HC Timing is located in Oslo, Norway. The founder of the company has been an active alpinist during his younger years. Together with his skiing and keen interest in electronics he soon, at the age of 12, discovered the gap between existing timing solutions and the more sophisticated technology available at that time. At the age of 15, he developed a wireless timing system which utilized state of the art technology. Some years later the Norwegian Ski Federation bought the system.

During his university studies he designed another system for equestrian show jumping which has become the dominant system in use in Norway. After earning his Master's degree in electronics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology he started working as a design engineer at one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world in the Low Power Wireless division. After about 2 years he decided that it was time to design a new alpine timing system utilizing his new knowledge in wireless solutions. Together with some of his highly competent colleagues they defined the specifications for an alpine timing system.