In 2009 I created VanTrash, one of the first civic open data apps in Canada. VanTrash became ReCollect, a business to help municipalities communicate with citizens about waste collection.
In 2013 I spent most of my time growing as an entrepreneur on ReCollect. Still, I managed to have some other fun: I helped launch VHSdecel - Vancouver's first startup decelerator, my open source biodiesel point of service system Biopay has been embraced by others, and I re-launched SMS Harvest.
2014 to present continues to be an period of personal growth
building ReCollect
into a sustainable and impactful company in the civic tech space.
Every month that goes by we become more ambitous about the impact
we can make. I owe so much to my amazing co-founders
David Eaves and
Kevin Jones and
my love, Jen Closs.