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Ash Lane

Ash Lane

Head of Product & Platform

Professional Summary

Product and platform leader with a founder's bias for action and deep technical fluency. Extensive experience shipping complex SaaS and edge-native platforms from greenfield concept through MVP, V1, and multi-product ecosystems. Hands-on across React/TypeScript, Node/serverless APIs, Flutter/Dart, Laravel/PHP, Firebase, SQL data stores, and cloud hosting, plus AI-powered workflows, WhatsApp integrations, and marketing automation tied directly to product outcomes.

Core Skills

0 → 1 & 1 → N

  • Greenfield product conception and validation
  • From MVP to coherent multi-product suites
  • Prioritisation frameworks and roadmap ownership

Technical Product Leadership

  • Cloud/serverless API design, Firebase, queues, SQL-backed services, and edge delivery
  • React, TypeScript, Astro, Next.js
  • Flutter & mobile app ecosystems

Customer & GTM

  • Customer discovery and problem framing
  • Pricing, packaging, and positioning
  • Partner and stakeholder alignment
  • Lifecycle journeys, WhatsApp flows & marketing automation

Domains

  • MDM, device fleets, and operator workflows
  • Media operations, commerce, and social impact SaaS
  • Food tech, CRM, and auth platforms

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

Head of Product & Platform (Founder & CEO)

Topolo Technology Inc

Mar 2022 – Present Global / Remote

Define and execute product strategy for a multi-product platform spanning identity, CRM, planning, AI workflows, billing, admin tooling, commerce, media, and device operations.

  • Oversaw conception, validation, and delivery of OAuth/OIDC identity, developer onboarding, CRM, roadmapping, AI gateway, billing/payments, notifications, admin tooling, media workflows, MDM/device operations, and commerce surfaces.
  • Translated platform architecture into product requirements across tenant data, service scopes, API contracts, usage tracking, onboarding, operator workflows, and customer-facing experiences.
  • Structured shared platform foundations enabling new products to launch on consistent auth, billing, data, UI, deployment, and documentation patterns.
  • Led discovery, usability sessions, roadmap reviews, and partner conversations to iterate quickly on product-market fit and workflow value.
  • Authored and maintained product briefs, ADRs, onboarding guides, API contracts, and operating notes to standardise decisions across the product suite.

Product & Technology Lead (Founder)

Fresh Ventures – Livefreshr, JustCook, JustFeed

Mar 2014 – Present Dubai, UAE

Owned the product vision and delivery for a vertically integrated food tech stack spanning consumer, operational, and SaaS layers.

  • Designed and implemented JustCook SaaS, an end-to-end platform (Laravel, Vue.js) for meal kit operations including orders, inventory, recipes, procurement, routing, and analytics.
  • Led design and development of the JustFeed Flutter app as a premium customer experience for managing subscriptions, browsing menus, and completing in-app checkout.
  • Translated operational constraints into product requirements, helping reduce manual effort and error rates through better tooling and automation.
  • Coordinated brand and marketing initiatives in lockstep with product launches to maximise adoption and retention.

Solution Consultant / Project Manager

XpertLearning

Feb 2013 – Sep 2016 UAE

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.

Mid-Market Sales Manager / TPP Partnerships Manager

Cvent

Apr 2019 – Mar 2021 Dubai, UAE

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.

Technical Skills

Product

Discovery, roadmapping, MVP design, multi-product ecosystems, pricing & packaging, stakeholder management.

Technical

React, TypeScript, Astro, Next.js, Flutter/Dart, Laravel/PHP, Vue, Node APIs, Cloudflare Workers, Firebase, Vercel/Netlify, PostgreSQL, MySQL, queues, and object storage.

Practices

Hexagonal architecture, multi-tenant SaaS, documentation-first workflows, observability & reliability.

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.