Kathryn Parsons
Kathryn Parsons | |
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| Born | Kathryn Parsons London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Co-CEO of Decoded |
| Years active | 2011—present |
Kathryn Parsons MBE is a British tech entrepreneur. She is the co-founder and co-CEO of Decoded, a London-based "code and data education and digital transformation company".[1] Decoded launched in 2011 with its signature one-day course which claimed to train participants without any background in computers to "code in a day".[2] Today Decoded's Digital and Data Academies are delivered to thousands of executives and policymakers across the world.[3]
Early life and education[edit]
Kathryn Parsons grew up in Highgate and attended Channing School.[2] She studied Classical Studies at Downing College, Cambridge.[4] "A linguist by training, she has mastered Japanese, Latin, Ancient Greek and Mandarin. For Parsons, programming is just another language that anyone can learn."[5]
Honours and awards[edit]
Kathryn successfully campaigned for code to be introduced to the UK national curriculum[6] making it one of the first countries in the world to do so.
She was awarded an MBE for Services to Education in the Queen’s New Year Honours.[7]
Parsons sat on the Business Advisory Boards to Number Ten Downing Street and the London Mayors.[8]
She joined the non-executive board of The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from 2017-2020.[9]
Kathryn currently sits on the board of HM Treasury’s Rose Review into Female Entrepreneurship which seeks to address the problem that women "receive less than 1 per cent of venture capital funding".[10]
Parsons has won many awards for her contributions to technology and entrepreneurship, including the inaugural Veuve Clicquot New Generation Business Woman of the Year Award.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ "Guardian Media Group takes strategic stake in Decoded". the Guardian. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ a b Jamie Johnson. (8 May 2018).Kathryn Parsons: 'Women can't opt out of big money tech jobs' The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "M&S aims to turn staff into data scientists". Financial Times. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Downing alumnus changing the face of technology". Downing College Cambridge. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "FT Masterclass: Coding with Kathryn Parsons". Financial Times. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ Parsons, Kathryn (26 February 2016). "The future is in code and I want women to write it". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ James Cook (December 2016). "Here are all the UK tech figures named in the Queen's New Year's Honours list". Business Insider. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "Mayor announces Business Advisory Board | LGOV". www.london.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "Kathryn Parsons". GOV.UK. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ Female entrepreneurs may cope better in harsh investing climate. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "My Big Idea by Kathryn Parsons". Harper's Bazaar. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
External links[edit]
Media related to Kathryn Parsons at Wikimedia Commons
