Ivo Jager

photo Ivo Jager

Coding since age 8 for a wide range of different technology platforms, Ivo is named as inventor on 12 international technology patents.

Now held by Hewlett-Packard, Amplifier Corp. and kiss* digital media Pty. Ltd., the patents range from such diverse areas as Content Management Systems to Artificial Intelligence, from User Interfaces to Networking.

This ultimately culminated in the founding of kiss* digital media, which now leverages his many years worth of personal intellectual property and know-how in the field of digital media and content creation.

Ivo won his first award from the Dutch Institute for Industry and Technology at age 10 for creating a program for MSX home computers that used computer graphics to explore optical illusions. This early fascination for human perception, communication and visual engagement has stayed with him over the course of his academic and professional careers. This ultimately culminated in the founding of kiss* digital media, which now leverages his many years worth of personal intellectual property and know-how in the field of digital media and content creation.

Ivo is founder of mobile consultancy company SiliconFields, co-founder of mobile consultancy company MobileWizardry, and creator of the acclaimed astrophotography image processing suite StarTools.

He holds an MSc degree in Communication Science from the University of Amsterdam, which has served as an academic framework throughout Ivo's efforts to understand and implement a multi-platform approach to content distribution and consumption.