Board of Directors
Kristin Jorstad
Chairman of the Board & IP Advisor
Innovation manager at NTNU Technology Transfer • 10 years practise within Corporate Law and • 15 years experience in technology transfer.
Professor Tor Arne Johansen
Director & Tech. Advisor
Co-founder of UBIQ Aerospace • Co-inventor of the D•ICE technology • World renowned research scientist within autonomy and unmanned aircraft technology • Founding partner of Marine Cybernetics and Scout Drone Inspection.
Ben Fitzgerald
Director & Business Advisor
Partner at Lupa Systems • Adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) • Executive Director - Strategy, Data, and Design in the Pentagon’s Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment • Managing Director for the North American business of Noetic.
Kasper Trolle Borup
CTO & Director
Chief technology officer at UBIQ Aerospace • Co-founder of UBIQ Aerospace • Co-inventor of the D•ICE technology • MSc in Robotics from DTU and Stanford • Ph.D. in Aerospace Cybernetics from NTNU.
Advisors & Mentors
Pete Newell
Business Advisor
Pete Newell is the managing partner at BMNT Partners • serves as a Senior Advisor to the Department of Energy’s National Secure Manufacturing Center (NSMC) • Served as the Director of the US Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF).
Steve Weinstein
Business & Product Advisor
Executive Director of H4XLabs at BMNT Partners • Founder of MovieLabs • Co-founder of KineTrope • Served as CTO of Deluxe Entertainment • CTO at Rovi Corporation • CTO at Vicinity • Founding Executive and Chief Strategist and Technologist at Liberate Technologies • Served at Executive-level positions at Microprose/Spectrum HoloByte and Media Cybernetics (image processing).
Mark Peterson
Business Advisor
Senior advisor at BMNT Partners • Co-founder and Operations partner at Farallon Research LLC • Business Director at General Dynamics. • Technical Director at GTE Government Systems (acquired by General Dynamics).
Susan Meyer
IP & Business Advisor
Leader of the Trademark, Copyright, Media, and Advertising Group at Greensfelder law firm • Norway’s Honorary Consul for Illinois • President of the Chicago Chapter of the Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) • She is an active member of the Norwegian-American Defense and Homeland Security Industry Council (NADIC).
Haakon Skar
Business Advisor
CEO of NTNU Accel (investor in UBIQ Aerospace) • Founding partner and CEO of T:Lab • Director of Marketing, MCU Tools and Software at Atmel • Sales and Marketing Director at SCP.
Christian Gutvik
Product Development Advisor
Head of Venture at NTNU Technology Transfer • Holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Modelling and Control • Served as board member in Seram Coatings • Former CEO of BeatStack.
Atle Sægrov
Business & Certification Advisor
Founder and CEO of Radionor • Holds an M.Sc. in Microwave and radio design • Worked as a development engineer at Q-free • Served as a Corporal in the Norwegian Armed Forces.