Work Smarter.
A boutique software and digital consulting practice.
We create software that brings simplicity and convenience to your work.
From the offices of privately owned chains to departments in public universities, our technologies keep people on track and bring key insights to management.
Custom software · E‑commerce development · Digital accessibility · Research‑backed design
Established2014
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Selected Engagements
Representative work delivered through Aster Enterprises and its L. Weru Digital Consulting DBA.
Harvard Medical School
Web design and development work for one of the world's leading academic medical institutions, delivered on the Drupal content management platform.
Scope
- Web design & development
- Drupal CMS
- Institutional engagement
Tropic Isle Living
National haircare brand best known for introducing Jamaican Black Castor Oil to the U.S. health and beauty market. Led an end-to-end Shopify engagement.
Scope
- Custom Shopify development
- E‑commerce platform migration
- Project management
That's It. Nutrition
Two‑ingredient fruit bar brand with national retail distribution, including Costco. Delivered screen‑reader‑accessible navigation and digital accessibility remediation to widen the site's reach to shoppers using assistive technology.
Scope
- Screen‑reader‑accessible navigation
- WCAG remediation
- Keyboard‑first interaction review
Our Founder
Lawrence Weru
Founder & Principal
Lawrence Weru founded Aster Enterprises in 2014 to build software that helps mission-driven organizations deliver care to more people, more effectively. His work spans technical consulting, product design, engineering, and accessibility, grounded in research on how digital systems serve (or fail to serve) the people who use them.
- Master of Science, Harvard Medical School (Dean's Scholar, 2023)
- Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Science, Florida State University
- TEDx speaker on design, civic data, and perception (2015)
- Featured in Forbes, Harvard Gazette, Harvard Medicine News, Vox, Fast Company, Slate
- Creator of OpenKeyNav, an open-source keyboard-navigation library