Tor-andré Hetland
Key Expert at Siemens
Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolTor-andré Hetland is a Key Expert in IT/OT integration and automation with eight years of hands-on experience delivering SCADA, MES and PLC solutions across battery manufacturing, offshore oil, and mission-critical building automation. Based in Stavanger and progressing through technical lead and senior system roles at Siemens, he combines solution architecture with active coding, system configuration and commissioning to ensure practical, fit-for-purpose deployments. He regularly bridges Automation and IT teams, championing visual communication (Visio, concept boards, whiteboards) to make complex systems understandable for stakeholders. His toolkit includes WinCC OA, Opcenter Execution Electronics, Siemens S7, SIMIT, Tecnomatix and industrial protocols like OPC UA, Profinet and Modbus, with a particular interest in maintaining digital twins and factory simulation models. With dual mechatronics masters and a background in renewable energy and international study, he brings multidisciplinary engineering depth and an ability to translate theory into resilient industrial systems.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at University of Agder (UiA)Spring school, Renewable energy and fuel cells, Spring school, Renewable energy and fuel cells at Fachhochschule StralsundUniversity of Minnesota Twin CitiesUNSW Sydney
Norwegian, English
Github Skills (51)
homebridge10
google-home10
fritzbox10
iobroker10
homekit10
sony10
tasmota10
philips-hue10
api10
rest10
rest-api10
zigbee10
raspberry-pi10
dmx51210
libfdk-aac10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
torandreroland/homebridge-sony-audio-control
Mar 2018 - Nov 2022
Sony Audio Control of STR-DN1080 for Homebridge: https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge
Contributions:18 releases, 80 commits, 9 PRs in 4 years 8 months
strsonyhomekitaudiohomebridge-plugin
torandreroland/homebridge-systemair-modbus
Nov 2019 - May 2022
Supports thermostat devices on HomeBridge Platform
Contributions:22 releases, 57 commits, 59 pushes in 2 years 6 months
homekithomebridge-platformthermostathome-assistanthomebridge-plugin
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