Meet Our Management Team
Everything we do at BASS is based on our core values - innovation, quality, personal excellence, collaboration and being customer-focused. We are confident our team has the right experience, expertise and forward-leaning focus to make us your trusted global maritime solutions provider for the long-term.
Per Steinar Upsaker
CEO & Managing Director
Established BASS in 1997 and has been instrumental in building up the company’s focus on modern technology to meet customer needs with innovative, end-to-end maritime solutions that streamline operations and optimise management of vessels and offshore assets.
Martin Bjornebye
VP, Research & Development
The main architect behind BASSnet. He is responsible for developing the modular-based software suite, as well as managing quality and selecting relevant technologies and tools for a rich, configurable and future-proof set of solutions.
Wong Nyuk Lan
VP, Service & Support
With extensive experience in handling projects and customer support, she heads global implementation and consulting for projects, as well as our high quality 24/7 customer service and support.
Haakon Dalan
VP, Sales
Leads the sales growth and oversees the sales activities for Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Monaco and Denmark, among others.
Jaume Mortensen
VP, Sales
Drives and oversees sales growth for the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Spain and Portugal.
Derrick Lee
VP, Sales
Leads the sales growth in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, China, Vietnam and the Philippines, to name a few.
Rajesh Purkar
VP, Product Management (Marine Operations)
Spearheads a cross-functional team to manage, strategize and plan the extensive BASSnet product lines for marine operations.
Pauline Siu
VP, Product Management (Functional Operations)
Leads a cross-functional team to manage, strategize and plan the extensive BASSnet product lines for functional operations.
Johannes Hapke
VP, Product Management (Innovation and HSEQ)
Leads BASSnet’s overall product innovation and heads the extensive BASSnet product lines for HSEQ modules, mobile apps and business intelligence solutions