Arve Furunes

Chief Operating Officer at Maritime Robotics AS

Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway

About

Experienced professional with a demonstrated history of working in the electrical and electronic manufacturing industry. Skilled in Petroleum, Connectors, Power Plants, Control Systems Design, and Management. Strong operations professional with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) focused in Electric power engineering from Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag (HiST).

Experience

  • Chief Operating Officer at Maritime Robotics AS
    Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

  • COO at Inventas
    Sep 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr

  • Chief Operating Officer at NORBIT Oceans
    Sep 2021 - Aug 2024 · 3 yrs

    NORBIT Oceans business unit develops and manufactures proprietary technology and solutions targeting the global maritime markets. NORBIT Oceans' core offering is centred on proprietary sonar and monitoring solutions developed based on identified niches in the market. The business segments Subsea, Environmental monitoring (Aptomar), Connect, Security and Aqua together constitutes NORBIT Oceans.

  • NORBIT Aptomar AS (1 yr 5 mos)
    • Operations Manager
      Dec 2020 - Sep 2021 · 10 mos

      The position comprises managing and coordinating Norbit Aptomar's operation. Customer success is key! Professional project execution and customer support is mandatory in order to achieve that. We strive to deliver up-time on our systems out there, have fun at work and grow our company and products! Please visit aptomar.com and Norbit.com/oceans for more information on our products and services.

    • Customer service and support Manager
      May 2020 - Nov 2020 · 7 mos

      The position comprises managing and coordinating activities on Aptomar installed base. Customer success is key, and professional service and support is mandatory in order to achieve that. We strive to deliver up-time on our systems out there, have fun at work and grow our company and products! Please visit aptomar.com for more information on our products and services.

  • Siemens Offshore and Marine Center (2 yrs 2 mos)
    • Project Manager
      Jun 2019 - May 2020 · 1 yr

      Appointed as Project Manager within the Technology department. The entire innovation organization in Siemens Oil and Gas Offshore is reorganized, and standardization responsibility are transferred to the PLM’s (product lifecycle manager) in the global innovation organization. In this period, I have managed a large digitalization project in Siemens - the PILOT-E Smart Ladestasjon project; a yet non disclosed hydrogen fuelcell innovation project; and an internal project completely revising our proprietary DC system generator voltage regulator unit. Great variation, and fun to work with external customers, NMA and class societies again.

    • Head of Standardization and Technical Management
      Apr 2018 - Oct 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Appointed as Head the Standardization and Technical Management group within the Technology department. The position was created in order to secure and further strengthen the focus on standardization of existing and future portfolio. Standardization of the portfolio is key in order to secure positive profit for the Offshore and Marine Center.

    • Head of Technology
      Apr 2018 - Nov 2018 · 8 mos

      Holding the position as head of Technology in Siemens Offshore and Marine Center. Focus areas for this entity of the business is innovation and R&D, but also standardisation and maintenance of the existing product and system portfolio within our global Offshore and Marine segment. This Technology organization consist of highly skilled professionals within their fields of competence, executing both teoretical and practical work in their workflow. Not only do we do research of new products and solutions, but we also build the prototypes and products locally and test these in the necessary test environment, providing a direct link between theory and practical result. This is a key success factor for competence development but also the variety needed for having fun at work! Our engineers are exposed to the complete value chain for a good idea to end up as a customer product in operation. Having the opportunity to lead and further develop this entity is very exciting, both in terms of my previous positions and areas of work during my carreer; but also for keeping myself updated on the latest technology and changes in the market. Lucky me!