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Einar Kringlebotten Olsen

Oslo

Summary

Customer focused architect and engineering leader with excellent communication skills and expertise in building well functioning development teams.


Years of experience working with development teams, business and customers to identify and design efficient, robust and reusable solutions.


Effective coach and mentor with a deep understanding, and a successful track record, of implementing of agile methodologies.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Enterprise Architect

Telia Company
01.2024 - Current
  • Led Scrum of Scrums sessions with senior architects to align strategies and drive key architectural initiatives.
  • Focused on knowledge sharing through podcasts, City Map Tours, and weekly newsletters to keep teams informed and engaged with architectural developments.

Lead Domain Architect

Telia Company
09.2020 - 01.2024
  • Responsible for the architecture of all of Telia Companies customer facing channels (websites and apps).
  • Setting the target architecture for the companies customer facing channels.
  • Working with teams across the Telia Company footprint to implement modern, reusable, target solutions.
  • Working with vendors and management to ensure we have the right skills and capabilities in our teams.

Deputy Chief Architect

Telia Company
04.2018 - 09.2020
  • Worked closely with the Chief Architect to build the Enterprise IT Architecture team.
  • Worked on setting the overall IT strategy for the company.
  • Detailed out agile ways of working, focusing on implementing a common delivery model for the company.

Lead Domain Architect

Telia Norway
07.2017 - 04.2018
  • Responsible for ensuring that the relevant domains within Telia Norway followed the common architectural strategy.
  • Worked closely with the solution architects, enterprise architects, application developers and business units to safeguard the validity of the recommended system architecture.

Domain Architect

Telia Norway
01.2017 - 07.2017
  • Worked as the Domain Architect for all attended sales and support channels in Telia Norway.
  • Responsible for the overall architecture in the domain, ensuring that the systems and solutions are in line with the business and technology strategy.

Delivery Manager

Telia Norway
07.2014 - 01.2017
  • Worked on improving the way of working in Telia Norway, setting a common delivery and prioritization model for development tasks.
  • Acted as an Agile Coach for IT.
  • Led development teams in the Channel & Sales area.

Channel Responsible, Customer Operations

Telia Norway
02.2014 - 07.2014
  • Responsible for the channels that are governed by Customer Operations.
  • Working with the IT department to ensure quality in their deliveries.

Delivery Manager

Telia Norway
10.2013 - 02.2014
  • Temporary position as Delivery Manager in IT.
  • End-to-End responsible for the line development team delivering to TeliaSonera Norway and TeliaSonera Denmark.

Customer Care Representative

Telia Norway
04.2009 - 10.2013
  • 2nd line Customer Care.

Customer Care Representative

Telia Norway
10.2008 - 04.2009
  • 1st line Customer Care

Skills

  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Project Management
  • Team Leadership
  • Process Optimization
  • Business analysis
  • IT governance
  • Service-Oriented Design
  • DevOps Practices
  • Front-end technologies
  • Technical writing

Languages

Norwegian
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional

Timeline

Enterprise Architect

Telia Company
01.2024 - Current

Lead Domain Architect

Telia Company
09.2020 - 01.2024

Deputy Chief Architect

Telia Company
04.2018 - 09.2020

Lead Domain Architect

Telia Norway
07.2017 - 04.2018

Domain Architect

Telia Norway
01.2017 - 07.2017

Delivery Manager

Telia Norway
07.2014 - 01.2017

Channel Responsible, Customer Operations

Telia Norway
02.2014 - 07.2014

Delivery Manager

Telia Norway
10.2013 - 02.2014

Customer Care Representative

Telia Norway
04.2009 - 10.2013

Customer Care Representative

Telia Norway
10.2008 - 04.2009
Einar Kringlebotten Olsen