About PlaceChangers
PlaceChangers Ltd. helps organisations embed online community engagement into their planning and property development work.
A company with purpose
We make it easier for planners and architects to run effective online consultations for community engagement that delivers tangible insights.
How we do it
We provide a cloud-base consultation and engagement platform which helps you to reach out to a wider audience than that of traditional public exhibitions alone.
What we do
We reduce your project risk through insights that enhance your proposals or plans.
The team
The core team has strong credentials in online placemaking. Depending on the clients' needs, we regularly partner with subject experts in our network.
Alex Moon (PhD), Incoming CTO
Alex has a decade of work in software engineering with a focus on enterprise products and dashboards.
Megan Doherty, Innovation lead (BIM)
Megan is working on innovation at the intersection of master planning, BIM, and public engagement. She is also a post-graduate researcher at Northumbria University.
Our advisory board
Our advisory board comprises Justin Souter and Gard Jenssen.
Gard brings expertise in smart cities and local government. A longer while ago, Gard was VP Product at Yahoo and an adviser to the Norwegian government. Gard is a partner at Smart Cities Norway and an active tech investor.
Justin is a IT professional and perhaps one of the best known advocates of the lean startup that the North East of England has to offer. He has a background in IT consultancy.
Our innovation partnerships
We strive to build innovation partnerships. Here are our past successes.
Our core product is the PlaceChangers online engagement platform. The platform has supported consultation and engagement on a wide range of projects.