Vegard K. Strand and Willy G. Hernes are founders of the UT Project and are both still passionately active as Project Managers and Advisors.

Vegard and Willy both possess extensive experience from working with international businesses.

Over the years, Willy has acquired substantial experience as a Manager/Sales Director for several highly successful companies including Dyno Industry Plastics and Cresco Finance. Vegard has spent many years engaged in various CEO/managerial positions in international sales and marketing environments including Visma and EDB MaXware/EDB Business Partner.

More important however, is the fact that both are entirely committed and passionate in their quest to further develop industries in Mid-Norway.

Together they have also been involved in companies like Falanx (sold to ARM), Plasus (sold to DEFA), Unified Messaging Systems (sold to Everbridge), Network365, Accelerate at Iver and more.

Vegard and Willy together with Jan H. Lindvaag, are the main share holders of Invoice Club. Invoice Club is the owner of FakturaNett in Norway and the majority share holder of Invoicenet Ltd in the UK. FakturaNett and Invoicenet are SaaS invoicing software, serving small business and sole trader communities in Norway and the UK, with more than 20,000 customers.

Their collective aim is to further enhance synergies between firms operating in the MNI, thus effectively promoting benefits to a wider audience nationally and ultimately internationally.