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WHO WE ARE

OceanTherm is a forward-thinking and competent team determined to go the distance needed to find out if our bubble curtain technology can be scaled for significant impact.

THE TEAM

Olav Bjørnsund Hollingsæter

Founder and CTO

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Olav is the Founder and CTO of OceanTherm. He has served in the Norwegian Navy at strategic level and has service from submarines. In addition to Senior Executive Courses from the Norwegian Armed Forces, Olav has a Master’s in Computer Science from the University in Bergen.

Bjørn Hollingsæter

Co-Founder and CFO

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Bjørn is Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer at OceanTherm. Bjørn is formally educated as Diplom-Kaufmann (Equivalent of MBA) from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, where he focused on Industrial Economics. He has more than 20 years of experience as a financial consultant and accountant in Norway.

Grim Eidnes

Chief Scientific Officer

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Grim Eidnes is our Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). Grim is educated as an Oceanographer from the University of Oslo (UiO) and was until recently a senior scientist at SINTEF Ocean where he was the project leader on several SINTEF + OceanTherm projects.

Oliver Heim Hollingsæter

Co-Founder and CEO

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Oliver is the Co-Founder and CEO of OceanTherm. Oliver holds a Master’s of Science in Sustainability Management from The Earth Institute at Columbia University. In addition, he has one year of graduate level coursework in Economics of Innovation and Growth from KTH Royal Institute of Technology. as well as two years as a PhD candidate at NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Industrial Economics and Technology Management in the field of Systems Engineering.

WANT TO CONTRIBUTE?

Thank you for wanting to help us in our mission to reduce the damage from hurricanes and typhoons! Whether you represent a company or just yourself, we want to hear from everyone with an interest in joining us on this journey.

Are you a person with influence and want to use your voice to promote this project as one of our ambassadors? We want to hear from you! Please leave us a note through our contact form and tell us a little bit about yourself and how you wish to contribute. In addition, anyone can support us with a donation by clicking the button below! 

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