Luke Howard

▲ startups @ vercel

Greater Sydney Area

About

I’m a founder and full-stack engineer who builds things from zero to one: software products, technical systems, and the communities around them. Most recently, I co-founded Lecxa, a frictionless inventory platform for small and medium businesses, taking it from idea to revenue-generating SaaS built with React, Next.js, TypeScript and PostgreSQL. I'm deeply passionate about education and learning and continue to teach and support engineering at UTS across robotics, programming and additive manufacturing, and founded o1lab to further the reach of this education, a free, open-access hardware lab in Sydney backed by the Blackbird Foundation. The common thread is simple: I like technology, getting it into people’s hands, and creating the ecosystem around it so others can build too. bullish on Australia 🇦🇺, startups, AI, robotics, and the next generation of technical founders.

Experience

  • Solutions Architect at Vercel
    Jul 2026 - Present · 1 mo

  • University of Technology Sydney ()
    • Sessional Academic & Subject Developer
      Feb 2023 - Jul 2026 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      - Teaching subjects such as Industrial Robotics and Additive Manufacturing to 300+ students annually. - Mentoring students in project-based learning, focusing on real-world engineering challenges and innovation. - Achieved the highest student satisfaction results recorded for a FEIT subject in 41054 - Developed lecture, tutorial and lab content to facilitate learning outcomes

    • Technical Assistant (Infrastructure and Facilities)
      May 2023 - Jan 2024 · 9 mos

  • Co-Founder & CTO at Lecxa
    Aug 2025 - Apr 2026 · 9 mos

    Co-founded Lecxa to fix inventory management for small and medium businesses, a system that just works, stays low-touch, and doesn't require hiring someone to run it. - Built the product 0→1 into a revenue-generating SaaS on Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Vercel and AWS - Owned technical architecture, product direction as CTO - Designed for "frictionless" onboarding and daily use simple enough that a busy owner actually keeps using it

  • Technical Project Manager at DataScope Systems
    Aug 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Driving the delivery of technical solutions for fast paced international and domestic projects with a focus on client needs and efficiency. - Managing Software implimentation and development within the Asia Pacific region - Driving feature development by gathering client feedback and refining product capabilities - Made significant delivery and client decisions independently across time zones, often with HQ asleep

  • Director at ActivateUTS
    Oct 2023 - Oct 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Elected to the board of ActivateUTS, the not-for-profit behind UTS student life: campus events, societies and facilities. - Helped steer organisational policy, strategy and direction on behalf of the student body - Represented student interests in governance and funding decisions