Phone: +47 7359 1141
Cell: +47 9340 8127
E-mail: asbjorn.andersenexprosoft.com
Resumé: Asbjørn Andersen holds an M. Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from NTH (Technical University of Norway, currently referred to as NTNU) in 1988. Asbjørn joined ExproSoft as senior consultant in 2004, after spending 10 years in various positions at SINTEFs Drilling and Well Technology Dept. and Safety and Reliability Dept. His work experience encompasses design and qualification of well equipment, as well as detailed reliability assessment of various equipment in the upstream sector. Asbjørn has also managed ExproSofts extensive efforts on development of a new knowledge base for the drilling and well technology sector.

Phone: +47 7359 1177
Cell: +47 4740 9182
E-mail: eystein.byeexprosoft.com
Resumé:Eystein Bye has an M. Sc. in Computer Science from NTNU (2005). His area of expertise is from developing web applications. His work experience is from ADComData, Kvalito IT and Adligo Web. Eystein joined ExproSoft from 5 February 2007. In his assignment with ExproSoft, Eystein is responsible for the technical development of ExproBase and other web applications.

Phone: +47 7359 1195
Cell: +47 9305 8812
E-mail: kjell.corneliussenexprosoft.com
Resumé: Kjell graduated from NTNU in 1993 with an M. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, majoring in Reliability Engineering. He has 9 years experience from safety and reliability engineering at SINTEF, prior to joining ExproSoft on 1 January 2003. Kjell completed a Ph. D from NTNU in 2006. The title of the thesis was "Well Safety – Risk control in the operational phase of offshore wells". Main field of competence is risk and reliability studies related to subsea and well technology. Kjell is the WIMS project responsible and initiated the WIMS software development process after finishing his Ph.D., and has since then been heavily involved in defining the software functionality. Currently he manages ExproSoft initiatives within well integrity and is involved with risk assessments and work process development.

Phone: +47 7359 1179
Cell: +47 9320 5541
E-mail: per.holandexprosoft.com
Resumé:Per graduated from NTNU in 1982 with a M. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering. He has 18 years experience from safety and reliability engineering at SINTEF, prior to joining ExproSoft on 1 May 2001. His main work focus in SINTEF and ExproSoft has been on the reliability of drilling equipment, offshore blowout experience, subsea and well reliability analyses. He has carried out numerous subsea BOP reliability studies on behalf of clients in Norway, Brazil, US and Italy. Since 1990 he has been responsible for maintaining the SINTEF Offshore Blowout Database, which serves as the key information in connection with blowout risk analyses in the North Sea area. He holds a PhD (1996) in safety and reliability engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. His PhD was later reworked and published as a book at the Gulf Publishing Company in 1997 (Title: Offshore Blowouts, Causes and Trends).

Phone: +47 7359 1208
Cell: +47 9260 8396
E-mail: hans.jenssenexprosoft.com
Resumé:Hans Peter has 25 years of experience with offshore/subsea and well related projects for the offshore industry, mainly in the areas of prototype development and technology qualification, reliability analysis/FMECA and technical evaluations/ design reviews, in particular related to downhole safety valves and well completions, subsea equipment and interventions. He received his M.Sc degree from NTH (Technical University of Norway, currently denoted as NTNU) in 1981, specializing in Machine Design/ Mechanical Engineering. He worked at SINTEF Production Engineering from 1982 to 1994, at SINTEF Materials Technology/Machine Design from 1994 to 1996, at SINTEF Safety and Reliability from 1996 to 1997, and at SINTEF Petroleum Research / Drilling and Well Technology and Subsea and Well Technology departments from 1997 to 2001.

Phone: +47 7359 1148
Cell: +47 9320 6000
E-mail: einar.molnesexprosoft.com
Resumé: Einar has 25 years experience from offshore safety and reliability related projects from various positions at SINTEF in Trondheim, Norway since 1983, and from ExproSoft since 2000. His career experience is mainly related to applied reliability studies and reliability database development for downhole equipment and subsea systems for the offshore industry. Molnes was head of SINTEFs reliability engineering group 1990-1995, and Research Director of SINTEF Petroleum Research’s Drilling and Well Technology Department 1996-1999. He has been Managing Director and a Senior Consultant with ExproSoft since the company entered business operations in April 2000.

Phone: +47 5167 6370
Cell: +47 9322 3185
E-mail: terje.myklebustexprosoft.com
Resumé:Terje has an M. Sc degree in Information Technology from Rogaland Regional University in Stavanger, 1988. He has 18 years experience from development of software and database applications for the offshore industry, mainly with focus on relational databases and Windows programming. Terje spent 4 years with Pride, prior to setting up his own company WinTeam in 1994. He left WinTeam to become co-founder of ExproSoft in April 2000.

Phone: +47 7359 1161
Cell: +47 9389 6707
E-mail: arne.kristian.ovesenexprosoft.com
Resumé: Arne Kristian holds a M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 2006. During his M.Sc. thesis he was involved in a project for development of a new tool for experience transfer with a major oil company. He has previously worked for Bibsys and TietoEnator. His last assignment was on further development of a software system for gas dispatching and message handling for Gassco. At ExproSoft, Arne Kristian will be involved with software application development (primarily WellMaster and WIMS).

Phone: +47 7359 2542
E-mail: marvin.rausandntnu.no
Resumé:Professor of Reliability Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway, acting as Scientific Advisor to ExproSoft on an individual project basis. He started his career as a lecturer in mathematical statistics at NTNU in 1976. From 1980 to 1990 he worked at SINTEF with safety and reliability projects. His activities were mainly related to reliability assessment of SCSSVs and well equipment and subsea BOP systems. For the last four years of this period he was the director of SINTEF’s Safety and Reliability division. Since 1990 he has served as Professor of Reliability Engineering at NTNU. In 1995/1996 he was a visiting professor at the Civil and Offshore Department at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh in Scotland. From 1996 he has also served as vice dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at NTNU. He is now a Scientific Advisor and Chairman of the Board of ExproSoft.

Phone: +47 7359 1165
Cell: +47 9881 7776
E-mail: geir-ove.strandexprosoft.com
Resumé:Formerly a research scientist at the Department of Subsea and Well Technology at SINTEF Petroleum Research. Strand has been involved in numerous risk and reliability studies related to subsea and well technology. He earned a Mechanical Engineering degree at Gjoevik College in 1995 and received a MSc in Safety and Reliability Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 1998. Geir-Ove joined ExproSoft as Risk and Reliability Consultant in August 2000. In his position with ExproSoft, he has extensive experience from risk and reliability studies for the upstream sector, development of risk based procedures and standards and more recently, specification and programming of a Monte Carlo simulator for development planning for new offshore oil/gas fields. This simulator (FieldSim) is described in more detail under ExproSoft's Products-page.

Phone: +47 7359 1147
E-mail: rita.merete.soerskaarexprosoft.com
Resumé: Rita Merete Sørskår has been in the oil industry since graduating as a B. Sc. in Petroleum Engineering in 2004 from the University of Stavanger. She was previously employed by Proffshore AS for a short period as a Senior Consultant. Her first assignment was with Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Norway in a position as Offshore Drilling Fluids Engineer. During her professional offshore experience she was responsible for the drilling fluids on board, followed up the operations fluids and was a drilling process advisor for everything concerning fluids. In addition she does lecturing in Drilling Fluids for EXSTO Offshore Education. Rita Merete joined ExproSoft in June 2008 as a Senior Engineer. At ExproSoft Rita will be involved in consulting services related to Well Integrity.

Phone: +47 7359 1144
Cell: +47 9949 8120
E-mail: nils.andreas.thommesenexprosoft.com
Resumé: Nils Andreas Thommesen holds an M. Sc degree in Computer Science from NTNU in 1994, with a major in Software Engineering. He has over 15 years of experience from software development and engineering in a number of roles in several industries, both in Norway and in the United Kingdom. Before joining ExproSoft as Software manager in May 2009, Nils was Product Development Manager at IntraPoint in Trondheim. At ExproSoft, Nils will apply his broad software experience to improve ExproSoft's software products as well as the development processes. He will be involved in everything related to the software products of ExproSoft, from maintenance and bug fixing to product strategy and coordination of development activities.

Phone:
Cell: +47 9759 2521
E-mail: karin.valsaaexprosoft.com
Resumé:Karin graduated from NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and English in 1981, and completed a two year programme in Economic and Business Administration at Trondheim Business School in 1993. She has 25 years work experience from teaching French, English and Business Management in upper secondary school. She joined ExproSoft as Administration Manager in February 2007.

Phone: +47 4147 3730
E-mail: jorn.vatnexprosoft.com
Resumé:Professor of Reliability Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway, acting as Scientific Advisor to ExproSoft in development of computerized tools for reliability analysis. He has more than fifteen years of experience at SINTEF on safety and reliability projects. At SINTEF he also was one of the main developers of the CARA (Computer Aided Reliability Analysis) package. Since 2000 he has served as Professor of Reliability Engineering at NTNU.