Eugen Oetringer is the father of a child who formerly suffered from dyslexia and ADHD. Mr. Oetringer experienced eye-focusing difficulties with associated headaches and concentration and memory problems. He found successful treatment with the same therapy that worked for dyslexia and ADHD. From those experiences, he developed the information management model outlined in his book.

In his professional career, Mr. Oetringer is managing consultant in the information technology (IT) space. His areas of expertise include root cause analysis, capacity management, storage management, IT architectures and IT strategies. He is the main inventor and author of The IT Strategy Management Process, which describes a simple way to manage important information in the midst of information overload.

Mr. Oetringer was born in Germany and lives in The Netherlands. He holds a degree of Diplom Mathematiker of Fachhochschule Giessen-Friedberg, Germany.