| Fall 1978 - Summer 1981 | Porsgrunn Videregående Skole (college); Scientific branch of study, with specialization in mathematics, physics and chemistry. |
| Fall 1981 – Summer 1982 | University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland; School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering; Discontinued after one year. |
| Jan. 1983 – Jan. 1984 | Basic military training; Training school at Heistadmoen (PPC-driver), later transferred to Skjold/SKGF/LA in northern Norway. NKS correspondence course in radio engineering. |
| Spring 1984 | Pascal-course (programming) at Friundervisningen in Skien. |
| Høst 1984 - Sommer 1986 | Two-year full-time studies at Norsk Data-Institutt/ Datahøgskolen at Helsfyr, Oslo. |
| Summer 1985 | Summer engagement at Fjerndata A/S; Systems development and programming. |
| Fall 1985 – Summer 1986 | Systems Assistant at Datahøgskolen in Oslo. Responsible for the PC network (Corvus OmniNet). |
| 01.07.1986 – 30.06.1987 | Scholarship holder at Datahøgskolen, specializing in programming / hardware / system development. |
| 01.07.1987 - 31.12.1988 | Consultant at A/S Fjerndata; Systems development, including systems- and application- programming, as well as general PC-support. |
| 01.01.1989 - 26.10.1989 | Network Consultant in Technical Support at Fjerndata MBS in A/S Fjerndata. Responsibility areas included Novell NetWare, operating systems (DOS and OS/2), backupsystems, com- munications and program development and –tools. (The end date marks A/S Fjerndata’s bankruptcy.) |
| 01.11.1989 - 01.05.1990 | Network Consultant / responsible for the course activity at NetCenter a.s |
| Spring 1990 - | Started my own firm, Bakke Consulting; PC-network installation (mainly Novell NetWare) for small businesses. Also PCs, made-to-order courses, programming and consulting. |
| 01.05.1990 - 31.08.1997 | PC/Network Coordinator, later PC/Network Systems Manager at Platou Office a.s. Responsible for 8 NetWare fileservers (4 in Norway, 2 in Singapore, 1 in Houston and 1 in Stavanger), 3 Wang VS mini-computers (1 in Singapore, 2 in Norway), HP-9000 minis, Oracle-databases, communication-solutions and about 250 PCs - with DOS/Win311, Win95 and NT4. Certified NetWare Engineer (CNE) since march 1992, upgraded to CNE/NW 4.x in 1996; member of the Network Professional Association. |
| Spring 1993 – Spring 1998 | Member of the board in Asker Lokallag (the local chapter) of Human-Etisk Forbund (The norwegian subsidiary of The International Humanist and Ethical Union) |
| Spring 1995 - | Member of the board at Novell Forum, the norwegian chapter of Novell Users International. |
| 01.09.1997 - 31.08.2001 | Network Systems Manager at ABB Offshore Technology AS (later ABB Offshore Systems AS). Responsible for LAN-infrastructure, and more than 20 Novell NetWare fileservers in 14 locations in Norway. Upgraded my CNE status to NW 5.x in 2000. Due to internal reorganizing, my employer was ABB Partner from 1. March 2001, but I did the same job... |
| 01.09.2001 - 31.03.2002 | Senior Consultant / Instructor in the Novell-group at A-Team. |
| 01.04.2002 - | Senior Consultant / C.E.O. in my own firm, Bakke Consulting. Upgraded my CNE status to NW 6 in 2003. |