Martin Valen
Head Of Department at Kantega
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
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Top SchoolMartin Valen is a Head of Department and seasoned backend developer with 12 years of experience, currently leading teams at Kantega in Bergen. He holds an MTech in Technical Cybernetics (Real Time and Embedded Systems) and pairs deep embedded/HW curiosity with pragmatic Java backend and occasional frontend work. His background spans international engineering roles and internships from CERN to industrial robotics, giving him a rare blend of systems-level thinking and hands-on automation experience. He also trained as a math and physics teacher, which informs his clear communication style and interest in improving internal and external technical processes. Competitive by nature, he has a history of engineering and programming contest success, demonstrating rapid problem solving under pressure. Fluent in Norwegian and English and learning multiple European languages, he brings cross-cultural collaboration strengths to distributed teams.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Technology (MTech) Technical cybernetics - Real time and embedded system, Master of Technology (MTech) Technical cybernetics - Real time and embedded system at Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet / Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)Skeisvang VideregåendeAlma Mater Studiorum – Università di BolognaNorwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian, English, Italian, German, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (8)
log-in10
logging7
api7
lua6
xcode6
ios6
build-configuration6
swift6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
martinvalen/CSP-101
Jan 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
kantega/uu-workshop
Nov 2022 - Feb 2025
Contributions:3 reviews, 45 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 4 months
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