Expansion
Founded and still headquartered in Chicago, the company’s leadership is distributed. Central functions are chiefly performed in Chicago, London and Bangalore.
ThoughtWorks grew and established its first regional office, in San Francisco, in 1997.
The company opened its first office outside the US, in Brisbane, Australia, in 2000. The company continued expanding with new offices opened in London, Bangalore, and Calgary in 2001. The opening of the ThoughtWorks office in Calgary, Canada was the result of the acquisition of Servidium Inc.
China operations were launched in 2005, followed by offices in Pune in 2006 and Chennai in 2007. Latin American operations were launched in 2009 with the firm's first office in Brazil, in Porto Alegre.
Operations further expanded in India with an office in Gurgaon and a second office in Bangalore in 2010. An office in Germany, situated in Hamburg, also was opened in 2010. The Singapore office was opened in late 2011. In 2012 the company opened their Africa operation in Braamfontein, Johannesburg and expanded inside Brazil to the northeastern city of Recife.
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