Organizers


  • Frode Jensen Frode Jensen


    Bio: Frode is a freelancer with focus on e-commerce and online marketing. Previously Frode was 4 years in Berlin and Leipzig working as a project manager for spreadshirt.net and laFraise.com. He has a master degree in Innnovation and entrepreneurship from the University of Oslo. He is responsible for Oslo Startup Weekend and can be contacted at jensen.frode@gmail.com or call +47 995 75 779


  • Sander Johansen Sander Johansen


    Bio: Sander is currently working in Mamut ASA, hosting architechture as Linux System Engineer. He has a bachelor degree in informatics from University in Oslo. His ambitions is to help several companies to the next level with a technical business approach to innovation.


  • Martin Gunnerud Martin Gunnerud


    Bio: Martin is a software engineer at Unit4 R&D. He has a master degree from NTNU, and has also attended an entrepreneurship program in Singapore. During his studies, he also worked with the game development contest Norwegian Game Awards as a part of Start NTNU. His dream is to one day start his own technology-focused company.


  • Maja Adriaensen Maja Adriaensen


    Bio: Maja graduated with with a Msc in Economics and Business and Administration from NHH in 2009, with a major in Finance. She has been studying Finance at McGill University in Canada, and Entrepreneurship at Berkeley University, California. She is now project manager for Startup Weekend Norway, responsible for establishing the concept in Norway, while she work on organizing Startup Weekend in Prishtina, and a matchmaking between IT-companies in Kosovo and companies in Norway. She is on the board of Norwegian Entrepreneur Forum and Gründerskolen Alumni, and has recently initiated another startup initiative, Startup Norway. You can get in touch at maja@startupweekend.no or call +47 924 26 064.


  • Erik Holthe Eriksen Erik Holthe Eriksen


    Bio: Erik Holthe Eriksen works in KPMG Advisory and organizes Startup Weekend in Norway. He has interests in mobile telecom, IT, information security, entrepreneurship and business management. He is an electrical engineer and has a MBA in Technology Management from NTNU in Trondheim and MIT Sloan in Cambridge. He has several years experience within IT and telecom from work in defence, government and private sector.


  • Hemdan Bezabih Hemdan Bezabih


    Bio: Hemdan is currently engaged as a technical advisor in a demo testing of a Wimax system that will be implement in Congo. She has a Master of Science in Electronics and Computer Technology, with focus on Signal Processing and Digital Communication. She is a previews participant at Startup Weekend, thus has hands- one experience with the concept. You can get in touch at hemdanb@gmail.com or call +47 976 41 619


  • Megan Li Megan Li


    Bio: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Student at BI. She is from Taiwan.


  • Domenico Solazzo Domenico Solazzo


    @domenicosolazzo

    Bio: Domenico is a software engineer working currently in Oslo. He has a bachelor degree in Computer Science from Torino University in Italy and a master in Software Development from Aalborg Universitet, Denmark. He have had the fortune of working in several countries in Europe, giving him the chance to appreciate and enjoy cultural differences and learn from great people. He has a passion for entrepreneurship and enjoys working with startups and small companies, because in them it is easier to innovate, take risks and offer real value to their customers. When he is not working, he is reading about new technologies or hacking away on his personal projects.


  • Naima Zakaria Naima Zakaria


    Bio: I love creating experiences for the other human mind.Interesting things happen when you engage your whole brain.Curious?