Hi there, I'm Luke Closs.

I'm a Vancouver, BC based software craftsman, entrepreneur, juggler and father.

I like to make things in real life and on the web.

I tweet, write lots of code, present ideas and like to throw things.

I graduated in 2001 from BCIT with honours in Data Communications and Internetworking.
From 2001 to 2004 I worked for Telos Technologies building 2g and 3g cellular soft switches.
From 2004 to 2006 I worked for Sophos on unix based email gateway anti-spam product.
In 2006 I joined Socialtext's globally distributed development team and we built a platform for social enterprise collaboration.
In 2008 I helped to found the Vancouver Hack Space, one of Canada's first Hackerspaces. I also helped Dan Bricklin (inventor of the Spreadsheet) build the first Spreadsheet for the One Laptop Per Child project.
In 2009 I created VanTrash, one of the first civic open data apps in Canada. VanTrash became Recollect.net, a business to help municipalities communicate with citizens about waste collection.
In 2011 I became independent and helped the Vancouver Biodiesel Co-op and Wilderness Committee with innovative and collaborative web projects.
In 2011 I joined Prime Radiant as the Developer of Checkmarkable, an app to help organizations have repeatable, high quality processes.
In 2012 I founded OpenWest Systems, with Kevin Jones and David Eaves to grow Recollect to the next stage in its journey. I built some cool hacks, including a Picture frame tool for Moms and Grandmas and a SMS Harvest - a tool for groups to gather feedback from large groups.

You can email.me@luk.ec and follow me on Twitter @lukec.
My full resume is available here.