About Us 
About Openplan Software 

Our Team 

Mike Astbury 

Co-founder & Managing Director 
Mike is an experienced consultant who delivers sustainable improvements in service experience and outcomes, inefficiency, and in work place experience. He has recognised expertise in performance improvement, innovation, and shaping technology in the planning system. 
 
Mike’s unique approach to change focuses on wellbeing and kindness to deliver great results. His clients value his ability to see through the detail, his disciplined approach and warm personal style. 
 

Rich Kiernan 

Co-founder & Chief Technical Officer 
Rich is an experienced database and software developer who has deep knowledge and decades of experience of the case management systems in the sector – having held key roles developing two of them and shaped many data migrations between them. 
 
Rich is driven to develop simple, thoughtful software that cuts through complexity and deliver enormous value for users. His clients value his friendly personal style and his disciplined, thoughtful and imaginative design approach that includes sticking firm to the principle that taking time to get the foundations right saves many times the work over the years that follow.