Jørgen Ekvoll
Information Technology Team Lead
Oslo, Norway
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Top SchoolJørgen Ekvoll is an Information Technology Team Lead in Oslo with 11 years of hands-on experience building products, leading engineering teams, and shaping IT architecture across startups and public sector organisations. He has held CTO and founder roles—bringing product-minded leadership from early-stage geospatial and media startups to scale-focused delivery at Statens pensjonskasse. Skilled in design, front-end development and design processes as well as backend architecture, he excels at connecting disparate teams and systems to remove bottlenecks and accelerate delivery. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic and results-driven: he cuts through buzzwords to apply the right agile practices for each context. His background in fine art and Middle Eastern studies, combined with international creative roles (photography, graphic design, acting), gives him an unusual mix of design sensibility and cultural fluency that informs user-centered product decisions.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Bachelor's degree, Near and Middle Eastern Studies at University of OsloCertificate of Higher Education in Graphic Design, New Media, Certificate of Higher Education in Graphic Design, New Media at University for the Creative ArtsBA (Hons) Fine Art, Fine Art, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Fine Art at University of the Arts LondonGraphic Artist Apprentice, Graphic Artist Apprentice at Kampen Grafisk AS
Norwegian, English
Stackoverflow
13reputation
150reached
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Github Skills (6)
rss6
php6
javascript6
regex6
api4
django4
Github contributions (5)
jorgenevil/wedding.io
Dec 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:51 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
atatonotata/pilarkapital.github.io
Sep 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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