Harald Nipen
Architect at DNB, WM Pension, Insurance & DAM
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
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Top SchoolHarald Nipen is a principal architect based in Bergen with over three decades of hands-on experience designing data platforms and integration architectures for large-scale financial and public-sector organizations. Currently leading the modernization of DNB Pension & Insurance’s universal data platform, he combines deep technical mastery—from databases and legacy languages to cloud analytics—with a talent for translating business needs into scalable architectures. He has a track record of delivering high-impact programs (including a platform that cut IT costs by 65% and projects supporting portfolios with up to €55B turnover) and founding pragmatic frameworks like CAFFÈ to scale enterprise architecture. Known for refusing to accept the status quo, Harald excels at enabling business innovation through master data management, BI, and automation across hybrid environments. His career spans roles at AppDynamics, CGI and Capgemini where he built reference architectures that span on-premise and cloud ecosystems. An unusual strength is his blend of low-level systems experience (Assembler, Fortran, OpenVMS) with modern data engineering practices, enabling reliable migration of legacy capabilities into future-ready platforms.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Hjellestad SkoleBachelor of Engineering Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science at Western Norway University of Applied SciencesNaturfag, Naturfag at Gimle
German, English, Norwegian, Norwegian
Github Skills (10)
enterprise-architecture4
tushare4
architecture3
change-management3
mysql2
database2
postgresql2
aurora2
sql2
snowflake1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
hnipen/first_streamlit_app
May 2023 - May 2023
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
CommunicateNorge/CommunicateEA_Patterns_CaseStudies
Oct 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:53 commits, 57 pushes in 8 months
architectureenterprise-architectureenterprise
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