Now · AI agents and local models
Svein Løken
Learning by doing. Doing quite a lot.
- Base
- Kristiansand, Norway
- Role
- Developer and technology consultant
- Focus
- AI · software · 3D/XR
- Approach
- Build, test, learn, repeat
How I got here
CV · 06 stages · 24 years across disciplines
Today I build software, AI tools and interactive 3D. I got here through electrical work, offshore commissioning, teaching and building simulators. Each step added something I needed to learn: hydraulics, circuit boards, code, cloud services. That part has stayed fairly consistent. The projects keep changing.
012002–2007Industry and offshore
Electrician
I started as an apprentice and earned my electrical trade certificate. Industrial wiring, networks, fire and gas systems, and later offshore equipment taught me to trace a fault and understand the system around it.
- Apprentice electrician
- Electrician (Group L)
My trade certificate as an electrician
022007–2014Offshore cranes and drilling equipment
Offshore commissioning
At shipyards in South Korea, I started and tested cranes, adjusted PLC software and troubleshot sensors and hydraulics. Later I led commissioning with a colleague on the opposite rotation. Our team commissioned about 100 cranes.
- Field technician
- Service engineer
- Commissioning lead
Early years in offshore work
Work from this stage · 02
PR-2012-01
A second life for an old lifeboat
An electric conversion reuses the original shaft and propeller, with a battery box built under the floor.
PR-2007-01
Commissioning offshore cranes in South Korea
Hands-on commissioning brought together control software, electrical systems and hydraulics, one crane at a time.
032014–2019Technical training and product development
Teaching, then building the teaching tools
Teaching operators and maintenance crews led to building better training equipment: portable simulators, custom controls and a working classroom crane. I learned CAD, electronics, fabrication and embedded programming by making the tools the courses needed.
- Course instructor
- Senior instructor
- Product developer
The drilling-simulator training room I built
Work from this stage · 03
PR-2018-01
A pallet-sized training simulator became a portable kit that fits in two suitcases.
PR-2017-02
A real crane, sized for a classroom
A 100 kg training crane combines custom parts, electrical assembly and PLC software adapted to the smaller geometry.
PR-2015-01
Real controls for a portable simulator
A custom armrest combines printed parts, electronics and software-driven button layouts for different crane simulations.
042017–2018RFID attendance systems
A company on the side
A business partner and I started a company to replace manual attendance registration with a card tap. We built three touchscreen stations, the server and reporting tools. I learned Java along the way; the first systems were delivered in about six weeks.
- Co-founder
- Full-stack developer
- UX designer
Work from this stage · 01
PR-2017-01
A card tap instead of roll call
Three touchscreen RFID stations replaced name-by-name attendance registration for an integration programme.
052018–2024Energy, maritime and public sector
Software, 3D and XR
Simulator work opened the door to interactive 3D, cloud streaming and web development. I built tools for training, product demonstrations and navigation, then explored ways to turn camera footage and older image data into 3D models people could inspect in a browser.
- Technical designer
- Senior software engineer
- 3D/XR developer
- Team lead
Guided procedures in XR
Work from this stage · 07
PR-2024-04
A 3D inspection from 360° video
A camera lowered into a shaft produces a 3D model that can be inspected and measured in a browser.
PR-2024-03
A new view of an older 3D dataset
An older photogrammetry dataset becomes a Gaussian splat model that can be explored in the browser.
PR-2024-02
Assemble a wind turbine in mixed reality
Visitors use their hands to assemble a virtual offshore wind turbine at a trade show.
PR-2024-01
Navigation cues in an AR headset
An AR prototype overlays live navigation cues on the view from a boat, tested aboard a CB90.
PR-2023-01
A portal for maritime 3D tools
A web portal brings interactive equipment models and streamed 3D into training, sales and maintenance work.
PR-2022-02
A clearer view of rented equipment
A customer portal brings projects, rented machines and contract details into one view.
PR-2022-01
An oil rig model in the browser
A shared 3D rig model lets people on different continents explore a design together in their browsers.
062025–nowPublic sector and industry
AI and software in practice
I build AI agents and web applications, set up platforms with clear data and access rules, and run workshops around real work. Recent projects include searching scanned manuals and helping teams choose which AI ideas are worth trying. I also test local models on my own hardware.
- Managing consultant
- AI specialist
- Technical project lead
- Full-stack developer
Models running locally
Work from this stage · 05
PR-2026-01
A foundation for apps and AI agents
A shared platform for municipal teams to build apps and AI agents with clear rules for data and access.
- AI-generated illustration
PR-2026-02
Updating a municipal service platform
Fullstack development and integration work on an existing municipal self-service platform.
- AI-generated illustration
PR-2025-03
Finding answers in scanned manuals
An Azure pilot connects document search and AI agents to help engineers work through equipment faults.
- AI-generated illustration
PR-2025-02
A 3D configurator, and one persistent bug
Interactive pipe assemblies in Unity, followed by a one-week fix for a long-standing defect.
PR-2025-01
From AI ideas to useful next steps
Workshops with seven organisations connected AI ideas to real tasks, available data and practical next steps.
Along the way
Toolbox
Qualifications, courses and languages.
Certifications and course certificates
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) · 2024
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900) · 2024
- Remix.js – The Practical Guide (Udemy) · 2023
- React + Redux (SoloLearn) · 2022
- JavaScript (SoloLearn) · 2022
- CSS (SoloLearn) · 2022
- Java (SoloLearn) · 2022
- Electrician trade certificate (Group L) · 2005
Courses
- Coaching for managers · 2025
- Electrical safety and first aid · 2018
- Basic safety and emergency training · 2016
- Hydraulics I–IV: basics to troubleshooting · 2014
- Basic safety and emergency training, refresher · 2012
- APOS in practice · 2010
- Offshore HSE course · 2007
- Siemens S7 service and maintenance · 2007
- Basic PLC training · 2007
Languages
- Norwegian · Native
- English · Fluent
Next project
Something worth figuring out?
Learning by doing. Doing quite a lot.
I build software, AI tools and interactive 3D, with a background in commissioning, technical training and product development. My work ranges from document-search pilots and public-sector platforms to simulator controls and measurable 3D models. I like understanding the whole problem, learning what is missing, and building something people can use.
24 years of experience
2025–present
AI and software in practice
Public sector and industryI build AI agents and web applications, set up platforms with clear data and access rules, and run workshops around real work. Recent projects include searching scanned manuals and helping teams choose which AI ideas are worth trying. I also test local models on my own hardware.
- Managing consultant
- AI specialist
- Technical project lead
- Full-stack developer
2018–2024
Software, 3D and XR
Energy, maritime and public sectorSimulator work opened the door to interactive 3D, cloud streaming and web development. I built tools for training, product demonstrations and navigation, then explored ways to turn camera footage and older image data into 3D models people could inspect in a browser.
- Technical designer
- Senior software engineer
- 3D/XR developer
- Team lead
2017–2018
A company on the side
RFID attendance systemsA business partner and I started a company to replace manual attendance registration with a card tap. We built three touchscreen stations, the server and reporting tools. I learned Java along the way; the first systems were delivered in about six weeks.
- Co-founder
- Full-stack developer
- UX designer
2014–2019
Teaching, then building the teaching tools
Technical training and product developmentTeaching operators and maintenance crews led to building better training equipment: portable simulators, custom controls and a working classroom crane. I learned CAD, electronics, fabrication and embedded programming by making the tools the courses needed.
- Course instructor
- Senior instructor
- Product developer
2007–2014
Offshore commissioning
Offshore cranes and drilling equipmentAt shipyards in South Korea, I started and tested cranes, adjusted PLC software and troubleshot sensors and hydraulics. Later I led commissioning with a colleague on the opposite rotation. Our team commissioned about 100 cranes.
- Field technician
- Service engineer
- Commissioning lead
2002–2007
Electrician
Industry and offshoreI started as an apprentice and earned my electrical trade certificate. Industrial wiring, networks, fire and gas systems, and later offshore equipment taught me to trace a fault and understand the system around it.
- Apprentice electrician
- Electrician (Group L)
Certifications and course certificates
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) · 2024
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900) · 2024
- Remix.js – The Practical Guide (Udemy) · 2023
- React + Redux (SoloLearn) · 2022
- JavaScript (SoloLearn) · 2022
- CSS (SoloLearn) · 2022
- Java (SoloLearn) · 2022
- Electrician trade certificate (Group L) · 2005
Courses
- Coaching for managers · 2025
- Electrical safety and first aid · 2018
- Basic safety and emergency training · 2016
- Hydraulics I–IV: basics to troubleshooting · 2014
- Basic safety and emergency training, refresher · 2012
- APOS in practice · 2010
- Offshore HSE course · 2007
- Siemens S7 service and maintenance · 2007
- Basic PLC training · 2007
Languages
- Norwegian
- Native
- English
- Fluent