Brage W. Johansen


Entrepreneur, Board member, Investor, Speaker

About

Norwegian. Married. Dad for 3 kids.


Two decades of working with sustainable, green technology, solutions, organisations and companies. Cofounder, CEO, Chairman and Board member.


Speaker/presentations about Startups, Innovation, Space business/Astronomy, Artificial Intelligence


While working with green solutions for our home planet Earth, my other passion is Space tech, astronomy and cosmology. Humans are happy explorers living on a grain of dust in the outer rim of the Milky Way.

  • Non-commercial board positions


    2021 ->

    Norway Advisory for Increased Export
    to the Minister of Trade.


    2017 ->

    Kolumbus in Rogaland. One of Europe's most innovative mobility company.
    LINK


    2012 ->

    Leder av Stavanger Næringsforening gruppe: Grønn Vekst


    2012 ->

    Mars Institute : LINK


Work Experience

2022-->  Cofounder and CEO Spectrum Blue AS


2017-2022 CEO of Heimdall Power AS


2017-2019 Cofounder, CEO and Chairman of Desert Control AS. 2019 -2023 Board member.


2012-2017 Cofounder and CEO of Zaptec AS


2010-2012 Strategy Director at International Research Institute of Stavanger

2007-2009 Equinor (Statoil) : Head of New Technology


2002-2007 Equinor (Statoil) : Head of Hydrogen


1996-2002 Equinor (Statoil) : Internal consultant/project manager 

Education

2023 : International Space University; Executive Course, Strasbourg (France)


2022 : Singularity University, Silicon Valley (USA)


2006 : Technology Management, NTNU / NHH


1996 : Master of Science, NTNU


And several workshops and seminars at IMD (Lausanne), Stanford and MIT.

2013 Mining in Space
2020 Norway Summit
2019 Media City Bergen
2012 Stavanger Forum