Jan Georg Kent

Background

Kent, Jan Georg was born on November 23, 1942 in Oslo, Norway. Son of Rolf and Ragna Katarina (Kent) Nielssen.

Education

Master of Science, University Oslo, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oslo, 1979.

Career

Lecturer, U. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1967; system programmer, Stanford (California) U., 1967; researcher, Norwegian Defense Research Established, Norway, 1968-1969; stipendiat, International Business Machines Corporation Norway, Oslo, 1969-1972; systems engineer, International Business Machines Corporation Norway, Oslo, 1977-1979; researcher, Norwegian Computing Center, Oslo, 1972-1977; chief consultant, Tandberg Data, Oslo, 1979-1981; chief engineer, Norwegian Defense Command, Norway, 1981-1985; chief consultant, Christiania Bank, Oslo, 1985-1992; senior quality assurance engineer, Science Project Contractors, Oslo, 1992-1993; Information Technology department advisor, Directorate of Customs and Excise, Oslo, since 1993.

Achievements

• January Georg Kent has been listed as a noteworthy Computer consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (Norwegian chapter chair since 1973).

Connections

Married Elisabet Bigset, March 20, 1973. 1 child, William.

Father:

Rolf Nielssen

Mother:

Ragna Katarina (Kent) Nielssen

Spouse:

Elisabet Bigset

child:

William Kent