Espen Johnsen is a COO and operations leader with 15 years of experience scaling fitness businesses and running day-to-day operations across multiple gyms in Southern Norway. He combines strategic growth work—marketing, membership retention and bookings system ownership—with hands-on support for center managers to deliver a consistent customer experience. Technically savvy as a backend-focused full-stack .NET developer, he contributes to projects like the Red Cross Community-Based Surveillance on GitHub, bridging product and engineering conversations. His background in sports science and rehabilitation underpins a people-first approach to service design and performance coaching. Known for turning operational complexity into simple, member-friendly processes, he builds loyal communities around functional training while keeping an eye on sustainable growth.
14 years of coding experience
Tangvall Ungdomskole
Bachelor’s Degree, Sports and Exercise Rehabilitation, Bachelor, Bachelor’s Degree, Sports and Exercise Rehabilitation, Bachelor at Middlesex University
Idrettslinja, Idrettslinja at Kristiansand Katedralskole Gimle
Msc Sports and Exercise Sience, Health and Physical Education/Fitness, Msc Sports and Exercise Sience, Health and Physical Education/Fitness at Universitetet i Agder (UiA)
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