Christian Kårbø Engelsen

Community Builder

Bergen, Norway

Passionate about creating engagement and growth through strategic communication, relationship building and volunteer recruitment.

Work Experience

General Manager (50%)

Studentradioen i Bergen

2025-08 — Present
  • Responsible for marketing, finances, accounting and customer relations.
  • Actively driving brand building and recruitment of volunteers.
  • Planning and executing social activities for a large volunteer community.

Radio Operator (100%)

Norwegian Armed Forces

2017-01 — 2018-06
  • Tactical communication and signals in demanding environments.
  • Mentored colleagues in communication procedures.

Volunteer Experience

President

friByte

2021-12 — 2022-12
  • Led the student organization that operates IT services for student associations in Bergen.

Vice President

friByte

2021-01 — 2021-12
  • Assisted the president with daily operations and activity planning.

Social Coordinator

friByte

2023-12 — 2024-06
  • Organized social events for members.

Skills

Leadership & Business

MarketingBrand BuildingCommunity BuildingGrowth StrategyProject ManagementBudgetingCRM

Domains

Full-Stack DevelopmentAI / Data Analysis

Featured Projects

Personal Website

My personal website and blog, built with SvelteKit.

SvelteKitTypeScriptCSS
Source code Live demo

Bergen Open Source

Website for the Bergen Open Source conference.

Web Technologies
Live demo

Education

Master's Degree — Information Science

University of Bergen

2024 — Present

120 ECTS credits. Specialization in information architecture, user behaviour and digital communication.

Bachelor's Degree — Cognitive Science

University of Bergen

2018 — 2025

Consciousness, cognitive abilities and philosophy of AI. Specialization in computer science, philosophy and information science. 180 ECTS credits.

Annual Programme — Artificial Intelligence

University of Bergen

2022 — 2024

Artificial agents, machine learning and development of AI solutions. Combines computer science and information science.

Languages

Norwegian (Bokmål) Native
English Fluent
German Basic

Certificates

Forklift Operator Certificate

Norwegian Armed Forces

2017-10

Driver's License, Class B

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

2017-01

Contact

LinkedIn Christian Kårbø Engelsen
GitHub Cengelsen
Email ckengelsen97@gmail.com