Håvard Lien

Vice President Research & Innovation, VARD Group

Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

About

- Curious by nature - Systematic and hard-working - Positive - Humble but determined - Stayer and fighter - Finisher but no perfectionist - Sees the overall picture - High environmental awareness - Knows a little about everything and quite a bit about some things - Likes to meet and work with people - Has high integrity and builds trust - Enjoys leading and observe people develop and advance

Experience

  • Vice President Research & Innovation at VARD
    Feb 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

    Coordinating research and innovation activities across the different entities in Vard Group. Liaising with mother group Fincantieri on innovation activity. Creating cooperation spaces, connecting people, presenting projects and results internally and externally. Nourishing contacts with maritime clusters, research institutes, universities and industry partners. Building relations and promoting Vard Group as the forward leaning, highly professional and capable shipbuilder and ship technology provider it is.

  • Assistant Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
    May 2019 - Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Teaching Ship design, Strength Analyses and Hull Construction. Academic Programme Director for the Bachelor course in Ship Design at NTNU Aalesund. Research activities related to ship design and naval architecture.

  • Skipsteknisk (Ålesund, Norway)
    • Design Manager
      Jan 2009 - May 2019 · 10 yrs 5 mos

      Overall technical responsibility for the ship designs that Skipsteknisk AS developed and engineered. Communications with class societies, flag state atuthorities and owners in order to ensure full compliance of the ship designs. Ran the design department on a daily basis. Worked with strategic design development and increasing quality, and worked closely with sales department on specific projects for Skipsteknisk´s customers within fishery, research, offshore and renewable sectors.

    • Naval Architect - Stability & Hydrodynamics
      Sep 2005 - Dec 2008 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      Responsible for all hull forms at Skipsteknisk. Calculations for speed prediction, ship motions and dynamical positioning. Preliminary and final stability calculations. Technical support to sales organization. Arrangement and supervision of model testing at different facilities across the globe.

  • Sales Manager at Union Hotel
    Aug 2003 - Aug 2005 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Selling conference facilities at Union Hotel at the national market, with main focus on companies and organizations. Working mainly in Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim, but also briefly in Stavanger and abroad (UK). Also part of the hotel management and having regular responsibility for the weekend activities on the hotel.

  • Project Engineer - Stability at Skipsteknisk
    Jul 2001 - Jul 2003 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Stability calculations of Skipsteknisk projects. Design calculations as well as performing inclining tests and final documentation production. Contacts with class societies, flag state authorities and ship yards with regards to stability issues.