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Ash Lane

Ash Lane

Head of Digital Transformation

Professional Summary

Digital transformation leader with 10+ years modernising customer and internal workflows for retailers, agencies, NGOs, and subscription businesses. I connect strategy, edge-native technology, automation, WhatsApp, AI workflows, CRM, payments, support, and data-driven platforms. Comfortable engaging executive stakeholders, running pilots, and scaling successful programs across regions and partners.

Core Skills

Strategy & Roadmapping

  • Vision workshops, ROI modelling, and transformation blueprints
  • Stakeholder alignment across commercial, operations, and technology teams
  • Governance, change management, and capability building

Experience Design

  • Customer journey mapping, service design, and physical-digital pilots
  • Mobile-first engagement, lifecycle journeys, and customer workflow design
  • Accessibility, localisation, and compliance considerations

Technology & Platforms

  • Cloud/serverless architectures, IoT/MDM, WhatsApp automations
  • Integration with CRM, commerce, analytics, and AI workflow engines
  • Security, observability, and scalability planning

Operations & Adoption

  • Pilot management, rollout sequencing, and partner enablement
  • Training, documentation, and KPI dashboards for transformation programs
  • Cross-functional cadences tying results to roadmap and investment

Director-Level Scope

  • Director-level ownership across product roadmap, delivery governance, stakeholder communication, vendor selection, budget trade-offs, and cross-functional operating cadence.
  • Experience leading product, engineering, operations, GTM, implementation, and partner teams through 0-to-1 launches, regional expansion, and platform scaling.
  • Translate founder, board, and executive priorities into OKRs, portfolio plans, hiring needs, delivery metrics, risk management, and customer-facing execution.

Professional Experience

Founder & CEO – Head of Digital Transformation

Topolo Technology Inc

Mar 2022 – Present Global / Remote

Partnered with operators and partners to modernise customer and internal workflows through cloud software, mobile experiences, automation, AI workflows, and data-driven operating systems.

  • Designed transformation programs connecting CRM, onboarding, payments, support, media operations, device operations, messaging, analytics, and workflow automation to measurable outcomes.
  • Led cross-functional delivery of operator dashboards, content systems, AI-assisted workflows, lifecycle automation, and customer-facing digital journeys.
  • Developed change-management and rollout playbooks covering training, documentation, adoption, support, and phased delivery across partner teams.
  • Built dashboards and operating cadences tying engagement, conversion, pipeline, support, and delivery metrics to transformation investments.

Founder & Owner – Digital Transformation Lead

Fresh Ventures (Livefreshr)

Mar 2014 – Present Dubai, UAE

Digitised Livefreshr’s meal kit operations and customer journeys, blending physical production with connected digital experiences.

  • Implemented end-to-end SaaS platform (JustCook) connecting procurement, production, and delivery data.
  • Launched customer-facing experiences (JustFeed app, QR menus, kiosks) with real-time logistics and support.
  • Introduced analytics and automation that improved forecast accuracy, reduced waste, and increased satisfaction.
  • Led change management, training, and communication plans ensuring adoption across kitchen, logistics, and customer teams.

TPP Partnerships Manager / Mid-Market Sales Manager

Cvent

Apr 2019 – Mar 2021 Dubai, UAE

Helped establish and grow Cvent's Middle East presence, selling event tech and hospitality cloud solutions into agencies, corporates, and venues.

  • Joined the Dubai office in its early phases, supporting growth from a small startup-style footprint into a larger regional operation.
  • Progressed from mid-market territory management to owning the entire Middle East for third-party planners, with clear quota responsibility.
  • Partnered with SDRs to build pipeline, ran discovery-driven demos, managed complex sales cycles, and negotiated contracts with multi-stakeholder buying groups.
  • Adapted quickly to hybrid then fully remote selling during COVID-19 while maintaining disciplined forecasting and CRM hygiene.

Solution Consultant / Project Manager & Account Manager

XpertLearning

Apr 2012 – Sep 2016 UAE

Combined new business, account management, and solution consulting for learning and talent platforms across the GCC.

  • Served as the first Cornerstone OnDemand certified solution consultant in the GCC, leading RFPs, demos, and implementations.
  • Managed a hybrid role across business development, sales cycle management, client engagement, and technology-enhanced learning consultation.
  • Supported marketing through website redesign, campaign input, and the advertiser-funded L&D magazine XpertInsight.

Technical Skills

Platforms

Cloud/serverless platforms, IoT/MDM, Flutter, React, Laravel/Vue, WhatsApp Business API, CMS, analytics, and AI workflow engines.

Data & Insights

Analytics pipelines, dashboards, customer feedback systems, experimentation frameworks, service KPIs.

Operations

Program management, change management, training enablement, partner onboarding, integration governance.

SaaS Tools & Platforms

CRM, GTM & Lifecycle

Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Apollo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Mailchimp, Braze, Customer.io, WhatsApp Business API, Stripe, Google Ads, and Meta Ads.

Product, Analytics & Support

Jira, Linear, Notion, Confluence, Figma, Airtable, GA4, Looker Studio, Mixpanel, Amplitude, Hotjar, Intercom, and Zendesk.

Delivery, Cloud & AI

Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Workspace, AWS, Google Cloud/Firebase, Cloudflare, Vercel, Netlify, VPS/cPanel, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Sentry, Datadog, OpenAI API, Claude, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, MCP, RAG, vector search, prompt/eval workflows, and agent tooling.

Selected Projects

  • Topolo platform: Edge-native business software ecosystem spanning identity/OIDC, developer onboarding, CRM, roadmapping, billing/payments, AI gateway, notifications, admin tooling, commerce, workflow automation, media operations, and customer support.
  • Platform infrastructure: Cloudflare Workers architecture with generated deployment manifests, staging/production targets, service-to-service auth, scoped JWT/JWKS authorization, CI/CD, D1/KV/R2/Vectorize/Queues/Durable Objects, and deployment orchestration tooling.
  • JustCook SaaS and JustFeed: Food-tech operations and mobile subscription platform covering ordering, inventory, recipes, procurement, routing, payments, lifecycle messaging, and reporting.