about

Lars Erik Storbukås

CTO @ Checkin

Developer at core, leader in practice. As CTO at Checkin, I combine deep technical understanding with strategic and commercial leadership – owning roadmap, product direction, and a cross-functional engineering team.

My broadest strength is range: I go deep on technical matters like architecture, AI, security, and platform design, and translate this into business value for executives, board members, and non-technical stakeholders. Equally comfortable in a boardroom presentation as in a code review, with experience presenting to audiences of 50 to 350+.

Before Checkin, I built national critical infrastructure at the Norwegian Tax Administration, including COVID-19 crisis systems delivered under extreme time pressure.

key competencies

  • Technology strategy & roadmap for SaaS platforms
  • Scalable architecture (API-first, microservices, cloud)
  • AI strategy & implementation (LLM, agents, MCP)
  • Technology commercialization in new markets
  • Team building, recruitment & engineering culture
  • Enterprise readiness (ISO 27001, NIS2, SLA)
  • Board & executive communication
  • Organizational change management

experience

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) – Checkin

May 2024 – Present

Leading Nordic platform for event registration, ticketing, payment and accounting, with its own payment license. 2,000+ business customers including Oslo Business Forum, JavaZone, NDC, and Den norske dataforening.

  • Developed and own 3-year technology and product strategy (2026–2028), approved by the board
  • Leading API-first modernization (GraphQL) enabling partner integrations and ecosystem strategy
  • Introduced AI across product and development process, including MCP, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and AI agents with documented productivity gains
  • Driving enterprise readiness: SLA frameworks, access control, audit logging, ISO 27001 and NIS2 preparation
  • Building and leading cross-functional engineering team with people management responsibility
  • Leading Nordic expansion (Norway, Sweden, Denmark) with multi-language and multi-market support

Senior Software Engineer – Skatteetaten

Feb 2019 – May 2024

Full-stack developer on national critical infrastructure with high requirements for security, scalability, and availability.

  • SAFIR – Modernized national tax administration system (616 MNOK project). Built end-to-end processes for excise duties and import VAT in collaboration with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration
  • COVID-19 crisis programs – Part of an 8-person team that designed and delivered the Business Compensation Scheme in three weeks under extreme time pressure and national attention. Also built the Wage Support Schemes (LST1/LST2)

Consultant / Full-Stack Developer – EVRY (now TietoEVRY)

Jan 2017 – Jan 2019

Deployed on national projects: SAFIR (Skatteetaten) and Gårdskart (NIBIO). Modernized national mapping application with Angular, OpenLayers, and modern web technologies.

speaking

KI Sør 2026

350+ attendees · KRS Live · Regional AI conference

«From skepticism to speed: How we got a development team to embrace AI»

Checkin Community Dinner & Checkin Day

~70 attendees · 2025 & 2026

Presentations on Checkin’s technology and product direction for customers and partners

education

Master of Science, Informatics – University of Oslo

2015 – 2018

Specialization in programming and networks.

Bachelor of Science, Informatics – University of Bergen

2012 – 2015

Includes exchange semester at The University of Queensland, Australia (2014).

technology

Platform & Infrastructure

AWS (ECS, EC2) Docker GraphQL REST API-first Microservices OpenShift

Development

PHP Kotlin Java TypeScript React Spring Boot Node.js

AI & Innovation

Claude Code GitHub Copilot AI Agents MCP LLM Integration

Security & Compliance

ISO 27001 NIS2 Enterprise Security SSO/IAM

languages

Norwegian – Native

English – Professional working proficiency

get in touch

Location

Kristiansand, Norway