Michael Lenczner
CEO of Ajah
Montréal, Québec, CanadaMichael Lenczner is a Montreal-based entrepreneur and community organizer. His full time occupation is as CEO of Ajah, a web service that uses open data to help Canadian non-profits find funding opportunties. Michael co-founded Ile Sans Fil (a volunteer-run free wireless network with over 175,000 users), CivicAccess.ca, Montreal Ouvert, serves on the board of several non-profits, and is a frequent partner in academic research projects. He often speaks and writes about technology and citizen involvement. Specialties: open data, non-profit data, community-academic collaboration, mobilizing & engaging geeks, lobbying, fundraising, philanthropy, non-profit governance.
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(August 2010 to
present)
Co-Founder,
Montreal Ouvert
A citizen-initiative to lobby the city to pass an open-data motion.
(2010 to
present)
Member,
Le Chantier sur la démocratie (Ville de Montréal)
The Chantier is comprised of members of Montreal's civil society. Its goal is to assist citizens to appropriate the city, to re-inforce their confidence in it's democratic institutions and to make Montreal a city which is recognized for it's democratic practices.
(July 2009 to
present)
CEO & Co-founder,
Ajah
Online fundraising service for Canadian non-profit organizations based on open data.
(September 2006 to
present)
Board member,
Apathy is Boring / L’apathie c’est plate
Apathy is Boring is a Canadian national non-partisan project that uses art, media, and technology to encourage active citizenry, outreaching to a broad demographic of youth to help them be more involved in their communities and the democratic process.
(July 2003 to
present)
Co-founder and Board member,
Ile Sans Fil
Ile Sans Fil is a non-profit, volunteer-powered organization promoting free public wireless internet access in Montreal, Qc.
Activities include project management, fundraising, technical development of our open-source project, WifiDog, facilitation of collaboration with multiple academic groups and large-scale new media artistic projects.
Activities include project management, fundraising, technical development of our open-source project, WifiDog, facilitation of collaboration with multiple academic groups and large-scale new media artistic projects.
(October 2007 to
September 2011)
Board member,
Center for Community Organizations
CoCO is a provincial, nonprofit group based in Montreal aimed at building organizational and community capacity primarily in English-speaking, bilingual, and ethno-cultural communities.
(January 2003 to
October 2009)
Strategy + Technology Consultant,
Self-employed
Assisting companies and non-profits by developing and implementing on-line strategies to support their activities and extend their networks.
(September 2004 to
May 2005)
Research Assistant,
GameCODE research group
In charge of developing and implementing collaboration strategy for an academic research group studying the sociology of gaming.
(September 2002 to
April 2003)
Network administrator,
Institut Panafricain pour le Développement (IPD) / Oxfam Québec
Internship in Burkina Faso doing ICT4D (Internet and Communications Technology for Development) with a regional organization. Main duties were network optimization, training IT staff and users.
(January 2000 to
September 2002)
Medical imaging application specialist,
McGill University Health Centre
On-call support for mission critical network (inc. supporting ER and OR), training for doctors, nurses and support staff, transitioning clinics from print images to digital images.
