About us
As the head of administration for a school, I had overall responsibility for attendance registration for many years. I found it cumbersome and time-consuming. So did the teachers.
That's when the idea of NOA emerged, a system where attendance registration is a breeze and is clear for both students, lecturers and administration.
NOA has been developed in close collaboration with our pilot clients: Sonans Privatgymnas, the University of Agder, and Volda University College. We have created features that have been specifically requested in the university and college sector, offering a high degree of flexibility for each institution.
– Hege Longva, founder Notice of Attendance
NOA consists of an app and a web version. The app is free and used by the students. The web version is license-based and used by lecturers and administration.
Key information about NOA
NOA was launched in 2017 with Sonans Privatgymnasium as the first customer and pilot.
NOA AS received NOK 500,000 in commercialization support from Innovation Norway in 2018.
In 2020, we developed the First Time Attendance and Good Start services.
In the fall of 2023, we launched NOA Evolve for companies that need an overview of their employees' continuing education.
Now, in 2026, we have over 60,000 users across our 4 modules: NOA365, First Time Attendance, Good Start and Evolve.
The board of NOA consists of 4 people with interdisciplinary expertise in education, technology, digitalization and artificial intelligence.
This is team NOA
HEGE LONGVA
Partner, board member and general manager
Founder and CEO of NOA since 2017,
with over 20 years of experience as a consultant and administrative manager
at Sonans Private Gymnasium in Oslo.
NOA's board
AINA GERNER-MATHISEN
Chairman
Aina has broad leadership experience from education, media, aid work, care and the event industry. Throughout her career, she has led growing organizations and contributed to strong development, improved results and sustainable businesses.
She has extensive experience in strategic management, financial management, business development, project management, fundraising and organization building. With personnel responsibility for up to 70 employees and experience from leading organizations with several thousand students, she has gained solid expertise in both operations, development and people.
Aina is a committed relationship builder who combines a strategic perspective with a strong focus on collaboration, learning and development.
JONAS SAY
Developer
Full stack developer at NOA since July 2024.
He has experience from various projects at Epinova.
ARTHUR BAILEY
Board member
Arthur Bailey is Chief of Staff at Mimik and brings decades of experience in marketing, communications and analyst relations to NOA, from some of the world's most prominent technology organizations, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Samsung Electronics, Microsoft, as well as roles at Hewlett-Packard, Enphase Energy and Navision.
Bailey studied at Howard University and also completed studies in media technology at the University of Oslo.
Arthur is based in Switzerland and Canada.
ØYSTEIN STEPHANSEN
Developer
Has worked with NOA for several years as a hired consultant from
own company; Stephansen Consulting in Ålesund.
ØYSTEIN STEPHANSEN
Board member
Øystein Kalvø Stephansen is an experienced systems developer and technology manager from Ålesund with over many years of experience in software development and digital services. He has previously worked in the consulting companies Avento , S pareba nk1 Factoring and Telenor, in addition to having operated as a self-employed person through his own consulting company. Today he is a technical manager at Parkly , where he works with the development of modern mobility and parking solutions. In parallel, he has been a central part of the development of NOA over the past eight years, with a focus on robust, user-friendly and scalable solutions for the education sector.
HEGE LONGVA
Board member
As founder of NOA, Hege has led the development of a platform that helps educational institutions streamline administrative processes, strengthen student follow-up and create better learning experiences. One of her most important driving forces is to make everyday life easier for both students, teachers and administrative staff, so that more time can be spent on learning, teaching and human follow-up. She has 18 years of experience from school management in close collaboration with Aina Gerner-Mathisen.