Welcome Matt Cloyd
We’re thrilled to welcome Matt Cloyd to OpenCounter as Account Manager.
Prior to working with us, Matt held a variety of programming and analytical positions for planning and transportation agencies in his home state of Massachusetts, including a developer position with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, a regional planning authority based in Boston.
Matt worked with agencies across the Commonwealth to synthesize raw collected data on housing starts, building permits and demographic projects to create HousingMA, an interactive tool that algorithmically derived housing demand indicators to assist Cities and Towns create “housing demand studies,” which are required semi-annually of all communities in the State.
“The work we did with HousingMA saved cities weeks of independent research and analysis and met statewide standards for reporting” Matt says. “We were able to automate the first third of these long and complex documents, allowing staff to focus on strategies for implementation.”
Prior to MAPC, Matt worked for the Upper Valley Transportation Management Association working to model demand for public transit routes and alternative for the single-car commuting as well as served three years as the co-organizer of Code for Boston, one of the oldest and most well attended Code for America Brigades nationwide.
“Joining OpenCounter was an easy decision. It’s a company that shares my values around better civic technology and service delivery and I’m happy to be able to dive in and have active interactions with clients across the country immediately.”
At OpenCounter, Matt has been working on zoning configurations for Oceanside, Chula Vista and Gainesville, and permit and fees onboarding for Anchorage and Elk Grove’s sites. Asked after a day of looking through planning documents, Matt said, “Permitting is complex, but the impact is clear when you get OpenCounter up and running. The work we’re doing to import and debug the municipal code means that no one who comes after us has to start from scratch, that’s the essence of civic technology, define the problem and build tools to make the process clear and easy to navigate for residents.”
We’re very excited to have Matt’s expertise (both on the technical and regulatory sides) on the team as we work to create a modern citizen-centered permitting and licensing stack.
