Rejo Zenger
Senior Policy Advisor at Bits of Freedom
Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands
Summary
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SeniorRejo Zenger is a senior policy advisor with 19 years' experience focused on protecting human rights where digital technology meets democratic rule of law. Based at Bits of Freedom in the Netherlands since 2011, Rejo combines research, lobbying, strategic litigation and campaigning at national and European levels to shape privacy and digital rights policy. Colleagues describe them as critical, inquisitive and strategic, traits that drive evidence-based interventions and long-term advocacy campaigns. Beyond policy work, Rejo has hands-on technical contributions in open-source, improving internationalization and UI text for the Poweradmin PowerDNS control panel, reflecting an attention to accessibility and multilingual usability. Located in Almere, Rejo blends legal and technical fluency to translate complex tech issues into actionable policy. Their long tenure at a leading digital rights NGO signals both deep subject-matter expertise and sustained impact.
19 years of coding experience
Dutch, English, German
Github Skills (12)
internationalization10
php10
web-development10
web-application10
webapp10
translation10
powerdns9
database-design8
ui-design7
interface-design7
user-interface7
web-application-security6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
poweradmin/poweradmin
Apr 2007 - Mar 2010
A web-based control panel for PowerDNS
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:173 commits in 3 years
Contributions summary:Rejo primarily focused on enhancing the Poweradmin web interface, specifically the translation framework and user interface elements. Their contributions included implementing translation features, fixing typos, and updating the user interface text. The code changes indicate a focus on internationalization (i18n) of the Poweradmin project, including the modification of existing PHP files to support multiple languages and the translation of user interface elements.
web-basedphppanelpowerdnsphp8
bitsoffreedom/w0bw0b
Apr 2013 - Nov 2013
Contributions:27 commits in 7 months
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