Erik Jensen is a Co-Founder at Rivala. Colleagues describe them as "I have worked as a part-time contractor for Erik at NetRadius on several occasions over the past few years. Erik was a pleasure to work for -- for many reasons. He is perhaps one of the most knowledgeable people I know in Java and many of the associated technologies -- I can only think of 2 or 3 of any I have worked with that would even be a rival. Not only is he knowledgeable, he knows how to apply those things and thus sets a very high bar for the kind of work is done on behalf of Net Radius. Erik has an uncanny ability to put the time, effort, and focus in necessary to meet the needs of his clients as well as help his contracting staff as well. It blows me away how productive he is. As a manager, he made it easy to reach the high bar he set, always willing to sit down and discuss the code or any particular issue and walk through your solutions to see if they meet the standards. He also set a great example in non-technical matters. Whenever Erik completes something, he'll send out a status e-mail to the appropriate parties to keep them up to date, and as a contractor I learned how vitally important just that little communication is. I would highly recommend working with Erik, and as an extension of that, I would recommend Net Radius to any potential client because of the high bar of professionalism and the technical expertise that Erik, his business partner, and their contracting staff have. It takes a man of his talent to attract and pull such a team together."