Summary
Nils Berland is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and CEO with over a decade of leadership experience building robotics, IoT and logistics solutions from Bergen, Norway. He has founded and led Bergen Robotics since 2016, while running a long-standing consultancy (Pantarei) that has delivered systems for clients like Telenor, Ericsson and Statoil, demonstrating a rare blend of product vision and hands-on engineering. Nils has repeatedly held CTO and board roles across startups and scale-ups—most recently at Haawk.ai and as Chairperson of Flyt Medical—bridging deep technical architecture with commercial strategy. His background includes academic appointments teaching system dynamics and offshore logistics, and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Bergen, underscoring rigorous systems thinking. Behind the executive title he remains a practical technologist who has shipped enduring logistics platforms (e.g., the Tag-Hub) and wireless sensor analytics, evidencing an ability to turn complex research into production-grade systems. Known as a mentor and technology evangelist, he combines entrepreneurial grit with multidisciplinary expertise across maritime, medtech and telecom domains.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at University of Bergen (UiB)