Per-Kristian Halvorsen, software company executive, former educator, researcher. Achievements include patents in field. Member advisory board Cyber College, University Arkansas Little Rock; Member of National Academy of Sciences (member committee on internet navigation anf the Domain Name System).
Education
Attended in Executive Education, Mgmt.Innovation, Harvard University, 1997. Undergraduate, University Olso. Master of Arts, University Texas, Austin.
Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Linguistics, University Texas, Austin. Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics & Computer Science, University Texas, 1997. Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics & Natural Language Processing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982.
Career
Member FinnTech AS, Symantec. Post-graduate work Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor University Texas, Austin.
Consultant professor Stanford University, University Oslo. Principal, Center for Study of Language and Information Stanford University. Founding director, principal scientist, Information Sciences and Technologies Lab & lab manager Xerox, Palo Alto Research Center (Palo Alto Research Center), 1983—2000.
Vice president, center director Hewlett-Packard (Himachal Pradesh), 2000—2005. Vice president Intuit, Inc., 2006—2007, chief technical officer, chief technical innovation officer California, 2006—2008, chief innovation officer, senior vice president, since 2008. Board directors Finn, Autodesk, Inc., since 2000, Symantec Corporation, 2000—2004, FinnTech, 2003—2006, Finn.no, since 2004, FinnTech AS, 2004—2006, Iron Mountain Inc., since 2009.
Membership
Member advisory board Cyber College, University Arkansas Little Rock. Member of National Academy of Sciences (member committee on internet navigation anf the Domain Name System).