About Louis-Charles Gagnon
Engineer by training. Problem-solver by habit.
I’m Louis-Charles Gagnon, an engineer from Montréal. I build software that fixes the everyday problems of the institutions that run our schools, colleges and public services. My companies are how that software reaches them.
Background
I trained as an engineer at the École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) in Montréal. Engineering taught me to start from how a system actually has to work, with its real constraints and rules, and to build software that holds up there.
LS2 Innovation
In education, I saw the same frictions come back every semester: classes created by hand, sync scripts that broke, schedules that never reached students’ calendars. They were solvable, so we solved them. That became LS2 Innovation, where I’m co-founder and CEO.
Our higher-education products, Teameo for Microsoft Teams, Classeo for Moodle and Calendo for calendars, are used by more than 50 colleges and universities in North America. Examo added remote exam proctoring with human review. Archiveo brought the same approach to government, applying retention schedules to Microsoft 365, network drives and paper.
Scolago
I also co-founded Scolago, which handles staff replacements in Quebec’s education sector. School service centres and childcare centres use it to manage absences and find substitutes, with staff and substitutes working in self-service.
What I believe
The best institutional software is the kind nobody notices: the class exists on the first day, the substitute is confirmed before the bell, the records leave on schedule with the paperwork to prove it. That’s the bar.
I also think the next decade will rebuild much of this software around AI. The institutions that adopt it carefully, with their data protected and a person accountable for every decision, will come out ahead. That’s the standard I hold our own products to.
Quick answers
Questions people ask about me.
Who is Louis-Charles Gagnon?
Louis-Charles Gagnon is an engineer and software entrepreneur based in Montréal, Québec. He is co-founder and CEO of LS2 Innovation, which builds software for higher education and government, and co-founder of Scolago, an absence and replacement management platform for Quebec’s education sector. He trained at the École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS).
Which companies has Louis-Charles Gagnon co-founded?
Two: LS2 Innovation (ls2.io), a Montréal software publisher for higher education and government, and Scolago (scolago.com), a platform that manages staff absences and replacements for Quebec school service centres and childcare centres.
What does LS2 Innovation make?
Five products. For higher education: Teameo (student information system to Microsoft Teams), Classeo (student information system to Moodle), Calendo (class schedules in Teams, Outlook and Google Calendar) and Examo (remote exam proctoring). For government: Archiveo (records retention and disposal across Microsoft 365, network drives and paper).
What is Scolago?
Scolago is an absence and replacement management platform used in Quebec’s education sector. It helps school service centres and childcare centres (CPEs) fill absences with substitutes, and staff and substitutes use it in self-service.
Where is Louis-Charles Gagnon based?
In Montréal, Québec, Canada. He works in French and English.
How can I contact Louis-Charles Gagnon?
By email at lcg@ls2.ca or on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/lcgagnon). For a demo or a quote on a product, contact LS2 Innovation through ls2.io or Scolago through scolago.com.