Mark West
Digitalisation Director
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolMark West is a seasoned digitalisation director based in Oslo with over three decades in technology and 11 years in senior leadership roles building cloud, data and AI capabilities. He has grown multiple teams from startup squads to divisions—most recently leading Bouvet’s Cloud & Platform and Platform, Insight & Analysis units, overseeing strategy, budgeting, sales and 180 consultants across Microsoft-centric cloud, security and data disciplines. A hands-on former Java architect and data-science builder, he led Bouvet’s Data Science practice from zero to production work in NLP, image processing, reinforcement learning and grid-balancing ML. He combines operational rigor with community-minded evangelism—having chaired javaBin and created internal training programs like Architect School and System Developer School. Known for steady leadership during disruption, he kept teams productive through COVID transitions and scaled divisions with consistent EBIT growth. His background in cognitive science and business gives him a pragmatic, user-centered approach to applying AI and cloud to real operational problems.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Cognitive Science Psychology and Computing, MSc Cognitive Science Psychology and Computing at University of BirminghamBusiness, Business at Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt UniversityBA (Hons) Communications with Information Systems Psychology and Computing, BA (Hons) Communications with Information Systems Psychology and Computing at Bournemouth University
Norwegian, English
Github Skills (53)
image-processing10
amazon-web-services10
controlling10
aws10
google-speech10
amazon10
intel9
robotics9
dac9
python9
1-wire9
spi9
photon9
bluetooth9
pwm9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
markwest1972/johnny_five_intro
Apr 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:206 commits, 1 PR, 204 pushes in 2 months
reactkubernetesworkshop
markwest1972/voice-controlled-zumo
Nov 2014 - Sep 2017
Contributions:1 release, 107 commits, 69 pushes in 2 years 9 months
apinode-jsspeech-to-textspeech-apispeech-recognition
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