Summary
Olve Maudal is a senior software leader and advisor with 25+ years of hands-on experience building high-performance systems across energy, telecom, finance, and seismic exploration. Currently leading research digitalisation for CCS at Equinor, he combines deep C/Python/C++ engineering and supercomputing know-how with systems thinking to tackle CO2 capture, transport, storage and trading problems. He has a strong track record in knowledge management and organizational learning, having shaped competence strategies, governance and communities at Equinor and Cisco. Olve pairs pragmatic architecture and security sensibilities with AI and Industry 4.0 approaches, enabling reproducible, cloud-ready solutions for complex simulations and operational workflows. Notably, his career blends hardcore engineering (from embedded toll systems to HPC reservoir simulation) with a persistent focus on making technical knowledge discoverable and actionable across large organizations.
11 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, MSc at The University of Edinburgh
PhD studies (not completed!), PhD studies (not completed!) at NTNU
BEng (Hons), BEng (Hons) at UMIST