Luke Barrett, Thoughtworks
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Luke Barrett is a Principal Consultant with ThoughtWorks, Inc. where he works with clients to clarify their business challenges and shape solutions to them.
In particular Luke focuses on approaches to solution definition and requirements capture that are highly iterative and collaborative as well as strongly supported by the use of visual models. He is continually looking for better ways to build and maintain a shared understanding of the evolving solutions between business owners, end-users and implementation teams.
Before ThoughtWorks Luke worked as Senior User Experience Architect for mPower Europe, an online financial advice provider. He began his career at Andersen Consulting (Accenture) where he worked with a wide range of clients in the finance and retail sectors. He holds a first class joint honours degree in Philosophy and Psychology, as well as a Diploma in Applied Psychology, from the University of Nottingham.