About
Hi, I'm Stephan Wetaas
30 years connecting people to technology, across a wide range of problems. Started in network and system engineering, ISP operations — building the infrastructure. Moved into web, app and product development, then UX design and design systems — the layer people actually touch. Design was there before it had a job title; the scope just kept expanding.
Currently Design Lead at Lyse in Stavanger, shaping digital products and evangelizing a design system used across the organization. Also studying Leadership for Innovation at the University of Stavanger — still deliberately becoming more.
Thinking strategically. Discovering, designing, building — and always learning what comes next. Doing the actual work a specific problem calls for.
The story
1997 – 2011
Roots
Telenor, then Altibox / Lyse. System engineering, web development, early iOS apps. Built things from the ground up — literally from the network layer. Learned how technology works before learning how people work with it.
2011 – 2021
Discovery
Product development, UX architecture, design sprint facilitation, continuous discovery. Moved closer to the human layer — from building what was possible to designing what was needed. The gap between those two things is where great products live.
2022 – present
Now
Design Lead at Lyse. Gave life to Design System Form, now used across the organization. Product design and development with a clear value proposition at the core — building with AI, studying leadership and innovation. Both practitioner and shaper — of teams, culture, and direction.
Experience
2025 – present
Senior UX Designer / Design Lead
Lyse AS
2024
Design & Development Servant / Head of Development
Lyse Tele
2022 – 2024
Product Owner & Senior UX Designer — Design System Form
Lyse
2019 – 2021
UX Architect / Designer / Consultant
Solv AS
2020
Head of UX
Spire by Solv
2014 – 2019
Senior Digital Advisor
Altibox / Lyse
2011 – 2014
Senior Concept & Product Developer
Altibox
2009 – 2011
Chief Developer / Senior Engineer ISP
Altibox
2006 – 2009
System Engineer / Consultant
Lyse / Altibox
2004 – 2006
IT Consultant
Lyse Tele (NOC)
2000 – 2003
IT Consultant / Web Designer
Telenor
1997 – 2000
IT Consultant
Telenor
Education & Certifications
2025
Leadership for Innovation
University of Stavanger — Master course
2004 – 2007
Bachelor's, Information Technology
NITH
PRINCE2 Foundation
Certified
Google Design Sprint 2.0
Certified facilitator
Disciplines