Asger Alstrup Palm is Group Chief Technology Officer and Chief Architect of the Area9 Group that is a global provider of adaptive-learning technology. He co-founded the company in 2006 together with Ulrik Juul Christensen, Khurram Jamil, and Tommy Olesen. Asger has been a software entrepreneur since the late 1990s, when he began his career developing simulation and life-support training technologies for healthcare education. Palm is also known for his work on high-performance software systems and as the creator of the Flow programming language and platform. His career has focused on translating advanced computer science research into scalable commercial products used by millions of learners worldwide.