Kirsten Hurley

Kirsten Hurley is the Managing Director of Launchpad II at thoughtbot. Kirsten has over 9 years of experience in business development and management.

Kirsten started their career at Smart421 as a Business Development Manager. Smart421 is part of the KCOM Group, a FTSE250 company with an annual turnover of over £0.4bn ($0.6bn), 1,800 staff and offices in major locations across the UK. Kirsten was with Smart421 for 4 years, during which time they helped grow the company's managed services, service oriented architecture (SOA), application integration, enterprise architecture (EA), consultancy, Amazon Web Services (AWS), data management, system integrator, cloud computing, machine to machine (M2M), middleware, and telemetry offerings.

In 2015, Kirsten left Smart421 to join Company85 as a Business Development Manager. Company85 is an IT consulting firm that helps businesses accomplish more. Kirsten was with Company85 for 1 year, during which time they helped grow the company's business development offerings.

In 2016, Kirsten joined Scott Logic as a Strategic Relationship Manager. Scott Logic is a leading provider of bespoke software solutions and technology services. Kirsten was with Scott Logic for 4 years, during which time they helped grow the company's strategic relationships with clients.

Kirsten has been with thoughtbot for 1 year and is responsible for managing the Launchpad II program.

Kirsten Hurley studied communication at Bournemouth University and Collingwood College. Kirsten holds a BA (Hons) in communication.

Their manager is Diana Bald, CEO. Some individuals on their team include Luke Mitchell - Design Director, Launchpad II, Rob Whittaker - Development Director, Launchpad II. Some of their coworkers include Mike Burns - Development Team Lead, Boost, Dawn Delatte - Managing Director, Ignite, and Stephanie Viccari - Development Team Lead, Boost.