1920 Sorumsand,
Norway / Teléfono (47) 63825632
Richard Pedersen Kvalsvik
Personal Information / Civil Status: Married- Nacionality: Norwegian
- Age: 29
- Place of Birth: Hammerfest, Norway
Education / 1981 – 1990 Elementary School, Hammerfest, Norway
1990 – 1991 Year of Hadsel college, Norway
1991 – 1992 General Electronics/Digital and Analogue Understanding, Hammerfest upper secondary college, Norway
1992 – 1993 Advanced Electronics, Digital and Analogue Focus, Hammerfest upper secondary college, Norway
1993 – 1994 Computer Electronics, focus on microprocessor and programming, design and repair of computers in general, Notodden upper secondary college, Norway
1994 (june-december) Military service, Royal Norwegian Army, Aasegarden Station.
Professional experience / 1995 (january) - 1996 (february) Datavarehuset, large computer parts supplier in Oslo. Initially entry level position, later Support Department Manager.
1996 (february) – 1997 (april) Reuters / Norwegian Stock Exchange, Oslo. Installed and maintained stockmarket networking systems, over satellite and LAN/WAN for both internal and external brokers.
1997 (april) - 1998 (june) InGames / Drammen, worked as a C programmer creating games for EIDOS, releasing such titles as Flesh Feast.
1998 (june) - 1999 (september) FairPlay / Oslo, Worked as a C++ programmer for online soccer management game, soccerleague.net.
1999 (september) - 2001 (june) Programmed C/C++ for Opera Software, Oslo. Ported Opera to the Linux platform.
2001 (june until today) Lead Programmer and shareholder of Premos Inc. Design of hardware, software, mechanical solutions for a large variety of applications.
Professional details / EIDOS's Flesh feast:
Optimized 3D engine in C, handling animations and movements modelled in "3D Studio Max", Advanced Artificial Intelligence module, API for sound systems using Direct X and API for network play.
FairPlay's "International SoccerLeague.net" :
Natural physics algorithms, AI for game tactics and refereeing, and statistics engine
Opera Software :
General core development and porting of Opera to Linux on the NANO-X user interface for hand-held computers and embedded systems. Ported large sections of the core to Linux, KDE user interface.
Premos / Digital Audio Video :
Development of GPS / GSM tracker with remote control and cellphone capabilities for the Norwegian BattleLab Experiment (NOBLE). Control system for adjusting very large scale monitor arrays. Low cost network media player. Parasound D1 DVD player. Design of BIOS and player using ESS libraries. Won Las Vegas Innovation of the Year and was also shown at the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) technology exposition in Berlin, September 2002. Improvement set for Parasound 2500 written in VHDL, allowing HDTV output. Design and programming of numerous applications, such as remote control ROM's, reciever ROM's, LCD drivers, firewire drivers, USB drivers and audio drivers. Energy optimization of several systems for increased battery performance. Miscellaneous classified projects for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
Extra curricular activities
Hardware drivers for PC Systems Management Control. Low level hard drive control systems for fragmentation and error analysation
Development of MP3 engine for streaming.
Online application developement. IRC client, miniature HTTP and FTP clients and servers.
Development of extension to the FTP protocol for transfering large numbers of files.
Low resource dependent GUI system.
Low resource dependent encryption systems.
IP telephone client and server system for optimal bandwidth usage.
Development of Avalanch, full freeware operating system for the XBOX
Development and research of the USB layer on the PC and XBOX.
Development and research of Delphi/Oracle 9i based system.
1993- 2004 Central Coordinator for annual computer symposium, The Gathering. 5300 visitors aged 12 to 40, from all over the world. Currently held each Easter week in Vikingeskipet in Hammar, Norway.
Computer Languages / Pascal / Delphi
Intel x86 assembler
ATMEL AVR assembler
PIC x84 assembler
Motorola 68000 assembler
6502 assembler
C/C++
VHDL
References / Jon S. Von Tetzchner, Co-founder, CEO, Opera Software Phone: (47) 24164000, Fax: (47) 24164001
Espen Lyngaas, IT Consultant, ColorLine, Norway Phone: (47) 95063143, e-mail:
Languages / Fluent Norwegian and Fluent English
Miscellaneous / Norwegian class B license