Håkon Smith-nilsen
CEO at Apparat AS
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
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Top SchoolHåkon Smith-nilsen is a seasoned software leader and entrepreneur with 13 years of hands-on experience across mobile, backend and systems administration, currently serving as CEO of Apparat AS while also mentoring Android teams at Bulder. He has led product and engineering efforts for media and banking clients—shipping native iOS/Android apps, Kubernetes-based Go microservices on GCP, and platform work as acting CTO for a mobile-first bank. Comfortable switching between coding, project management and ops, Håkon combines deep technical breadth (Java, Swift, Kotlin, .NET, frontend stacks) with a pragmatic focus on team enablement and delivery. His background spans startups, consultancy and in-house roles, plus an early entrepreneurial stint running a net café, which underpins a practical, user-centered approach to product decisions. Based in Bergen, Norway, he’s known for improving codebases and remote team performance while bridging business and technical priorities.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of Bergen (UiB)Lillesund og HåvåsenVardafjell Videregående skole
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (61)
google-hangouts10
cordova10
apache-cordova10
chat9
linting8
react8
eslint-plugin8
java8
nodejs8
javascript8
objective-c8
slide8
mobile7
linter7
ios7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
apparatno/company
Mar 2018 - Oct 2021
Apparat er et IT- og medieselskap i Bergen
Contributions:8 reviews, 49 commits, 18 PRs in 3 years 7 months
reactbergen
hnilsen/android-fragment-bootstrapper
Oct 2012 - Mar 2013
Contributions:4 commits in 5 months
vpiabsandroidbootstrapfragments
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