Our team
We've been on the other side of the table
Our team resembles decades of experience delivering useful and innovative solutions at the intersection of the private and public sectors.
Harald Sævareid
CEO & Co-founder
Harald has been working on innovative solutions for the public and private sector since 2001. Before founding Nivel he was a Smart City Adviser to the city of Stavanger in Norway. He has also served as a board member for Kolumbus, the public transportation administration (PTA) of the Rogaland county in Norway, and has extensive experience from both sides of the table in public procurement processes. His passion is to create and design better cities, in close collaboration with businesses and citizens. harald@nivel.no +47 92081006

Mathias Molden
Head of Product Development & Co-founder
Mathias has been working for the public transport administration authority Kolumbus, as a service designer and business developer. During his work, he observed how most municipalities still address regulation from a centuries-old standpoint. With his technical background, he builds Nivel to enable cities to replace static rules written on paper with software to fine-tune them dynamically. With his entrepreneurial mindset, he has been developing user-friendly products, services and systems from medical devices at Laerdal Medical to public transport ticketing at Kolumbus. mathias@nivel.no +47 92081006

Knut Solvig
Policy Advisor
Knut Solvig is a policy advisor for Nivel. He has a bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Stavanger. He started out as an intern, where he researched the e-scooter market in Norway and how Norwegian municipalities handled the increasing pressure. After his internship, Knut started working for Nivel in a part-time position. He also holds an high interest for technology and the digitalization of society. Knut is working from our offices in Stavanger. His work includes customer support for municipalities as well as sales. knut@nivel.no +47 45918284

Stefan Slembrouck
Sales Director DACH
Stefan has been working for 10+ years on innovative solutions for smart cities. He has advised several private as well as municipally owned corporations like Alliander on a wide range of topics from open architecture data platforms to EV charging infrastructures. This experience has led him to become the vice-chairman of the German Smart City Association. He is now leading the way toward ethical smart cities and has published a number of specialist articles about the ethically responsible handling of data and the digital sovereignty of municipalities. He’s working from North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, experiencing first-hand how one of the first federal states in Germany introduces rules and fees for scooters. stefan@nivel.no +49160 3682001

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