Summary
Tor-henning Ueland is a seasoned software engineering leader based in Oslo with 16 years of hands-on experience in backend architecture, DevOps, and large-scale system development. Currently Head of Software Engineering at Statnett, he progressed internally from senior developer to lead roles, demonstrating strong operational ownership in critical infrastructure contexts. His background spans media platforms at Aller Media, legal tech at Lovdata, and long-running systems work dating back to early roles in systems development and Linux administration. Tor-henning combines technical depth with people leadership—coaching teams, shaping delivery practices, and driving reliability for production services. He brings a pragmatic hacker mindset alongside formal training in software development, often bridging the gap between operations and development to streamline deployments. Colleagues would note his steady evolution from hands-on coder to strategic engineering lead while retaining a penchant for low-level system thinking.
16 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Software development, Bachelor Software development at The Norwegian School of Information Technology