This happened ten years ago. His friends took up on the challenge. Six months later the very first stabilized billiard table was tested on the ferry between Oslo, Norway and Kiel, Germany.

One of the engineers working aboard was struck by seasickness during the test trip. A clever head suggested that he should have a rest on the stable billiard table. After a short while, the engineer was no longer sea sick. Thus was the idea of a stabilized bed born. And so was STABLE, the company.

To demonstrate the concept to our first customers, we used a goldfish bowl. A goldfish might not get seasick, but it is thought to be rather uncomfortable for a goldfish to end up on the floor in heavy waves. Today STABLE provides comfort, rest and recreation for numerous cruise passengers travelling in rough sea. Possibly goldfish, too.

Svend Heier first gained technical experience through disassembling alarm clocks and pens, purely disassembling, never reassembling. The only thing that still worked when he was done, were loose gears, now being used as spinning tops. He was good with numbers, bad with reading and singing.

Svend’s only career ambition was to keep an empty inbox and doing as told. After a while he realised that his “engineer mind” had value, especially in combination with other values, such as innovative, listening to others, a business mind, networking, sales, communication, wholesome thinking, and creativeness.

He is a technological optimist, loves making stuff work and showing how and why stuff works. He has along with others started several successful businesses and loves the combination of technology, making things work, management and social contexts.