Summary
Ole Legård is a senior systems designer specializing in ship automation with 17 years of hands-on experience in real-time systems, tactical radio communications, and embedded software architecture. He has a strong background from large-scale defense projects where he progressed from low-level C/assembly development to SW architect roles, and spent several years providing technical leadership and field representation across the Middle East. At Smart Automation he designs integrated automation platforms for thousands of vessels, bridging operational requirements, regulatory compliance, and retrofit projects. Comfortable both in the lab and on customer sites, he combines deep protocol/IP knowledge with practical experience in sales support and system commissioning. An automation engineer by training, he brings a pragmatic blend of legacy systems expertise and modern integration thinking to safety-critical maritime and defense domains.
17 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Høyskole Ingeniør, Automation, Høyskole Ingeniør, Automation at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Norwegian, English