Stian Totland
Product Manager at Highsoft AS
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Summary
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RockstarStian Totland is a product manager based in Bergen, Norway, with over a decade of experience transitioning from hands-on web development to leadership roles in product and operations. Currently at Highsoft, he brings technical empathy to product strategy, informed by earlier roles as COO and team lead where he balanced delivery, people management, and business priorities. His practical front-end contributions to the widely used Highcharts project—improving Grid component docs, demos, and styling—underscore a detail-oriented approach to developer-facing UX. Stian’s background spans broadcast, media, and agency environments (TV 2, Vizrt, Apparat), giving him a knack for translating complex workflows into polished product experiences. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic connector who moves fluidly between code, design, and stakeholder alignment. He pairs a developer’s eye for UI and CSS nuance with product leadership that focuses on clarity and usability.
4 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
English, Norwegian, Norwegian
Github Skills (4)
css10
javascript10
ui-design9
documentation8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
highcharts/highcharts
Jan 2024 - Apr 2025
Highcharts JS, the JavaScript charting framework
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:262 reviews, 14 PRs, 74 pushes in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Stian primarily focused on updating and modifying the documentation and styling for the Highcharts Grid component. Their contributions involved reorganizing and updating sidebar navigation, as well as refining the CSS for the datagrid component, including variable renaming, hover effects, and color scheme adjustments. Additionally, the user added and updated demo descriptions and code examples, enhancing the usability of the Grid component. They also contributed to creating and modifying CSS and Javascript for specific demo examples, enhancing the overall presentation and functionality.
chartshighchartschartchartingjavascript
stitot/gridwebinar
Mar 2025 - Apr 2025
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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