Jens is cofounder of Tradia. He served as President and CEO of the company until March of 2000. Jens co-founded PostModern Computing in 1991 and served as its Chairman and CEO until April 1996 when PostModern merged with Visigenic Software. After the merger, Jens served on the Visigenic Board of Directors and as its CTO through Visigenic's IPO in August of 1996 and until the acquisition of Visigenic by Borland International (Inprise Corporation) in February 1998. Jens holds a PhD (1991) in computer science from Stanford University and a BA from Columbia University.