After spending the years 1980 to 1982 as research director at SI, he started a career in the industry sector. He was vice executive of Deminex from 1982 to 1984, director of research at Norsk Hydro from 1984 to 1990 and director of technology at Elkem from 1990 to 1994. In 1994 he founded the company ScanWafer, later REC. In 2005 he founded Norsun, then sold his shares in REC, and founded Scatec.[1]