Ash Lane

Ash Lane

VP Growth & Performance Marketing

Dubai · Open to Global & Remote

me@ash-lane.com

ash-lane.com

linkedin.com/in/ashlane

WhatsApp: +971 55 188 7924

Profile

Growth and lifecycle leader with founder experience across SaaS, IoT, and consumer subscription businesses. I blend paid acquisition, product growth, and lifecycle automation (WhatsApp, email, in-app) to drive revenue and retention, backed by strong experimentation and analytics discipline. Comfortable owning full-funnel strategy, operating cross-functional squads, and tying spend to product usage and margin.

Growth Leadership Focus

Acquisition & Demand

  • Channel mix optimisation across search, social, programmatic, partnerships, and offline
  • Budgeting, forecasting, and CAC/LTV modelling with finance alignment
  • Creative strategy, landing page testing, and full-funnel attribution

Lifecycle & Retention

  • Lifecycle design across WhatsApp, email, push, and in-app messaging
  • Segmentation, personalisation, and triggered journeys tied to product behaviour
  • Churn mitigation, win-back campaigns, and subscription health monitoring

Growth Product & Experimentation

  • Activation funnels, onboarding flows, paywall optimisation, referral loops
  • A/B testing, experimentation platforms, and statistically sound readouts
  • Collaboration with product/engineering to deliver growth features and instrumentation

Analytics & Revenue Alignment

  • Growth dashboards, cohort analysis, and SQL/BI self-service
  • Revenue forecasting, pricing & packaging tests, and margin-aware decision making
  • Building and mentoring growth squads with shared KPIs

Experience

Founder & CEO – VP Growth

Topolo Technology Inc

Mar 2022 – Present Global / Remote

Own growth strategy across multiple products (kiosks, QR, SaaS, and media), building full-funnel programs that connect acquisition spend to platform usage and revenue.

  • Launched omnichannel acquisition programs (paid social/search, DOOH, partnerships) with CAC targets tied to product usage and retention.
  • Built lifecycle automation across WhatsApp, push, and email, driving activation and repeat usage for QR and kiosk experiences.
  • Implemented experimentation frameworks (pricing, onboarding, paywall, referral) and instrumented dashboards for exec reporting.
  • Aligned growth, product, and data teams around a shared North Star metric and weekly operating cadence.

Founder & Owner – Head of Growth

Fresh Ventures (Livefreshr)

Mar 2014 – Present Dubai, UAE

Grew Livefreshr from launch to scaled subscriptions, owning acquisition, lifecycle, and retention programs end to end.

  • Ran paid search, social, influencer, and offline campaigns with tight measurement loops and cohort tracking.
  • Built subscription lifecycle journeys (onboarding, reorder nudges, churn prevention) leveraging WhatsApp automation and CRM.
  • Optimised pricing, bundle offers, and referral programs through experimentation and A/B testing.
  • Partnered with product/data to instrument funnels, retention dashboards, and predictive churn models.

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.

Growth Stack & Tooling

Acquisition Stack

Google & Meta Ads, programmatic, TikTok, influencer, affiliate, DOOH, attribution platforms (GA4, Mixpanel, Segment, Branch).

Lifecycle Automation

Customer.io, Braze, WhatsApp Business API, HubSpot, Iterable, multi-step journeys, event-driven messaging, loyalty integrations.

Analytics & Experimentation

Amplitude, Looker/BI, SQL, dbt, experimentation platforms, cohort analysis, revenue modelling, KPI dashboards.