Summary
Hassi Norlen is an engagement leader and content designer with 25+ years bridging natural sciences, software, and quantum computing, currently leading client engagements at IBM Innovation Studio in Washington, DC. He builds end-to-end teams and demos, runs workshops, and translates complex technical topics into accessible content—work honed through roles across IBM’s AI, Maximo, and Watson IoT divisions. As an IBM Quantum Technical Ambassador and Qiskit Advocate, he has delivered dozens of workshops, contributed practical integrations like the Qrasp Raspberry Pi project, and authored a hands-on Qiskit book. His background as a science journalist and physics MSc from Uppsala gives him a rare mix of research rigor, storytelling skill, and product-focused design. Now based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and open to opportunities in Europe, he brings a pragmatic curiosity—“a day without curiosity is wasted”—to every client problem he tackles.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Arizona
Scientific and Technical Writing, Scientific and Technical Writing at California State University, Fullerton
Writing Natural Science, Journalism, Writing Natural Science, Journalism at Ordfront
Journalism AB, Science journalism., Journalism AB, Science journalism. at Uppsala University
Swedish, English, German