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Espen Sivertsen |
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DK: +45 26357495 |
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15th March 1982 |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011 - Present
Co-Founder Mememaker, Rapid Prototyping supply and development service. We go from ideas to markets in less than one month.
August 2009 - 2011
Team Leader KaosPilots, An international school of Creative Project, Process, Business and Leadership Design. The program is a three-year long education for 21+ year olds. The focus lies upon learning by doing through client assignments, from entrepreneurs, consultants, leaders and thought leaders.
2007 - 2009
Project Manager Innovation Lab, An international knowledge centre for new technology. iLab uses it's global network comprising close to 2500 connections within worldwide research, product development and entrepreneurship. This network operates as an "antenna association" providing a broad perspective of the scope of emerging technologies within the next 3-5 years.
Spring 2006
Councillor Norwegian Humanist Association is the National organization for humanists. They perform amongst other services a neutral life stance option for high-school confirmations.
Summer 2005
Intern The Nonviolent Peaceforce aims to promote, develop and implement unarmed civilian peacekeeping as a tool for reducing violence and protecting civilians in situations of violent conflict.
Summer 2003
Team Leader, Norwegian Fundraising Group, UNICEF Subscriptions
- Established and headed a mobile sales team comprising 7 people
- Enhanced my communication, teamwork and leadership skills
Summer 2002
Assistant Coordinator, Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development, or ForUM, is a national and international contact point and think tank. ForUM's main task is the coordination of policy initiatives and recommendations relating to environment and development initiatives. These are anchored in a community of 54 member organisations in Norway, as well as with the viewpoints of international partners and those in the Global South.
EDUCATION
2004-2007 Project Management & New Business Design at the KaosPilots
2001-2004 Psychology Bsc. (Hons.) University of Manchester
- 2:1 average
- Modules included Topics in Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, The Computational Mind, Language Development, and Group Processes.
- Dissertation on Dorsal and Ventral pathways of the brain
- 3rd Year project on space, time and sound processing in Navigation
1999-2001 International Baccalaureate. Skagerak International School
- Modules include Computer Science (C++ programming); Norwegian; and English higher level; psychology; biology; and mathematics standard.
- Received International Baccalaureate Diploma (39/45 points).
AWARDS
2001-2011:
Award for International Understanding from the European Council of International Schools (ECIS).
“NORWAY 2032” prize for a vision of sustainable development awarded by the (then) Norwegian Minister of Environment, Minister Børge Brende.
OTHER EXPERIENCES
Spring 2010
Designed, Developed & Guided outpost trip to Shanghai for 47 KaosPilot students during March-June.
Summer 2009 & 2010
Building Prototypes
Summer 2008
- Spent the summer traveling from Rome to El Hamma
Summer 2007
- Spent the summer traveling from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar
Autumn 2006
Project scout for the KaosPilots in Mexico
Spring 2006
Outpost with the KaosPilots in San Francisco
Autumn 2006
Co-facilitator with the KaosPilots for Danish firm Arkitema in Lithuania
Christmas 2005
- Helped plan a consultancy in Singapore
Autumn 2005
Attended PeaceWorkers UK Level 1 training course 'Introduction to Working in Conflict'.
Spring 2005
- Easter in Croatia
2004-2005
Student Representative for the KaosPilots Team 11 on the KaosPilot Board
Summer 2004
Spent the first part of the summer as a research assistant to Dr Sylvain Sirois in Manchester conducting EEG scans on participants in order to research participant reaction time to fear inducing stimuli of a evolutionary natural and non-natural kind.
- Spent the second part of the summer as an aspirant in the Norwegian Army trials but failed to make the final selection. Learnt a lot of lessons about leadership. Lost 7kg in two weeks.
2003-2004
Resident Tutor for 46 students at Owens Park Halls of Residence
Student Representative for 3rd Year Undergraduate Psychology.
- Launched department Psychology Society; coordinated weekly meetings and departmental social events (3 per semester) for 600 undergraduates as well as postgraduates and staff.
- Devised and implemented Psychology Society seminar series.
- Established and co-ordinated 3rd year module study groups.
Student Mentor Scheme Coordinator
- Wrote and presented lecture on essay writing skills to some 40 2nd year student mentors.
Student Dep. Representative Faculty Staff/Student Committee
- Enhanced Faculty intranet by proposing a faculty staff/student web page
Student Faculty Representative on the Faculty Teaching Standards
- Committee (representing some 3500 students)
Summer 2003
- Biked from Talinn (Estonia) To St Petersburg (Russia)
- Attended the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA) September festival of science. Subsequently joined the BA.
2002-2003:
Resident Tutor for 46 students at Owens Park Halls of Residence
- Youngest residential tutor in the history of the university
Student Representative for 2nd Year Undergraduate Psychology
- Initiated and Implemented “Mentoring Scheme” between second and first year undergraduate psychologists
- This involved bidding and receiving university funds (£500) subsequently matched by the psychology department.
Student Dep. Representative on Faculty Staff/Student Committee
Student Faculty Representative on the Faculty Policy Planning & Resource Committee (representing some 3500 students)
Summer 2002
- Participated at the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg as part of the NGO delegation after winning the Norwegian Ministry of Environment’s “Norway 2032” Essay Competition
2001-2002:
Student Representative for 1st Year Undergraduate Psychology
Student Department Representative on Faculty Staff/Student Committee
2001-2002
Elective in Calculus
- University Officers Training Core (Territorial Army) included the MTQ1 certificate (Basic first aid, survival, etc)
Summer 2001 Spent a week as a Buddhist Monk in a monastery in Battambang, Cambodia during my travels
ADDITIONAL PROFICIENCIES
Languages: Bilingual English/Norwegian. Most Danes understand me now! IT skills: word, powerpoint,etc, and have dabbled with C++ and Visual Basic.Net programming
References are available on request.