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Roger is one of the board members in NNUG Haugesund. He’s active both in the user group and on twitter, which I really like. In addition to being an active community member, Roger works at Hatteland Computer as one of the technical dudes, creating their new framework in Silverlight. Since he’s a Silverlight-guru, I’ve exploited his knowledge when I was testing out developing in Silverlight. Very helpful guy, and might I add; VERY patient with me 🙂

Can you give us a little insight on what you do at Hatteland Computer?
I’m working as a developer in Hatteland Computer. For the last 2 years I have mainly worked with Silverlight. I have been technical responsible for our Silverlight client framework which will be used for all Silverlight development in Hatteland Computer in the future. The framework is focusing on solving the challenges of writing a large system in Silverlight. We have a plugin-based architecture which makes it easy to split a large system up into small maintainable pieces which can be deployed independently. Other main areas of the framework are to make it easy to connect to the backend, make it easy to develop multi lingual applications and take care of everything which has to do with navigation. The framework also includes a Widget framework which makes us able to easy develop customizable dashboards. In addition to writing the framework I have also worked on developing a new user interface for our Rambase ERP system. Our framework is built according to the needs for this new user interface. It has been a very interesting project, and we now have released the first beta version to some selected customers.

Hatteland is famous for RamBase. Could you tell us a bit about it?
Rambase is an ERP system developed by Hatteland Computer. It is a complete business system made up of modules for sales, customers (CRM), purchasing, warehousing, production, auctions, economics, specialized trade (retail), human resources and web shops. In addition to being an ERP system, Rambase is also the name of the database used by the Rambase ERP system. It’s a database system developed by Hatteland Computer where all data is stored in RAM.

Hatteland Computer also has another product called Autostore. Before starting working with the Silverlight framework I worked on Autostore. I’m still a little involved in this, but not much anymore. It’s a very cool product. Take a look at this video.

What do you think about the community here in Haugesund?
The community in Haugesund is small, but good. When I was asked if I was interested in being part of NNUG Haugesund I didn’t hesitated. I hope the developer community will grow in the future. It’s really great to have someone like you Vidar in NNUG Haugesund, and I hope you will keep up the good work to bring NNUG Haugesund forward.

When are you going to have a session for us?
Hmm…. Suddenly it happens… but I’m a little shy when it comes to talking in front of many people. If I would hold a NNUG session it has to be on something I know really well.

What do you do when you’re not playing with Silverlight?
I have a wife and two children (3 and 6 years old) and I try to spend much time with them. I also got a new hobby – floor ball. I play together with some people from my neighborhood. Last summer I started cycling, and now that the spring is near I look forward to get on the bike again.

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@RGullhaug