Frode var hovedtaler under forrige meetup og vil denne gangen være med oss live fra San Diego via videoskype.

Emne: The Joy of Failure
Frode taler på engelsk

Biography

Frode Odegard is the Founder and CEO of Odegard adVentures and the Lean Software Institute. He is a long-time entrepreneur and management consultant in the IT industry who has recently branched out into other areas as well. Frode  started his first software company while still attending high school in Norway, and subsequently immigrated to the United States in 1990, where he founded Odegard Labs, a software R&D lab. His career gradually moved into teaching and consulting on software engineering best practices. In 2004 he founded the Lean Software Institute, a management consulting firm dedicated to bringing Toyota’s Lean business methodology to the IT industry. He recently founded Odegard adVentures as a parent company for all his ventures/projects.

Frode has chaired industry conferences and participated in international standards work. He has helped a broad range of technology companies, including Sony Electronics Inc., Lockheed Martin, Honeywell Aerospace, Cardinal Health, AT&T Wireless, and Plantronics. Frode is currently in the process of launching three new ventures: an educational venture helping individuals get more out of their lives, an organizational learning consultancy, and a software company in the knowledge management space.

Frode’s interests outside work include history, languages, philosophy (Objectivism), art, mathematics, psychology, skydiving, and strength training. He lives in San Diego, California, surrounded by beautiful models, expensive cars, luxury yachts, and fine wines. (Okay, that last sentence isn’t 100% true, just checking if anyone really reads until the end..)

Frode Odegard at the September 2009 Tweetup

Frode Odegard at the September 2009 Tweetup