The people behind LOUIS — building, importing, and training on your real workflows.
We built the LOUIS Toolkit for small communities that need tools matched to their size and resources. Day-to-day data that stays current supports better decisions. Local knowledge and operations belong in the systems people use for planning and accountability.
We keep LOUIS right-sized — maps, records, and workflows teams can run day to day. What ships next comes from client work in the field and the office: practical tools, client-controlled data, and information shared securely when it needs to be.
Founder
Trevor has spent more than 35 years helping communities and public-sector teams assemble the data for decision making — since the mid-1990s, with communities making sure they retain ownership of their information. That work shaped LOUIS: decision-first data, client-owned records, and software built for teams like yours — right-sized so staff can focus on the work, not the paperwork.
Founder
Hiroko worked as a teacher in Japan for over 10 years and brings a sharp eye for detail and clear communication to her work. She applies that same discipline to data imports — careful structure, accuracy, and clarity so client information lands cleanly in LOUIS. Working with clients on those imports, she often spots where the product can work more efficiently — feedback that keeps shaping LOUIS after features ship.
Full Stack Developer
Bram spots edge cases early — where an idea will break before it is built — so problems surface in planning, not production. Fifteen years building LOUIS means dependable maps and registers for the teams that rely on them every day.
Full Stack and Mobile Developer
Cody listens first, then builds — shaping features and fixes around how clients actually work in the field and the office, not generic templates. More than 10 years with Apropos keeps that follow-through consistent from release to release.
Training & Enablement Associate
Candace helps teams get productive on their own homes, roads, and referrals — training on real data and workflows so rollout sticks and people know where to turn next. Nearly two decades in learning design and enablement inform how she meets teams where they are.
In the early 1990s, founder Trevor Wiens saw Indigenous communities lose control of their own information — that experience shaped what became the LOUIS Toolkit. In 2011, Apropos Information Systems was founded, and the first LOUIS Toolkit component we released was LOUIS Heritage. From 2016 to 2018 we developed the first version of LOUIS Assets with guidance from a small group of Alberta Indigenous housing and public works staff. In 2021 we released LOUIS Planner to provide a flexible and effective solution for consultation.
Since 2021 we've continued to update the platform based on client needs and requests. Client feedback guides what we build next.
Request a demo — or speak with existing users about their experience. Training will be delivered using your data.