Håvar Fosstveit
Technical Lead at Riverside
Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolHåvar Fosstveit is a Technical Lead based in Trondheim with 12 years of experience building real-time communication and web platforms, currently leading engineering at Riverside after progressing from Senior Software Engineer roles. He has deep expertise in WebRTC, SIP/H.323 and integrating conferencing ecosystems—skills honed across Whereby, GÉANT and a long tenure at UNINETT where he architected cloud communications for the education sector. Comfortable switching between hands-on development and technical architecture, he frequently bridges protocol-level complexity and user-facing, responsive web clients. Håvar’s background includes sustained involvement in institution-scale systems and a master’s in computer science from NTNU, which underpins his pragmatic approach to reliable, scalable conferencing solutions. A detail not obvious from titles: his career began in student-run publishing and multiple internships, giving him a strong grounding in both product maintenance and specifications.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian, English, German
Github Skills (72)
material-ui10
chat10
mediasoup10
client-library10
kamailio10
server-side10
sfu10
nodejs10
webrtc10
service-client10
screensharing10
multiparty10
redux10
sip10
material-design10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
edumeet/edumeet
Mar 2018 - Jan 2023
edumeet - multiparty web-meetings using mediasoup and WebRTC
Contributions:7 releases, 5 reviews, 677 commits in 4 years 11 months
reactvideochatchatwebrtcscreensharing
edumeet/edumeet-client
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
This is the client service for the Edumeet project
Contributions:56 reviews, 97 commits, 34 PRs in 10 months
service-clientpython
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