Summary
Håvard Kråkenes is a Senior Software Engineer at Equinor with a decade-long foundation in oil and gas operations and seven years focused on software and automation roles. He combines hands-on field experience as an electrical and instrumentation technician with formal education in industrial automation (BSc) and ongoing MSc studies in Industrial IT and Automation, giving him rare domain fluency from hardware to software. At Equinor he has progressed from apprentice and technician roles into automation lead and digitalization coordinator positions, now driving software solutions for complex field developments. Håvard spends substantial time on programming and data science, bridging operational realities with data-driven automation and digital tools. Colleagues value his pragmatic approach to problem solving and his ability to translate legacy operational constraints into maintainable digital systems. Based in Bergen, he offers a blend of practical oilfield credibility and growing applied IT research that accelerates safe, efficient industrial automation.
7 years of coding experience
Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Automation, 4.167 (B), Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Automation, 4.167 (B) at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Automation, Automation at Stord Upper Secondary School
Pre-Engineering, Pre-Engineering at University of Stavanger
Master of Science - MS, Industrial IT and Automation, 4.167 (B), Master of Science - MS, Industrial IT and Automation, 4.167 (B) at University of South-Eastern Norway
Norwegian, English