Summary
Arne Kvadsheim is a seasoned information architect and technical writer based in Oslo, Norway, with eight years of specialized experience in DITA, XML, online help, translation, localization, and search. He is currently Principal Information Architect at Cognite, leading content architecture and documentation strategy across a data-centric product organization. Previously he advanced through roles at Cognite and Microsoft, including Senior Content Portfolio Manager and Principal Technical Writer, and built automated publishing pipelines at FAST Search & Transfer. His early career spans DEC and Visma, grounding his work in robust technical writing and multilingual documentation. He holds a DH-kandidat in Technical Translation (English↔Norwegian) from UiA and a Translation degree from the University of Surrey, reflecting a long-standing focus on bridging language and software. In his profile, he merges hands-on authoring with strategic governance to deliver scalable, localized help and search-enabled documentation.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
DH-kandidat, Technical Translation English<>Norwegian, DH-kandidat, Technical Translation English<>Norwegian at University of Agder (UiA)
Translation, Translation at University of Surrey
Norwegian