About PlaceChangers
Our mission
PlaceChangers stands for award winning town planning software! Our cutting-edge tools help planners replace outdated and time-consuming processes with modular, user-friendly solutions to create better projects and bring the power of digital planning to your fingertips.
Our story
Our co-founders were inspired to make a difference in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. They envisioned a world where anyone could have access to user-friendly planning tools and gather valuable feedback on their projects.
With years of experience in the planning and digital industries, they understand the importance of simplifying best practices and making planning projects understandable to everyone.
This is how PlaceChangers was born, a platform centered on interactive proposal mapping and offering intuitive, yet powerful analytics for everyone to use.
The team
Sebastian Weise PhD MRes BBA, Founder & CEO
Sebastian is the founder of PlaceChangers, bringing over a decade of expertise in the proptech, urban planning and GIS. Sebastian loves all things visualising and mapping. Growing up in Berlin, Sebastian saw the transformation of the city first-hand and knew from a young age that he wanted to be a part of creating livable spaces for communities through innovative technology.
Alex Moon, Co-Founder & CTO
Alex is the mastermind behind the technology of PlaceChangers. With a background of over 10 years in software engineering and a focus on creating user-friendly enterprise products that tackle actual issues, he's dedicated to improving the planning process. As a child, Alex grew up in the beautifully planned city of Canberra, surrounded by vast open spaces. This has inspired his passion for developing a planning system that benefits everyone.
Chenghao Xiao, Innovation lead (ML)
Chenghao develops analytics and automations that support fast generation of consultation reports. Chenghao is with PlaceChangers part-time and otherwise training to become an expert in machine learning.