Jens Tröger

Jens grew up in East Germany, lived in Australia for five years, and in the United States for ten. He is a passionate and experienced software designer and programmer. From assembly and drivers to OS, to web applications, he has tinkered with all of them. His love of scuba diving and photography has taken him around the world, from teaching diving in Samoa to sailing the remote islands of the South Pacific. His travels even landed him a Nat Geo nomination for Best Wildlife photographs. Jens has worked for Microsoft, Intel and Oracle. He founded Bookalope, an online service for writers that automatically convert manuscripts to e‐books and printed format.

Jens holds a PhD in Computer Science from Queensland University of Technology and an MSc in Computer Science from Technische Universität Dresden.