Bluware CONSULTING

Christian, a member of the team for 16 years, manages a portfolio of exciting consulting services projects. He has a joint PhD from the University of Oslo, Norway, and INSA de Toulouse, France, focusing on Computer Science and Geometric Modeling. His work experience started out in contract research at Sintef developing software to build 3D geometric models and applications in modeling the geology of the subsurface. Christian spent five years at WeatherOne, a company providing weather graphics solutions for broadcasting companies throughout the world. He then worked at Simula Research Laboratory company on patient-specific 3D models of the human body from medical images like MR and CT. For the last 16 years he has developed client-specific software solutions mainly in the energy sector, including oil and gas, wind power, and hydropower. He is passionate about working with clients to make tailored innovative software tools that create a competitive advantage. In his free time, Christian enjoys cycling in the Norwegian countryside.

Ulf Ekström, a member of the Bluware team for 3 years, has long experience with scientific software development and scientific research. He combines results from scientific literature, efficient algorithms, visualization, and high-quality user interfaces to maximize the value of the customer’s data. Ekström has a background as an academic researcher in HPC and computational physics and has worked at universities in Sweden, Italy, The Netherlands, and Norway. His professional interests include UI/UX, decision theory, operations research and research project management. Ulf has worked in the energy sector since 2016, and lives with his family in Oslo, Norway. In his free time, he enjoys silly music and serious books.

Yvon, who has been on the team since 2008, is lead developer and chief software architect of various projects used daily in various Norwegian and international companies in the field of geology, oil and gas, and medicine. He has long experience in software development, product documentation, and support at an industrial level. His expertise includes cloud architecture, GUI design, graphics visualization, code optimization, system architecture, hardware integration, and real-time simulation. He held a previous role as Senior Software Developer, System Architecture at SimSurgery A/S which was awarded the "European Commission IT Prize" in 2006 for its hardware and software solution. He also contributed the industrialization of several research projects financed by the European Union and the Norwegian government. In addition, he was lead developer and co-owner of the Sim3dm patent for real-time 3D simulation, based on advanced virtual reality technology and a custom-made hardware interface that replicates the surgeons’ instruments. He started programming at the early age of 14 and published his first computer game that was sold in shops all over France. In his spare time, Yvon likes hiking in the woods of Norway, traveling, discovering new cultures, and photography.

Hamed joined Bluware in 2019. He has more than 10 years of experience in signal and data processing. He specializes in signal and image processing, statistics, and deep learning. Additionally, he was successful in creating and improving algorithms using Python and MATLAB in biomedical signal processing and geology applications. Hamed holds a PhD in Signal Processing from the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology.

Erik Holtar joined Bluware in 2018 with extensive experience in most E&P workflows, holding positions in exploration management teams at Hydro, Statoil (now Equinor), and most recently Aker BP. He focuses on geological and geophysical software and architecture involving AI in problem solving. Erik attended Norwegian University of Science and Technology where he studied geology with an emphasis on ore geology and broad aspects of geological mapping within his civil engineering degree. Erik’s free time is often spent outdoors with activities following the Nordic seasons, such as gardening and skiing. He really enjoys the occasional trips to southern Africa where he has a connections after spending several expat years there.

Adam joined the Bluware team in 2022. The main field of his expertise is design and implementation of software applications. He develops both server and client ends. His goal is to create performant software that is easy to maintain and expand. That’s why he is constantly looking for opportunities to improve in areas like software architecture design, development patterns, backend, and frontend technologies. Adam is currently working on development of a web application based on the Swarm Particle Optimization problem. He is designing the architecture with server and front-end application implementation. Adam holds a Master of Science Engineering in Automatic Control Engineering and Robotics from Silesian University of Technology