Ash Lane

Engaged by startups and partners through Topolo to act as fractional CTO, setting architecture, recruiting talent, and delivering critical platform milestones.

• Defined architecture and shared services (auth, CRM, MDM, media, data) for flagship engagements such as Nodo, Quro, Hiero, and ImpactCanvas.
• Stood up interim engineering leadership, hiring playbooks, and delivery cadences while mentoring permanent CTO/VP Engineering hires.
• Implemented Cloudflare Workers serverless stack, observability, CI/CD, and DevEx tooling to increase release velocity and reliability.
• Ran technical due diligence and integration planning for partner deals, balancing roadmap demand with available runway.
• Produced board-facing technical narratives, risk assessments, and investment cases for continued platform expansion.

Acted as fractional CTO for Livefreshr, modernising the tech stack and leading platform rebuilds while recruiting and mentoring the internal engineering team.

• Re-architected ordering, logistics, and kitchen systems (JustCook SaaS) for scalability and reliability, introducing CI/CD and observability.
• Delivered the Flutter-based JustFeed app and kiosk flows, aligning product, ops, and marketing on a shared roadmap.
• Integrated payments, IoT sensors, and analytics while ensuring data governance and compliance for corporate customers.
• Built the initial engineering team, defining hiring criteria, onboarding, and performance rituals before handing off to a permanent CTO.

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.