The founders of Pontoon Power have a very strong academic, practical, and offshore engineering related background together with solid entrepreneurial and managerial experience.

General Manager - Jens Myklebust

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Jens Myklebust graduated in 1976 as a MSc. in Mechanical Engineering (Siv.ing) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTH, now NTNU).

He has 30 years of experience with offshore engineering as a project leader and department manager, and as the founding director and chairman of the companies in the JMC Group. JMC was sold to ODIM ASA in 2007. After the acquisition Jens Myklebust continued as a technical advisor and leader of the design department at ODIM JMC until 2010.


Technical Manager - Nils Myklebust

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Nils Myklebust graduated in 1975 as MSc. (Siv. ing) from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTH, now NTNU).

He has more than 30 years of experience from projects, from conceptual engineering to the following engineering and construction phases. Several projects have involved innovative equipment and system design. Examples: hydraulic equipment, flare boom structures for offshore platforms, pumps, and general mechanical engineering for offshore platform projects. He has also participated in R&D for subsea equipment (multiphase boosters) and in R&D, engineering, and plant operation with plasma process technology for production of Carbon materials.

Nils has been developing the Pontoon Power Converter since 2006.

Marketing Manager - Eirik Myklebust

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Eirik Myklebust graduated in 2009 with a MSc. in Product Design and Manufacturing with specialization in Mechanical Integrity in Machine Design at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

He also holds a Certificate in International Business from Tecnológico de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.

Eirik is currently a Global MBA student at Thunderbird School of Global Management.