Rebecca Parsons

Chief Technology Officer

What do you love to hate about ThoughtWorks?

Talk about combination of bright, opinionated, but at times arrogant.

Strong opinions weakly held.

What path has your career taken?

Started as architect/techie but involved in "management" early on...

Why did you join ThoughtWorks?

To be respected for what i know and can do...

My talks

Technology in the Developing World

Dr. Rebecca Parsons, Global CTO at ThoughtWorks will be talking about "Technology in the developing world"...

Manchester, Tuesday 2nd October

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ThoughtWorks’ Eyes Next-Mover Technologies and Skills: Review of Technology Radar for March 2012

ThoughtWorks’ Eyes Next-Mover Technologies and Skills: Review of Technology Radar for March 2012

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Poised for Change - Making and Keeping IT Systems Ready

A major point of contention between IT departments and their business counterparts is the lack of responsiveness to change in IT systems. How these systems got to this condition is one question, but this talk addresses the issue of how to change the situation.

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About me

Dr. Rebecca Parsons is ThoughtWorks' Chief Technology Officer. She has more than 20 years' application development experience, in industries ranging from telecommunications to emergent internet services. Rebecca has published in both language and artificial intelligence publications, served on numerous program committees, and reviews for several journals. She has extensive experience leading in the creation of large-scale distributed object applications and the integration of disparate systems.

I've worked here

Australia, Canada, South Africa, UK, USA