Ash Lane

Built Topolo’s technology organisation from the ground up, owning architecture, hiring, and delivery for a multi-product platform portfolio.

• Scaled engineering from founding team to multi-squad organisation, hiring and mentoring leads across platform, applications, and mobile.
• Established architecture council, coding standards, and shared services powering products like Nodo, Quro, Hiero, and ImpactCanvas.
• Implemented Cloudflare Workers/D1/KV/R2 platform, observability, CI/CD, and DevEx tooling that doubled release cadence while reducing incidents.
• Partnered with product and commercial leadership on technology roadmaps, capacity planning, and cost optimisation.
• Regularly presented to board and investors on technical strategy, risk posture, and capital needs for continued expansion.

Served as CTO responsible for the end-to-end technology strategy powering Livefreshr’s subscription operations, consumer apps, and partner integrations.

• Directed technology roadmap spanning production systems (JustCook), customer apps (JustFeed), data, and lifecycle automation.
• Managed engineering hires, budgets, vendors, and cross-functional planning as the business scaled across the UAE.
• Implemented CI/CD, observability, and incident management that improved reliability and reduced operational overhead.
• Aligned technology investments with commercial and operations goals, reporting to founders and investors on progress and runway.

Implemented enterprise learning and talent management platforms, bridging client requirements, vendor capabilities, and future roadmaps.

• Served as the first Cornerstone OnDemand certified solution consultant in the GCC, leading discovery, configuration, and deployments for major regional clients.
• Owned RFP responses, solution demonstrations, admin training, and post-launch optimisation for performance, learning, and talent products.
• Provided structured feedback and enhancement requests to vendors based on real-world client usage and adoption patterns.

Brought a product-minded approach to selling Cvent's event tech platforms into the Middle East market.

• Drove product-qualified opportunities through deeply consultative discovery and tailored demonstrations.
• Partnered with product and implementation teams to ensure commitments made in the sales cycle translated into successful deployments.