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CV of Academic Staff associated with the new Master Programme

Fred Espen Benth ................................................................................................................................2

Bernt Arild Bremdal ............................................................................................................................3

Harald Holone .....................................................................................................................................5

Robert Klotz ........................................................................................................................................6

Magnus Korpås ...................................................................................................................................7

Monica Kristiansen .............................................................................................................................9

Steinar Kristoffersen ......................................................................................................................... 10

Christian Kunze ................................................................................................................................. 11

Thomas Niedrig ................................................................................................................................. 12

Roland Olsson ................................................................................................................................... 13

Michael Porr ..................................................................................................................................... 14

Dieter Matthew Schlesinger .............................................................................................................. 15

Michael Zerr ..................................................................................................................................... 16

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Fred Espen Benth

Academic Title

(Vitenskapelig tittel)

Professor at the Centre of Mathematics for Applications, Department of

Mathematics, University of Oslo, Norway

Education > 4 months

(UTDANNING – kun

utdanninger over fire

måneder)

1992: “Pedagogisk Seminar” (Qualifying for teaching in high school as

"lektor").

1993: Cand scient in mathematics from University of Oslo, with studies in

mathematics, informatics and statistics.

1995: Dr scient from University of Oslo. Thesis written on functional

analytical aspects of stochastics, applied to stochastic partial differential

equations.

During my PhD studies I spent 1,5 years at the University of Mannheim,

Germany.

Research and

Development

Activities (Previous

six years)

Forskning og

utviklingsarbeid (de

siste seks år)

Electricity, energy and weather markets

Insurance and finance

Pricing and hedging of derivatives

Portfolio optimization

Empirical and computational finance

See publication list for relevant information on the specialization within the

aforementioned research areas.

Additional Relevant

Competence /

Experience (Previous

six years)

Øvrig relevant

kompetanse /erfaring

de siste seks år

Outside academia, Benth holds a part-time position as an advisor for a

major life insurance company in Norway, where he is leading a project in

pricing interest rate guarantees.

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Bernt Arild Bremdal

Academic Title (Vitenskapelig tittel)

Adjunct Professor (Professor II) at Østfold University College, Halden, Norway

Education > 4 months (UTDANNING – kun utdanninger over fire måneder)

1984-1988 Ph.D. NTNU/Norwegian Institute of Technology

1978-1982 M.Sc. (Siv.ing) Marine Technology, Norwegian Institute of Technology

Research and Development Activities (Previous six years)

Forskning og utviklingsarbeid (de siste seks år)

Main R&D activities in the fields of object-oriented methods, analysis and design, VisualWorks / Smalltalk, visual programming, knowledge-based systems, knowledge management, enterprise modelling.

Author of more than 50 articles and published reports on computer applications in engineering and industry, design and planning, object-oriented technology and artificial intelligence.

Additional Relevant Competence / Experience (Previous six years)

Øvrig relevant kompetanse /erfaring de siste seks år

Business Activities

2010 - Project leader “Manage Smart in Smart Grid”- NCE Energy and

Emissions Trading Halden

Participation in & Management of Various Projects

Advisor on R&D, NCE for Emission and Energy Trading

The Lattice Collaboration project, DX and Innovasjon Norge

The Future of media in Norway with Teleplan and ToNeMe, Denmark

Advisor for StatoilHydro in the Find/NextGeneration Project on shaping the

future concept for geological exploration and associated information

management.

Participant in X-Media EU funded project on cross-media/multi-media asset

management for large corporations. Project partners include Rolls Royce,

University of Sheffield, Fiat and Solcara.

Educational Activities

1998 – present : Narvik University College (HIN), Narvik

Adjunct Professor (Professor II) in Information Technology

Fall 2007: Norwegian College in Information Technology (NITH), Oslo

Lecturer in “Artificial Intelligence in Video Games” (BSc)

2002 – 2005: Norwegian School of Business Administration and

Management (BI), Oslo

Lecturer at various master programmes in two courses in “Knowledge and

Information Management” at BSc and Master level.

External examiner and guest lecture in OO, CAE, AI-related curriculum for

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four different academic institutions.

Senior lecturer in IT in Knowledge Management at Norwegian School of

Business Administration.

International network of contacts. Lived in USA and Africa.

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Harald Holone


Master of Science


• 2006 - now PhD (in progress), Information Systems, Østfold University College • 2002–2003 Master of Science, Informatics, Østfold University College • 1993–1996 Bachelor of Science, Informatics, Østfold University College



• In the finishing stages of my PhD project. See publication list for details.



• Taught “Context Sensitive Mobile Systems” at HiØ in 2007 • Taught “Mobile Applications” at HiØ in 2010 (50 %)

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Robert Klotz


Lawyer (Second Legal State Examination, specialization in business law)


Second Legal State Examination, specialization in business law, High Court

Hamburg, 1994, after legal traineeship in penal, civil and administrative

Courts, European Commission, DG Competition, global law firm

University of Montpellier, France, D.E.A. Droit des Affaires, master studies

in French and EU business law with particular focus on contract and

antitrust law, 1992

University of Hamburg, First Legal State Examination after general law

studies with specialization in EU law, 1991



Academic research due to the participation in the following organizations:

- Founding Member, Industry Advisory Board, International Energy Forum,

St. Gallen, Switzerland

- Founding Member, Industry Advisory Board and Faculty, Master of

European Regulation of Network Industries (MERNI), Zentrum für

Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI), University of Bonn, Germany

- Member, Faculty, Master of European Studies (MES), ZEI, University of

Bonn, Germany

- Member, Faculty, Master of European Law, Europa-Institut, University of

Saarbrücken, Germany



Williams, Competition Practice, Partner, Brussels, since 2007.

European Commission, Competition Directorate-General, Energy and

Water Unit, Brussels, 2003-2007.

European Commission, Competition Directorate-General,

Telecommunication and Post Unit, Brussels, 1998-2003.

Selected activities in the current position:

- Advises Czech electricity company in EU antitrust investigation

- Advised several European energy companies on asset purchases

resulting from EU antitrust investigations.

- Advises the Energy Community Secretariat on State aid enforcement in

electricity sector.

- Advises German energy association BDEW on EU competition issues in

the electricity sector.

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Magnus Korpås

Academic Title


Adjunct Professor (Professor II) at Østfold University College, Halden,

Norway


(UTDANNING – kun


måneder)

1999-2004

Doktor ingeniør (PhD) in Electrical power engineering

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

1993-1998

Sivilingeniør (MSc) in Physics and Mathematics


Research and

Development


six years)

Forskning og


siste seks år)

2010-2011

Project Manager: Role of North Sea in realizing the 2020 renewable energy

targets

Solving principal power transmission, market and regulatory challenges for

a gradual development of offshore grids in the North Sea

Clients: Research Council of Norway, Norwegian Water Resources and

Energy Directorate, Statnett, EDF France, Statkraft, Siemens

2010-2012

Scientific Responsible: EU 7. framework project TWENTIES

Transmission system operation with large penetration of Wind and other

renewable Electricity sources in Networks by means of innovative Tools and

Integrated Energy Solutions

Client: EU 7.framework

2009-2017

Co-Manager: NOWITECH Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology

www.nowitech.no

Pre-competitive research laying a foundation for industrial value creation

and cost-effective offshore wind farms.

Clients: Research Council of Norway, 14 industry partners

2008-2011

Project Manager for SINTEF: EU-IEE project WindSpeed

www.windspeed.eu

Spatial deployment of offshore wind energy in Europe

Client: Intelligent Energy Europe

2007-2009

Main Author of Grid Analysis: EU-IEE project TradeWind www.tradewind.eu

Developing Europe’s power market for the large-scale integration of wind

http://www.nowitech.no/

http://www.windspeed.eu/

http://www.tradewind.eu/

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power

Client: Intelligent Energy Europe

2007-2009

Project Co-Worker: Deep Sea Offshore Wind Turbine Technology

Combining wind technology know-how with offshore and energy industry

experience to enhance development of deep sea offshore wind farms.

Client: Research council of Norway, Statkraft, Statoil and other industry

partners

2007-2008

WP Leader: Integration of market and network models for enhanced power

system and reliability analysis

Strategic project integrating power system analysis tools

Client: SINTEF Energy Research

2004-2006

Post Doctoral Fellowship: Research in the fields of wind power integration,

hydrogen storage and power system planning

Supervisor for Master students and Doctoral students in the fields of power

system reliability and planning


Additional Relevant

Competence /


six years)

Øvrig relevant


de siste seks år

- Reviewer for journal IEEE Transactions on power systems (6 papers since

Nov. 2008), IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, IET Renewable

Power Generation and Wiley Wind Energy

- Guest lecturer and external examiner at Norwegian University of Science

and Technology in different courses at MSc

- Supervisor for a large number of master students and a couple of PhDs at

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Dept. of Electrical Power

Engineering. External examiner for various master theses

- Member of Energi 21 R&D strategy group “Energy Systems for the

Future”.

- Newspaper chronicle, “Kan varierende vind øke forsyningssikkerheten?”,

Adresseavisen 19.06.2007

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Monica Kristiansen

Academic Title


Associate Professor at the Faculty of Computer Sciences at Østfold

University College


(UTDANNING – kun


måneder)

2002 – now:: Ongoing Ph.D work in statistics, Østfold University College

(HIØ).

Autumn 2001: Course in "Object oriented programming with Java", Østfold

University College (HIØ).

1995-2000: Master of Science in Statistics, Norwegian University of Life

Sciences (UMB).

Research and

Development


six years)

Forskning og


siste seks år)

Research and development activities cover specialized areas of risk

management, software security, and statistics. See publication list for

relevant information on the specialization within the aforementioned

research areas.

Additional Relevant

Competence /


six years)

Øvrig relevant


de siste seks år

2010 - now: Associate Professor, Østfold University College (HIØ)

2002 – 2010: Research Fellow, Østfold University College (HIØ).

2002 – 2010: Research Scientist (part-time), Institute for Energy

Technology (IFE).

2000 – 2002:Research Scientist (full-time), Institute for Energy Technology

(IFE).

1999 – 2000: Help teacher in statistics, Norwegian University of Life

Sciences (UMB).

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Steinar Kristoffersen

Academic Title


Professor of Information Technology, Østfold University College


(UTDANNING – kun


måneder)

1990: Cand. Mag. in Informatics at University of Oslo

1993: Cand. Scient in Informatics at University of Oslo

1998: Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science, Lancaster

University, UK

Research and

Development


six years)

Forskning og


siste seks år)

Selected recent projects with research focus:

2006- Designer and developer of an integration engine for Clinsoft AS

2007: (health informatics)

2004: Responsible for due diligence process re. methods, documentation

and QA of Mobile Media Company

2004: Responsible for developing the handbook of software engineering

for Mobile Media Company

Additional Relevant

Competence /


six years)

Øvrig relevant


de siste seks år

2005: Established and conducted a Msc-level course in Human-

Interface Design

2007: Is responsible for a course in Interaction Design at Østfold

University College

2008-2009: Is responsible for a course in Context-sensitive mobile

development at Østfold University College, as well as a

course in Scientific methods and academic writing

Selected program committees

InterACT 2009: www.interact2009.org

ECSCW 2009, Vienna, Austria, http://www.ecscw09.org/

International Workshop on Social Interaction and Mundane

Technologies 2008 (SIMTech '08),

http://www.mundanetechnologies.com/goings-

on/workshop/cambridge/

NordiCHI 2008, http://www.nordichi2008.org

http://www.nordichi2008.org/

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Christian Kunze


PhD in Economics


2000 PhD in Economics, University of Wuppertal (Dr. rer. oec.) Thesis on “Competitive Intelligence” 1994 Diploma in Economics, University of Wuppertal (Dipl. Ök.)



Development activities in the area of power plant generation supervision systems (co-founder of www.powermonitor.org) in order to increase energy market transparency in Europe. Research activities are related to questions of competitive intelligence, energy market liberalization efficiency and information transparency on European energy markets (see attached publication list for details).



2010: Visiting Lecturer for Energy Portfolio Management at International School of Management, Dortmund, Germany

2009 – to date: Participation in an EU sponsored Tempus IV program in co-operation with 12 European universities in order to set-up a trans-national Master in Energy Management.

2008 - 2009: Professor for Energy Management at private University of Applied Sciences ISM (International School of Management), Dortmund, Germany; Conception and implementation of a FIBAA-accredited Executive Master (60 ECTS)

2000 – 2005: Visiting Lecturer at the University of Wuppertal for “Knowledge Management in the Energy Industry”

2000 – to date: Various management positions in the energy trading industry, e.g. at Shell Energy Trading Ltd, London, UK, E.On Energy Trading, Munich, Germany, Edison Trading Spa, Milan, Italy.

Energy market related consulting activities, e.g. for Group Deutsche Börse, Frankfurt, Germany, Navita Trading Systems AS, Halden, Norway, Pöyry Energy Consulting, Dusseldorf, Germany.

Frequent speaker at energy industry events and seminars, e.g. at Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, Germany, Nordic Energy Days, Oslo, Norway, European Energy Days, Berlin, Germany.

Licensed electricity trader for several European power exchanges.

http://www.powermonitor.org/

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Thomas Niedrig


PhD in Economics


1993 PhD in Economics at University of Essen (Dr. rer. pol.)

Thesis on “Price and product differentiation in the electric power market”

1986 Diploma in Economics, University of Cologne (Dipl. Vw.)

Thesis on “Economic theory of regulation”



Due to the current position as Board Member and Secretary General of FORMAET (Foundation for Energy Trading and Market Design) the research focus is on market regulation, design and coupling.

In addition, teaching, research and master thesis supervision activities at the Energy Institute of the University of Cologne.



Since 2009 Board Member and Secretary General FORMAET (Foundation for Energy Trading and Market Design)

2005 – 2009 Member of the EEX Exchange Council

2004 - 2009 Vice President for profit center “Short Term Position Management” at RWE Supply and Trading GmbH. Responsible for RWE power plant dispatch and commodity trading in Continental Europe in the near term.

2001 – 2009 Member of the Board of EFET, European Federation of Energy Traders, and EFET Deutschland e.V.

2000 – 2004 Vice President for profit center “Power Trading” at RWE Trading GmbH

1998 – 2004 Vice Director “Energy Trading” at VEW Energie AG.

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Roland Olsson

Academic Title


Associate Professor , Østfold University College, Halden, Norway


(UTDANNING – kun


måneder)

1981-1984 Natural sciences programme, Ostrabo high school, Uddevalla.

1985-1988 Computer science and engineering, Chalmers.

1989-1990 Master of computer science programme, University of Waterloo,

Canada, as part of the civ. ing. programme at Chalmers.

1992-1994 Dr. scient. programme, Computer science department,

University of Oslo

Research and

Development


six years)

Forskning og


siste seks år)

Extensive research and publications on automated machine learning and

automated programming including research on and supervision of master

thesis on price prognosis systems for electricity markets.

Additional Relevant

Competence /


six years)

Øvrig relevant


de siste seks år

Scientific assignments

2005 Organisation of “Approaches and Applications for Inductive

Programming" together with Ute Schmid. Workshop arranged with the

International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Bonn, 2005.

2006 Editor for a special issus of Journal of Machine Learning Research

(JMLR) on automatic programming. See www.jmlr.org.

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Michael Porr

Academic Title


Dipl.-Betriebswirt


(UTDANNING – kun


måneder)

1985 Diploma in Management Science, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Research and

Development


six years)

Forskning og


siste seks år)

Participation in various working groups on market design and regulation as

well as on development of renewable energy and certificate trading as an

industry representative.

Additional Relevant

Competence /


six years)

Øvrig relevant


de siste seks år

2001 – 2003

RWE Trading, Essen, Germany, Senior Originator

2003 – 2007

OstElektra, Munich, Germany, Head of Trading

2007 – to date

Statkraft Markets, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Senior Originator

Electricity, Emissions, Renewable Energy Certificates

Participation in various working groups of the European Federation of

Energy Traders, Germany; Board Member of RECS (Renewable Energy

Certificate System) Germany.

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Dieter Matthew Schlesinger

Academic Title


Dr. oec. publ.


(UTDANNING – kun


måneder)

2000: Degreed Merchant

2003: Master of Business Research

2006: PhD as „Dr. oec. publ.”

Research and

Development Activities

(Previous six years)

Forskning og

utviklingsarbeid (de siste

seks år)

Research focus is on environmental economy, the target conflicts between

economic and ecological objectives, and resource management.

Related publication:Publication: Haas, Hans-Dieter; Schlesinger, Dieter M.

(2007): Environmental Economy and Resource Management.

Additional Relevant

Competence /


six years)

Øvrig relevant

kompetanse /erfaring de

siste seks år

2000 to 2006

Scientific assistant at the Institute for Economic Geography, Faculty for

Management Science, University of Munich, Germany

2006 to 2009

Scientific assistant at the Faculty of Geo Science, University of Munich,

Germany

From 2009

Scientific referent for Environmental and Health Economy, German National

Centre for Radiation Protection

From 2009

Visiting lecturer for Sustainability in the Energy Industry, Executive MBA

Energy Management, International School of Management, Dortmund,

Germany

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Michael Zerr

Academic Title


Dr. iur.


(UTDANNING – kun


måneder)

Parallel studies of political science and legal science at the

universities of Regensburg, Freiburg, Tübingen, Germany, Degrees:

Legal State Exam and Magister artium in Political Sciences

Studies of administrative science, University for Administrative

Sciences, Speyer, Degree: Magister artium

PhD „Dr. rer. soc.“, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Germany

Research and

Development Activities

(Previous six years)

Forskning og

utviklingsarbeid (de siste

seks år)

Interdisciplinary research, especially on:

Bezüge zwischen BWL und Recht

Interconnections between management science and legal science,

Influence of research results from social science on management,

Social network analysis,

Viral marketing,

Inter-cultural competencies,

Management and culture of the legal system

See also publication list.

Additional Relevant

Competence /


six years)

Øvrig relevant

kompetanse /erfaring de

siste seks år

2007 to date

President of and Professor at Karlshochschule International University,

Karlsruhe, Germany

Practical Experience

- vm-people GmbH: Managing Director and Stakeholder,

- Yello Strom GmbH: Founder and Managing Director,

- Energie Baden Württemberg (EnBW): General Representative with Power

of Attorney for Brands and E-Business

- EnBW Sales: CEO

- Badenwerk/EnBW: Head of Corporate Development

- State Ministry of Baden Wurttemberg: Assistant to the Head of the State

Administration

- Regional Adminsitration Ravensburg: Head of the Department for

Construction Law

Various positions as supervisory board member for companies from the

energy and telecommunications industry.

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