10
gr10
genealogy9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
gramps-project/gramps
Oct 2006 - Jul 2018
Source code for Gramps Genealogical program
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:294 commits, 12 pushes, 1 comment in 11 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Espen primarily focused on adapting the Gramps genealogy program for Norwegian language support. This involved adding and updating Norwegian date parsing and display functionality, including specific language classes. They also corrected language typos within the program's interface, such as in the relationship calculator, and made minor updates to the user interface. Finally, they merged updates and adjusted code to align with upstream changes.
pythongnomegrampsgtk4genealogy
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