Management Team
Our management team has broad, international experience in venturing fast growing, customer-oriented companies. Our core expertise relating to the design and manufacture of electrical machines and our strong commitment to delivering value to our customers serve to substantiate our future
STÅLE SVENNING CEO
Ståle has worked as the CoB and CEO of several high-tech companies, including MaXware AS which was sold to SAP AG. Prior to entering the promised land of high-tech entrepreneurship, Ståle held posts such as the COO and Head of Business Development at SpareBank1, Associate Principal with McKinsey & Company and Management Trainee at Orkla AS.
Ståle has an M.Sc. in Cybernetics and Computer Science from the Norwegian School of Technology, supplemented by managerial courses in Finance, Strategy and Technology from the Norwegian School of Management and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
KENT OMENÅS CFO
Kenthas previously worked as a Group Chief Accountant and CFO for companies in the shipping and offshore industry (Boa Group, Odfjell Drilling, Kristian Jebsens Rederi and Frontier Drilling ASA). He also has auditing experience from Deloitte.
Kentholds an MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH).
EIRIK SKARE CSO
Eirik has previously worked as the R&D Manager of Glen Dimplex Nordic AS (formerly NOBO Electro AS and Siemens Electrical Heating AS). He has also served as the Sales & Market Manager responsible for export markets at NOBO Electro AS.
Eirik holds an M.Sc. in Process Cooling and HVAC from the Norwegian School of Technology (NTH) and an M.Sc. in Business and Administration from the Norwegian School of Management (BI).
SIGURD ØVREBØ CTO
Sigurd has served as the CTO and Technical Director of SmartMotor for some 10 years. Prior to joining SmartMotor, Sigurd gained a Ph.D in Electrical Machinery from the NTNU. He has also worked as an electrical engineer at Aker Solutions. Sigurd is a member of our Board of Directors.