Summary
Lyn Bird is a global technology and transformation leader with 25+ years of experience, now serving as Vice President of Google Cloud Consulting where she leads 3,000 experts to drive AI-led business outcomes. Her career spans senior roles at Microsoft and two decades at Accenture, where she delivered large-scale digital and industry-specific transformations for clients like BP, Costco, Starbucks, Nordstrom, Shell and Suncor. Lyn combines deep industry domain knowledge across oil & gas, retail and financial services with practical, outcome-focused engineering and go-to-market experience. Born in Pretoria and having lived across Europe and North America, she brings a truly international perspective and a habit of questioning assumptions. Outside work she applies the same systems-thinking to complex jigsaw puzzles, a pastime she credits with sharpening her big-picture problem-solving.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom Business/Managerial Economics, Bachelor of Commerce - BCom Business/Managerial Economics at University of Cape Town
Honours in Information Technology - cum Laude Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management, Honours in Information Technology - cum Laude Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management at Rhodes University