ConnectPoint

The people behind it

Built by people who know what failure costs.

John Gunnar Haugenes, Founder & CEO
John Gunnar HaugenesFounder

John Gunnar Haugenes

Founder & CEO · 100% of working time

Maritime technical education. Ten years offshore in the North Sea. Twenty years building companies in IT, electronics and IoT.

Track record

  1. 01SafeMatePersonal safety alarm in service since 2009; exited to Sensio.
  2. 02MeshtechHealthcare IoT and BLE mesh; merged into Sensio.
  3. 03KongsbergATEX-certified beacons supplied to Kongsberg.

Engineering team in Bangladesh — central from first prototype to delivery, engaged under NDA, with IP assignment in progress.

The team

Operators behind ConnectPoint

Founder-led, with partners who share ownership of delivery — from product and engineering through to investor readiness.

  • John Gunnar Haugenes, Founder & CEO

    John Gunnar Haugenes

    Founder & CEO

From the deck

“I have stood on deck with a decision that could not wait, and a phone that could only carry my voice. The people who could help could not see what I was seeing. ConnectPoint is the tool I wished I had that day.”

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