<s>
Thoughtworks	B-Application
is	O
a	O
publicly	O
owned	O
,	O
global	O
technology	O
company	O
with	O
49	O
offices	O
in	O
18	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
is	O
closely	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
movement	O
for	O
agile	O
software	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
contributed	O
to	O
a	O
content	O
of	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thoughtworks	B-Application
 '	O
business	O
includes	O
Digital	O
Product	O
Development	O
Services	O
,	O
Digital	O
Experience	O
and	O
Distributed	O
Agile	O
software	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
,	O
Roy	O
Singham	O
founded	O
Singham	B-Application
Business	I-Application
Services	I-Application
as	O
a	O
management	O
consulting	O
company	O
servicing	O
the	O
equipment	O
leasing	O
industry	O
in	O
a	O
Chicago	O
basement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Singham	O
,	O
after	O
two-to-three	O
years	O
,	O
Singham	O
started	O
recruiting	O
additional	O
staff	O
and	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
name	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
time	O
,	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
 '	O
technology	O
shifted	O
from	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
Forte	B-Language
4GL	I-Language
in	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
to	O
include	O
Java	B-Device
in	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
agreed	O
to	O
settle	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
for	O
$	O
480,000	O
for	O
deploying	O
unlicensed	O
copies	O
of	O
office	O
productivity	O
software	O
to	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thoughtworks	B-Application
 '	O
technical	O
expertise	O
expanded	O
with	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
in	O
2002	O
,	O
C#	B-Application
in	O
2004	O
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
and	O
the	O
Rails	B-Application
platform	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
chief	O
scientist	O
Martin	O
Fowler	O
wrote	O
"	O
Patterns	O
of	O
Enterprise	O
Application	O
Architecture	O
"	O
with	O
contributions	O
by	O
ThoughtWorkers	O
David	O
Rice	O
and	O
Matthew	O
Foemmel	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
outside	O
contributors	O
Edward	O
Hieatt	O
,	O
Robert	O
Mee	O
,	O
and	O
Randy	O
Stafford	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thoughtworks	B-Application
Studios	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
as	O
its	O
product	O
division	O
in	O
2006	O
and	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
division	O
created	O
,	O
supported	O
and	O
sold	O
agile	O
project	O
management	O
and	O
software	O
development	O
and	O
deployment	O
tools	O
including	O
Mingle	B-Application
,	O
Gauge(formerly Twist )	O
,	O
Snap	O
CI	O
and	O
GoCD	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
March	O
2007	O
,	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
announced	O
Trevor	O
Mather	O
as	O
the	O
new	O
CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2008	O
,	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
employed	O
1,000	O
people	O
and	O
was	O
growing	O
at	O
the	O
rate	O
of	O
20	O
–	O
30%	O
p.a.	O
,	O
with	O
bases	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
clients	O
included	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
,	O
major	O
banks	O
,	O
and	O
The	O
Guardian	O
newspaper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Singham	O
opened	O
Thoughtworks’	O
Fifth	O
Agile	O
Software	O
Development	O
Conference	O
in	O
Beijing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Jim	O
Highsmith	O
joined	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
collective	O
leadership	O
structure	O
and	O
appointed	O
four	O
co-Presidents	O
of	O
the	O
global	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
appointments	O
followed	O
the	O
announcement	O
that	O
the	O
then	O
current	O
CEO	O
,	O
Trevor	O
Mather	O
,	O
was	O
leaving	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
to	O
take	O
up	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
CEO	O
for	O
the	O
used	O
car	O
sales	O
business	O
Trader	O
Media	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Guo	O
Xiao	O
,	O
who	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
developer	O
in	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
China	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
became	O
the	O
chief	O
executive	O
officer	O
and	O
President	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
Chinese	O
marketing	O
data	O
company	O
AdMaster	O
acquired	O
Chinese	O
online	O
form	O
automation	O
platform	O
JinShuJu	O
from	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2016	O
,	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
closed	O
their	O
Toronto	O
offices	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
remaining	O
Canadian	O
office	O
after	O
the	O
closure	O
of	O
their	O
Calgary	O
offices	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
last	O
few	O
years	O
Roy	O
has	O
been	O
increasingly	O
involved	O
in	O
his	O
activist	O
work	O
,	O
and	O
spending	O
little	O
time	O
running	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
...	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
as	O
I	O
saw	O
him	O
spend	O
more	O
energy	O
on	O
his	O
activist	O
work	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
apparent	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
appealing	O
to	O
him	O
to	O
accelerate	O
that	O
activism	O
with	O
the	O
money	O
that	O
selling	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
would	O
bring.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
2017	O
,	O
several	O
members	O
of	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
senior	O
staff	O
began	O
to	O
work	O
for	O
the	O
People	O
's	O
Support	O
Foundation	O
,	O
founded	O
by	O
Singham	O
's	O
partner	O
Jodie	O
Evans	O
with	O
the	O
support	O
of	O
Chad	O
Wathington	O
,	O
Thoughtworks’	O
chief	O
strategy	O
officer	O
,	O
and	O
Jason	O
Pfetcher	O
,	O
Thoughtworks’	O
former	O
general	O
counsel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thoughtworks	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
acquired	O
Gemini	O
Solutions	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
January	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
raised	O
$720	O
million	O
in	O
funding	O
according	O
to	O
data	O
compiled	O
by	O
Chicago	O
Inno	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
month	O
,	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
acquired	O
Fourkind	O
,	O
a	O
machine	O
learning	O
and	O
data	O
science	O
consulting	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Finland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
worked	O
with	O
the	O
Veterans	O
Affairs	O
Department	O
to	O
deploy	O
a	O
centralized	O
mechanism	O
for	O
delivering	O
updates	O
via	O
'	O
VANotify	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
15th	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
IPO	O
’d	O
on	O
the	O
NASDAQ	O
and	O
is	O
listed	O
as	O
$TWKS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
acquired	O
Connected	O
,	O
a	O
product	O
development	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thoughtworks	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
Social	O
Impact	O
Program	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
provided	O
software	O
engineering	O
services	O
for	O
Grameen	O
Foundation	O
's	O
Mifos	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Translation	O
Cards	O
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
Android	O
app	O
that	O
helps	O
field	O
workers	O
and	O
refugees	O
communicate	O
more	O
effectively	O
and	O
confidently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
volunteers	O
,	O
Mercy	O
Corps	O
partnered	O
with	O
Thoughtworks	B-Application
and	O
UNHCR	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
