Speaker: Rebecca Parsons

She / her / hers

CTO @Thoughtworks

Dr. Rebecca Parsons is Thoughtworks' CTO. She has more years of experience than she’d like to admit in technology and large-scale software development. She recently co-authored the book Building Evolutionary Architectures with colleagues Neal Ford and Pat Kua.

Before ThoughtWorks she worked as an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Central Florida, after completing a Director's Post Doctoral Fellowship at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Her interests include parallel and distributed computation, programming languages, domain specific languages, evolutionary architecture, genetic algorithms, and computational science.

Rebecca received a BS in Computer Science and Economics from Bradley University, and both an MS and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rice University.

Find Rebecca Parsons at:

Session

Panel: Architectures in 2025

Join the track's speakers to go deeply about their perspectives on how Architecture will evolve.

Read more

Date

Tuesday Mar 28 / 05:25PM BST ( 50 minutes )

Location

Westminster (4th Fl.)

Share

Session

How will Evolutionary Architecture Evolve?

A major premise underlying Evolutionary Architecture is that not only will things change, but we can't predict how they will change.

Read more

Date

Tuesday Mar 28 / 10:35AM BST ( 50 minutes )

Location

Fleming (3rd Fl.)

Topics

architecture evolutionary design predictions

Share

Session

Remote Working: The Day 8,000 People Suddenly Worked From Home Through the Present

The COVID-19 pandemic quickly and radically altered the way many people and organizations feel about the potential for remote work. Some people say "Now we'll never do in-person meetings again", but that's simply not the case.

Read more

Date

Wednesday Mar 29 / 02:55PM BST ( 50 minutes )

Location

Churchill (Ground Fl.)

Topics

remote developer hybrid work case study

Share

Session

Panel: Remote and Hybrid Work

All four of the track speakers will join in a panel discussion offering practical tips, techniques and advice on making work more effective, fulfilling and productive in the many ways of working that we experience in the unfolding and evolving environment we find ourselves in today.

Read more

Date

Wednesday Mar 29 / 04:10PM BST ( 50 minutes )

Location

Westminster (4th Fl.)

Share