About us
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VOCA AS is a technology consulting company based in Kristiansand, Norway. We are dedicated to provide the latest technology to serve the needs of our customers. Our core competencies are within software development, optical- and non-contact measurement, robot vision, sensor fusion and engineering control. The team members of VOCA have extensive industrial experience including relevant MSc and PhD-degrees.We have a solid history with research and development of sensor- and software technologies, and we think of ourselves as a creative and competent team, able to tackle and solve complex challenges within measurement, automation and control. We identify suitable base technologies, we suggest solutions and we provide turn-key solutions including hardware, sensors and software developed specifically to solve the problem at hand. Our domain knowledge lies within the energy industry, but we have also created solutions for customers within industry and edutainment.
History
VOCA AS was established in 2006. It started as a one-man company, and stayed so until early 2010. Today we are a team of 7, counting full-time and part-time employees.
Innovation projects
In addition to consultancy work we are also focused on three internal research and innovation projects: one aimed at offshore crane automation, another aimed at subsea gas detection and monitoring, and a third aimed at optical measurement for robotic operations.Who we are
Torbjørn Engedal
Manager (MSc)Founder and owner of VOCA AS. Holds an MSc in Engineering Cybernetics from NTNU, Norway. Engedal has more than nine years of experience with industrial research and development, with main competencies within computer vision, robot technologies and industrial computer systems.
- Mobile: +47 986 34 111
- Office: +47 38 19 83 44
- E-Mail: torbjorn.engedal@voca.no
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David Gustavsson
Senior Vision Researcher (PhD, MSc)Holds a PhD in image analysis from the University of Copenhagen and an MSc within Computer Science from the University of Lund. On top of his PhD research, Gustavsson has more than six years professional experience from vision-based research and development before joining VOCA.
- Mobile: +47 942 52 889
- Office: +47 38 19 83 44
- E-Mail: david.gustavsson@voca.no
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Anders B. Høgheim
Software Engineer (MSc)Holds an MSc within software development for embedded systems from the university college of Buskerud, Norway. Høgheim has more than four years of work experience as a software developer before joining VOCA. He has worked in the shipping- and oil & gas business.
- Mobile: +47 906 28 273
- Office: +47 38 19 83 44
- E-Mail: anders.hogheim@voca.no
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Arild Bårdsen
Chairman (MsC, MBA)Holds an MSc in Business Administration and an MBA in Strategic Management. Bårdsen has more than 25 years experience from management, operations and finance in Norwegian industrial business and offshore business.
- Mobile: +47 926 67 590
- E-Mail: arild.bardsen@voca.no
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Michael Sløgedal
Software EngineerHas more than seven years of professional software development experience, and practically runs another company in addition to his work at VOCA AS. Sløgedal works part-time for VOCA AS.
- Mobile: +47 970 57 016
- E-Mail: michael.slogedal@voca.no
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Rune Solberg
UX DesignerExperienced graphical designer and user interaction expert. Solberg has been involved in numerous interaction design projects and is an important contributor in any software project involving human users.
- Mobile: +47 92 83 46 09
- E-Mail: rune.solberg@voca.no
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Kjetil Næss
Senior Software Engineer (BSc Hons)Received his BSc Hons within Computation from University of Manchester, and has more than 20 years of professional experience as a software engineer and -architect.
- Mobile: +47 954 71 662
- Office: +47 38 19 83 44
- E-Mail: kjetil.naess@voca.no
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Harald Nøkland
Robotics Engineer (MSc)Holds an MSc within control engineering from NTNU, institute of Engineering Cybernetics (Norway) and a BSc within automation at HiO (Norway). Professional experience from design, implementation and delivery of control logics for robotic production facilities.
- Mobile: +47 995 995 12
- Office: +47 38 19 83 44
- E-Mail: harald.nokland@voca.no
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