
Team 2024
Vortex is proud to present to you this years team! Take a look around.

THE BOARD
The Board decides in all significant matters and have overall strategic and management responsibilities. Vortex is lead by the board; unifying the organization.

David Omanovic
Project Manager
Chairman of the Board

Alexander Brackenbury
Deputy Project Manager
Deputy chair of the board

Gjermund Bjørnstad
CTO Hardware
Member of the Board

Théo Anders Martin
CTO Software
Member of the Board

Tarald Nikolai Trondsen
Chief Financial Officer
Member of the Board

Kari Hjelen
Marketing Lead
Member of the Board
LEADERSHIP
The leaders at Vortex ensure the project sees the light of day by leading each respective technical group. They are committed to develop their groups and the project.

Eirik Kolås
Software - Leader of
Situational Awareness

Benjamin Roald Andersen
Electrical Team Leader

Aleksander Klund
Software - Leader of Autonomous Systems

Fabian Kongelf
Software - Leader of DevOps

Martynas Smilingis
Software - Leader of Embedded Systems

Sander August Hjortland
Mechanical Group Leader

Mechanical
Subgroup of Hardware

Sander August Hjortland
Leader of Mechanical Group
Mechanical
We play with 3D modeling in CAD & SolidWorks; developing the physical parts of the vessles. Essentially, we combine fluid statics with bright solutions to develop a stable and safe vehicle which will perform to the best of its abilities.

Alice Michelle Parnas
Member of Mechanical

Marius Østbyhaug
Member of Mechanical

Sondre Jørstad Larsen
Member of Mechanical

Lars Martin Ølstad
Member of Mechanical

Emil Skotheim Sylte
Member of Mechanical

Ole Kjensmo
Member of Mechanical

Ismetcan Saraç
Member of Mechanical

Kristian Johnsen
Member of Mechanical

Marius Østbyhaug
Member of Mechanical

Pål-Anders Skari
Member of Mechanical

Electronics
Subgroup of Hardware

Benjamin Roald Andersen
Leader of Electrical Group

Denis Lobe
Member of Electronics

Afras Mansoor
Member of Electronics
Electronics
We are responsible for all the electronics and thereby they work with PCB and circuit design, which the vessel's functionality depends greatly on. Power supply solution, signal processing and acoustics are key tasks we work with as well.

Emil
Spasov
Member of Electronics

Alexander Umansky
Member of Electronics

Alvar Guddingsmo
Member of Electronics

Sebastian Opheim Hedel
Member of Electronics

Alicia Marie Göbel
Member of Electronics

Software
The software group is divided into four sub-groups. Autonomous systems, Situational Awareness, Embedded Systems and DevOps.

Eirik Kolås
Software - Leader of Situational Awareness

Erik Frøland
Software - Member of Situational Awareness

Sondre Selberg
Software - Member of Situational Awareness
Situational Awareness
We design, implement, test and tune controllers and path following algorithms for the drones, with the aim of making our AUV and ASV autonomous.

Gro Oleivsgard
Software - Member of Situational Awareness

Tristan Elias Wolfram
Software - Member of Situational Awareness

Jørgen Fjermedal
Software - Member of Situational Awareness

Aleksander Klund
Software - Leader of Autonomous Systems

Erlend Mordal
Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

Martin Quoc-Tuan Buu Hyunh
Software - Member of Autonomous Systems
Autonomous Systems
We design, implement, test and tune controllers and path following algorithms for the drones, with the aim of making our AUV and ASV autonomous.

Jade Claire Sonnier
Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

AleksanderØstensen
Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

Sondre Tveiten
Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

Martynas Smilingis
Software - Leader of Embedded Systems
(devious boi)
Embedded Systems
We deal with mechanical waves in the water in the form of vibration and sound, which the aim of being able to locate objects subsea.

Vincent Rosenpflanzer
Software - Member of Embedded Systems

Rose Kapps
Software - Member of Embedded Systems

David Persson
Software - Member of Embedded Systems

Ibrahim Fawwaz Abdalaal
Software - Member of Embedded Systems

Fabian Kongelf
Software - Leader of DevOps
DevOps
We integrate and automate the work of software development and IT operations as a means for improving and shortening the systems development life cycle.

Member
Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

Member
Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

Member
Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

Member
Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

Member
Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

Member
Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

LEGACY GROUP

Nils
Leader of Mentors
"Woof woof" - Nils (1694)

Børge Pahlm
Mentor - Previous Project Manager
NewCore Vortex Creator

Ronja Kræmer
Mentor - Previous Autonomous Leader
Goddess of Sensors
Mentors
Honorary members and mentors are non-active members who provide support for the project and the active members without any obligation.

Andreas Skagen
Mentor - Previous CFO
Economy Chad

Kristian Sem
Mentor -
Our Lord and Savior

Tina Harildstad
Mentor - Previous Hardware Lead
Queen of Hardware

Benjaminas Visockis
Mentor - Previous Project Manager
Alpha Software Chad
Team 2024
We are really proud to present this years team of 48 members!

