Thomas Hagelien is a research scientist and software architect with 13+ years of experience building ontology-driven, FAIR data solutions at SINTEF Ocean and SINTEF. He specializes in semantic data modeling and interoperability, creating frameworks that bridge natural language, knowledge systems, and simulation/software workflows to make scientific data actionable for decision-making and policy. Thomas spans the full product lifecycle—requirements, design, implementation, deployment and iterative improvement—and has led EU/H2020 applied research projects producing publications and practical tooling for materials science. Equally at home in hands-on software delivery and high-level strategy, he integrates business decision tools with simulation stacks to operationalize research outputs. A less obvious strength is his focus on empowering non-technical users with semi-automatic formal data documentation, reducing the barrier to FAIR metadata adoption.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS Software Engineering, BS Software Engineering at Sør-Trøndelag University College (HiST)
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Thomas Hagelien - Scientific Researcher at SINTEF Ocean