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Rachel Laycock

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EVP, Chief Technology Officer at Thoughtworks
📍 Milton, Delaware, United States

Rachel Laycock is the EVP, Chief Technology Officer at Thoughtworks, where she empowers teams to revolutionize client businesses with commercially focused, technology-biased leadership. She holds Executive Education from Columbia Business School. People often call her dedicated and professional.

Rachel is passionate about the positive impact of technology on society and client growth. She is interested in companies like The Walt Disney Company and LinkedIn.

She has a background as a developer and web developer at companies like 7digital and MRM Worldwide.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
EVP, Chief Technology Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Milton, Delaware, United States
Personality Overview

How Rachel shows up

Curious
Example Seeker
Value Driven

They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.

Priorities

Topics Rachel cares about

AI Strategy Shift
Rachel recently discussed the shift in AI strategy from cost savings to growth and innovation among business leaders, especially in large enterprises.
Technology for Impact
She emphasizes that technology creates impact when grounded in purpose, people, and thoughtful execution, a theme she shared for the new year.
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Career

Work history

6-2023
EVP, Chief Technology Officer
Thoughtworks
10-2020 - 6-2023
Global Managing Director - Enterprise Modernization, Platforms and Cloud
Thoughtworks
2-2018 - 10-2020
Chief Technology Officer - North America
Thoughtworks
12-2009 - 7-2010
Developer
7digital
12-2007 - 12-2009
Web Developer
MRM Worldwide
In the press

Media appearances

Tech Talks: Rachel Laycock, North American CTO, Thoughtworks. Featured in Harvey Nash USA
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Thoughtworks Selects Rachel Laycock as Next CTO. Featured in Thoughtworks (Company News)
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Education
2020 - 2020
Executive Education
Columbia Business School
2019 - 2019
Executive Education
Columbia Business School
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

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