Vivo Initio

Vivo's founder was born in the Netherlands. Coding since he was 12 (1982), Hans was also the youngest person to become a nationally certified Master Beekeeper. He received his Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, with a specialty in VLSI design, from the University of Twente in the Netherlands. As he was finishing his post-degree work study on a safety analysis for an oil platform safeguarding system, he met Carrie, via the internet.
After a trans-Atlantic courtship between Holland and Houston, they eloped less than a year later. In Houston, Hans started working in plant automation for the petrol-chemical industry. It was Carrie's acceptance at the University of Texas that brought them to Austin. The plan was, after Carrie learned to speak Dutch at U.T., they'd move together back to the Netherlands. But in the interim, Hans bought an old pick-up truck and started wearing cowboy boots. He became smitten with barbeque and the Texas Hill Country. They've been in Austin ever since.