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Team 2025

Vortex is proud to present to you this years team. We consist currently of 48 members, from several different studies. Take a look around and get to know the team.

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.

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Patrick A. 
Sheehan

Project Manager

Chairman of the Board

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Sindre
Mæhlum

Deputy Project Manager

Deputy chair of the board

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Åsmund Vetle Bru Nøkling

CTO Hardware

Member of the Board

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Emil S.
Sylte

Chief Financial Officer

Member of the Board

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Tristan E. 

Wolfram

CTO Software

Member of the Board​

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Ingrid
Nygård

Marketing Lead

Member of the Board

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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.

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Jørgen 

Fjermedal

Software - Leader of

Situational Awareness 

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Alvar
Guddingsmo

Electrical Team Leader

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Anders S. Høgden

Software - Leader of Autonomous Systems

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Andreas K. 

Svendsrud

Software - Leader of DevOps

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Ibrahim F.

Abdalaal

Software - Leader of Embedded Systems

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Marius Østbyhaug

Mechanical Group Leader

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Marketing

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Ingrid Nygård

Marketing Lead

Member of board

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Erica Encarnacion Berger

Member of Marketing

Marketing

Vortex’s marketing team promotes the organization’s brand, projects, and members. They manage the brand image,  create content, handle social media, and public relations, and also design the website. Their efforts boost engagement, increase organizational awareness, and drive growth.

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Mina Omar Al-Dolaimi

Member of Marketing

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Yatavi Suresh

Member of Marketing

Mechanical
Subgroup of Hardware

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Marius 

Østbyhaug

Leader of Mechanical Group

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Alice Michelle Parnas

Member of Mechanical

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Joachim Skjæveland Nesse

Member of Mechanical

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Mathias Dam

Member of Mechanical

Mechanical

We work 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.

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Charlotte Marie Nisbet Huseby

Member of Mechanical

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Julienne Hoel

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Member of Mechanical

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Stian Le

Member of Mechanical

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Harald Stulien Robstad

Member of Mechanical

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Marius Østebyhaug

Member of Mechanical

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Vijay Pal-Singh

Member of Mechanical

Electronic Circuit Board

Electronics
Subgroup of Hardware

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Alvar

Guddingsmo

Leader of Electrical Group

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.

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Ane Flaktveit

Holmsen

Member of Electronics

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Nicholas Berryman

Member of Electronics

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Erlend Simonsen

Member of Electronics

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Ole Reidar Skårsmoen

Member of Electronics

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Member of Electronics

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Tormod Kleiv von Haffenbrädl

Member of Electronics

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Vikingur Sigurdsson

Member of Electronics

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Software

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

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Jørgen 
Fjermedal

Software - Leader of Situational Awareness

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Christopher Bjørge

Software - Member of Situational Awareness

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Simon Edna

Software - Member of Situational Awareness

Situational Awareness

The Situational Awareness team ensures our drones perceive their surroundings. They work with sonar, lidar and cameras with the goal of performing object detection, target tracking as well as mapping the environment. 

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Kham Lian Tuang Samte

Software - Member of Situational Awareness

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Ole Helmers

Software - Member of Situational Awareness

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Sondre Selberg

Software - Member of Situational Awareness

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Anders S.

Høgden

Software - Leader of Autonomous Systems

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Abubakar Aliyu Badawi

Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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Håkon Støren

Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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Tahla Nauman Choudhry

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.

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Alberto Morselli

Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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Cyprian Osinski

Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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Katharina Kohl

Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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Malene Forseth

Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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Vetle Støren

Software - Member of Autonomous Systems

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Ibrahim F.

Abdalaal

Software - Leader of Embedded Systems

(devious boi)

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Afras Mansoor

Software - Member of Embedded Systems

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Ketevan Kutchava

Software - Member of Embedded Systems

Embedded Systems

We are the architects of the drones' intelligence, developing and programming the core systems that enable communication between all onboard components. Our team designs and implements the low-level software that powers the sensors, controls, and decision-making processes, ensuring the AUV and ASV can autonomously perceive and navigate their environment.

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Filip Nilsen

Software - Member of Embedded Systems

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Leo Moe

Software - Member of Embedded Systems

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Henrik Teksle Sanok

Software - Member of Embedded Systems

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Thomas Paulen

Software - Member of Embedded Systems

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Andreas K.

Svendsrud

Software - Leader of DevOps

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Nathaniel Førrisdahl 

Software - Member of DevOps

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Viktor Vikingstad

Software - Member of DevOps

DevOps

We work closely with the other software teams to improve the efficiency of our development process through continuous code integration and automated testing.

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Sondre Haugen

Software - Member of DevOps

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Vegard Johansen

Software - Member of DevOps

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Yauhen Yavorski

Software - Member of DevOps

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LEGACY GROUP
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Nils

Leader of Mentors

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ALexander
Brackenbury

Mentor - The Admin

Tortilla Man

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Ronja Kræmer

Mentor - Previous Autonomous Leader

Queen of Sensors

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Jonas
Fillan

Mentor - Previous HW Lead

Skrotmester

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Theo A. 
Martin

Mentor - Previous SW Lead

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Mentors

Honorary members and mentors are non-active members who provide support for the project and the active members without any obligation.

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Andreas Skagen

Mentor - Previous CFO

Vortex BNP

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Gjermund 
Bjørnstad

Mentor - Previous HW Lead

ORCA Ops

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Tina Harildstad

Mentor - Previous Hardware Lead

Queen of Hardware

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Benjaminas Visockis

Mentor - Previous Software Lead

BenG

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Christopher Strøm

Mentor - SW Lead

Loremaster

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Kristian Sem

Mentor - Previous Deputy Lead

Doppler Velocity Sensor

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Ivan Gushkov

Mentor

Snake Handler

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Kari

Hjelen

Mentor - Marketing Lead

Kemist

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Sebastian Sudmann

Mentor - Mechanics

Mechaman

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