It’s all in the name.
We value openness; open communication, open mindedness; and open technology.
Using the power of purposeful collaboration together with data-driven spatial systems,
we help transform the experience of infrastructure delivery.
For everyone.
Like a well orchestrated symphony we bring a diverse blend of talents and experience into a harmonious whole.
Our breadth of knowledge and focus enables us to deliver on our passion to increase the resilience and adaptability of infrastructure, allowing communities to thrive.
Based across the country, we’re well-versed in remote working to serve clients across the motu, and our unique but complementary skill sets enable us to support a variety of clients.
Angus Bargh is the founder of Open Plan. A chartered professional engineer and a transport planner with leadership roles at SCIRT (Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team), CERA (Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority) and NCTIR (North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery), planning large infrastructure programmes is part of his DNA.
He’s passionate about open data, knowledge sharing and making the world a better place – and he’s full to the brim of ideas on how to do this!
On the weekends you’ll usually find him coaching football, mountain biking or hunting for the elusive, great tasting, low alcohol craft beer.
Talk to him about: Programme optimisation, infrastructure project prioritisation, spatial technology and data
Cameron Stanley’s our Principal Data Engineer and has a background in Transport Planning and Data Analysis. For the last few years he has worked on modelling and planning of the NZTA Speed and Infrastructure Programme, delay modelling for the Transport Recovery East Coast Alliance.
In the past he has been involved in several complex transport planning projects in the Waikato including the Te Rapa North VISSIM model – a micro simulation model of north Hamilton.
When he’s not immersed in Excel, you’ll find him running, hiking, swimming or playing his violin/viola.
Talk to him about: programme optimisation, infrastructure project prioritisation, traffic and delay modelling, data engineering and analysis
Jack Chipperfield’s background is in Transport Engineering, where he cut his teeth in road safety, transport planning, design, and modelling. Jack previously supported the development of the Waka Kotahi NZTA Speed and Infrastructure Programme, facilitating programme development workshops and providing road safety expertise.
As part of his role at Open Plan, Jack is involved in the Transport Rebuild East Coast alliance. Jack works as part of the Network Operations Team, forecasting travel time delays and helping to manage the impacts of the cyclone recovery work on the East Coast State Highway network.
Jack spends his spare time running himself ragged on the football pitch, consistently finishing second in a range of board games, and failing to master various instruments, languages, and recipes.
Talk to him about: Road safety, delay modelling, traffic modelling
Anthony Randell’s our Senior BA, and has a background in business analysis, application development, databases, GIS and data wrangling. He previously worked for the Welsh Government followed by the Department for Levelling Up (yes it is a real department!) in the UK, working with local authorities and property technology companies to build a digital planning data register.
Anthony has extensive public sector experience working with health, central and local government authorities.
Anthony spends a lot of his time running and training for the next race. This gives him a good excuse to get out and explore and to go “phogging” (photo breaks while jogging).
Talk to him about: Underground Asset Register, business analysis, GIS, databases, data modelling and curation, and testing
Alistair McIntyre has a background in Software Design, Development and Operations, focused mostly on geospatial software. As part of his role at Open Plan he is the Principal Development and Operations Engineer, focused on ensuring that the software we build is resilient, scalable and well designed.
He’s been working on the National Forward Works Viewer since 2022, re-designing and rebuilding the platform to be maintainable into the future. He also works on the Underground Asset Register, ensuring that the data that describes our built environment is made easily available to those working in that space.
In his spare time Alistair likes video and board games, has a minor Magic the Gathering addiction, and in summer Jellie Park becomes his second home playing disc golf.
Talk to him about: Software Design and Architecture, ETL and data pipelines, Cloud Infrastructure + Tooling (i.e Kubernetes), Geospatial data, Python
Lois Li has a background in international education consultancy, and she had a career change after finishing her degree in Computer Science as a mature student. Her passion for geography as a child naturally led her to a career as a GIS developer.
In the past few years, she worked on a series of innovative projects that transformed the presentation and interaction with geospatial data for a wide range of audience such as transport engineers, police and farmers. She is excited to be part of Open Plan’s journey of using open-source technologies to maximise the value of geospatial data and make them more accessible for all stakeholders of infrastructure projects.
In her spare time, she loves playing video games, looking after her vege garden and reading all kinds of books. She is seriously thinking about embracing an active lifestyle.
Talk to her about: Leveraging modern web-gis technologies and strategies to make your geospatial data more interactive, engaging, and accessible to a wider audience
In her first year after completing a Bachelor of Product Design, Liz Cookson has taken on the role of Graduate UI/UX Designer at Open Plan. Since joining the team, she has been actively engaged in various projects, including the development of the new Underground Asset Register. Her knowledge in the use of Figma has enhanced the visualisation process, benefiting all parties involved in the project. She’s also our lead designer – creating anything from a travel time map to infographics for LinkedIn to logos for the Digital Built Aotearoa Foundation.
Liz spends her time outside of work either exploring the great outdoors or taking on creative pursuits, Liz enjoys pushing her limits and trying new things. She’s passionate about upskilling in areas that catch her interest and using them to help others.
Talk to her about: UI/UX design principles, Figma, Adobe Suite, design thinking and product development processes.
Naomi Ambrose’s background in business support and communications across a variety of organisations in the UK and New Zealand means she’s amassed an array of knowledge and is highly adaptable. She most recently worked as a Communications Advisor on the NCTIR earthquake recovery programme in Kaikōura before joining Open Plan.
Her role in Open Plan is multi-faceted – communications, stakeholder engagement, business development, account management and assisting in the product ownership of the National Forward Works Viewer.
When she’s not scaring herself silly at the local bike park, you’ll find her getting beaten at the local squash club or nose deep in a book.
Talk to her about: National Forward Works Viewer, change management, communications and stakeholder engagement, user experience.
Emily Fearnley’s background is in media insights, communications and stakeholder engagement. She’s had the opportunity to work on some major infrastructure projects, including the Kaikōura earthquake recovery, as well as numerous smaller projects around the country, supporting several central government and council clients.
For the last few years she’s been working for an engineering consultancy, simplifying complex transport, waste, asset management, and climate change strategies into plain English. With a recent qualification in digital media and design, she can also help build a story visually.
In her spare time you’ll find her overwatering her garden, half-starting an art / construction project, reading, hiking, or butchering a tune on her piano.
Talk to her about: communications and stakeholder management, visual storytelling such as ArcGIS StoryMaps, community engagement, Adobe Suite.