Yusuf and Ulrik met in Oman, where they worked together as English lecturers and exam writers at a college of Technology. Already then did they have an intuitive understanding and appreciation of each other's ideas and tried (in vain) to implement novel ideas to improve exam assessment and track student progress.

In addition to being an experienced English teacher and exam writer, Ulrik also has a degree in IT. Therefore, Ulrik works mainly in programming the Teknilingua app, both frontend and backend. Frontend programming is intended to ensure a pleasant and user-friendly experience taking tests and browsing through the learning material. The backend programming is used to analyse the answers students provide, so that the learning material can be targeted to meet their particular needs.