Nick Plante is a product developer and software architect. He is the Director of Zerosum Labs (NTH), where they are working on developing new web and mobile experiences for communities. Previously, he was Co-founder of Mogoterra (A Techstars company), where they developed a cloud-based cross-browser testing service, and Ubik Internet, a custom software development agency. In 2012, Plante helped found Wefunder and contributed to the US JOBS Act legislation that is shaping the future of equity crowdfunding. He is also involved in crowdfunding on a local sustainable level through his efforts as a board member at Seacoast Local and their community capital campaigns.

Plante is passionate about community, open source, and transparency. In addition to being a prolific OSS contributor, he has also created well-loved software infrastructure projects Rubydoc.info and Rails Rumble for the Ruby and JavaScript ecosystems.

Favorite quote: “The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely improbable lacks.” – Douglas Adams