Kathryn Parsons

Kathryn Parson is an entrepreneur, best known for being the founder and Co-CEO of Decoded. On a mission to bring a better understanding of the digital world, Kathryn founded the technology education company Decoded and has since educated people in 85 different cities worldwide. Now frequently booked as a technology speaker, Kathryn is hired by top companies to bring a better understanding of coding, cybersecurity, digital disruption, artificial intelligence and data privacy.

From a young age, Kathryn has possessed a strong passion for communication, learning the languages of Latin, Ancient Greek, Mandarin, French, Italian, Mandarin and Japanese throughout her life. Back in 2011, Kathryn’s vision shifted to helping people understand the language of technology and coding when she founded Decoded. Developing a passion for removing jargon and misunderstandings of technology, Kathryn today uses Decoded as a way to help companies to increase the digital capabilities of their workforces. By 2013 she was voted as one of the 30 Most Important Women In Tech under 30 by Business Insider, and in the 35 Women Under 35 by Management Today.

As part of her desire to deliver technical education, Kathryn has previously campaigned to have coding added to the National Curriculum in the UK. She was successful in her efforts, and coding was incorporated into the UK National Curriculum back in 2014. Her desire to make technology more accessible and understandable has earned Kathryn a huge following, and she has also been appointed MBE in reward of her Services to Education. In the same year Kathryn was also voted in the Telegraphs Britons of the Year, the Sunday Times' Britain Top 30 Female Power List. In 2015 She was listed in the Evening Standard's London Most Influential People. Today, Kathryn’s mission is to catalyse an education revolution and ensure that technology is a lifelong benefit available to all, her work saw her appointed MBE in the 2017 New Years Honours.

Kathryn is now regularly booked as a speaker for corporate events, sought to help companies become more technologically literate. Previous clients of Kathryn’s include the likes of Nike, Burberry, MasterCard and Unilever, enlightening such companies on how they are able to embrace the newly emerging digital economies. An expert in digital disruption, cybersecurity, data privacy, rewiring business and transforming skills, Kathryn is a leading industry authority perfect for a range of events.

Most recently, Kathryn Parsons was inducted into the Top Futurism Speakers to Hire, honouring her as an empowering female entrepreneur.