

Our business
Zeabuz is a highly ambitious spin-off from the progressive research Center for autonomous marine operations and systems, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. zeabuz is founded on a cutting-edge research community that created the world’s first full-scale autonomous ferry "milliAmpere 2". Our team has deep competence in situational awareness, autonomous navigation, and decision-making, modeling and simulation, cyber-physical systems, and assurance.
Seeking new business opportunities?
We are currently looking for investors – please get in touch if you want to learn more!
TEAM

Dr. Øyvind Smogeli

Ann Iren Holm Rise
Marketing Director

Halvor Platou
Sr. Systems Architect

Dr. Bjørn-Olav H. Eriksen
Lead developer MPCS & Co-founder

Levi Jamt
Sr. Full-Stack Engineer

Robin Stokke
Autonomy Engineer

Birgit Thorsen
Communications advisor

Carl Petersson
Autonomy Engineer

Dr. Erik F. Wilthil
Lead developer SITAW & Co-founder

Tobias R. Torben
Autonomy Engineer

Aleksander Elvebakk
Autonomy Engineer

Dr. Vinicius De Oliveira
Lead Developer
Test System

Magne Sirnes
Autonomy Engineer

Magnus Haukeland
Autonomy Engineer

Øystein Kaarstad Helgesen
Autonomy Engineer

Thomas Skarshaug
Autonomy Engineer &
Co-founder

Brage Sæther
Autonomy Engineer

Emil Thyri
Autonomy Engineer

Eivind Løvoll
Autonomy Engineer
PART-TIME MSc. STUDENT EMPLOYEES

Odin Aleksander Severinsen
NTNU student -
Cybernetics and Robotics

Christopher Strøm
NTNU student -
Cybernetics and Robotics

Anton Krassa
NTNU student -
Design and service development

Vipul Garg
NTNU student -
Cybernetics and Robotics
PART-TIME PhD STUDENT EMPLOYEES

Kjetil Vasstein
NTNU PhD student – Simulations of autonomous systems & Co-founder
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bjørn K. Haugland
Chairman / CEO Skift - Business Climate Leaders

Stein Andre Herigstad-Olsen
CEO, Torghatten

Dr. Asgeir J. Sørensen
Professor and Director, NTNU, Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems

Dr. Tor Arne Johansen
Professor, NTNU, Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems

Susanne Jäschke
Innovation Manager, NTNU Technology Transfer
ADVISORS

Tore Ulstein
Chair and owner Ulstein, Chair NORCE,
Fmr: President NHO

Dr. Egil Eide
Associate Professor, NTNU/ Electronic Systems / Inventor

Tor Svensen
Vice President, Marine Technology at RCCL
Fmr: CEO of DNV Maritime, chairman of IACS

Dr. Morten Breivik
Associate Professor, NTNU / Motion control & COLAV

Dr. Edmund F. Brekke
Associate Professor, NTNU /Sensor fusion & SITAW