Jarle Naustvik is a seasoned leader and builder with 35 years of experience operating at the intersection of technology, business and people, currently heading the Mitt Bygg prop-tech initiative at OBOS. He combines executive product and go-to-market experience from founding and scaling Luado with hands-on technical contributions to legacy open-source projects like UnrealIRCd, Atheme and the irssi script repository, evidencing deep backend and authentication expertise (SASL/CHALLENGE). Comfortable switching hats—from CEO and board member to freelance photographer—he brings entrepreneurial grit, strategic marketing chops and a maker’s mentality to product development. Known for pragmatic refactors and security-focused enhancements in critical IRC infrastructure, he quietly blends system-level understanding with user-centric service design. Norway-based, he pairs formal marketing education and coaching training with a long track record of building platforms that connect people and services.
35 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Marketing and communication, Marketing and communication at Handelshøyskolen BI
Coaching og kompetanseutvikling, Coaching og kompetanseutvikling at Folkeuniversitetet Buskerud/Vestfold
Contributions:158 commits, 14 PRs, 32 pushes in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jarle contributed to the Atheme IRC Services project by implementing various improvements and bug fixes across multiple modules. Their work included enhancements to the OpenServ and MemoServ modules, focusing on features such as privilege display and index handling. Additionally, they addressed a code quality issue by correcting a misspelling, and refactored and expanded functionality in the NickServ module. Furthermore, the user made contributions related to the Nefarious protocol and the SASL authentication system.
Contributions summary:Jarle contributed several Perl scripts to the Irssi script repository. They implemented a script for QuakeNet's CHALLENGE authentication and another for SASL authentication using CAP. These scripts involve interacting with IRC servers, handling authentication challenges, and implementing secure authentication methods. Furthermore, the user added functionality to support key generation and storage related to SASL.
irssi
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.
Request Free Trial
Jarle Naustvik - Leder, Mitt Bygg at NAUSTVIK CONSULTING