Ashley is a proven leader in AI strategy development, implementation and analytics-driven decision-making. She advises clients on enterprise-wide AI initiatives, including outcomes-driven opportunity identification and prioritization to generate exceptional shareholder value. Ashley has stood up AI programs across various sectors and industries, including power and utilities, healthcare, supply chain, and government services (defense contracting and military applications). She has led use case implementation from ideation through POC, MVP and scaled production release across the value chain, including planning, operations, regulatory support, customer service and back-office functions.
Before joining the firm, Ashley was a strategic advisor to the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy in the development of next-generation uncertainty- and risk-aware power grid optimization algorithms to support reliable and economic management of renewable-heavy resource portfolios.
Ashley holds a PhD in Operations Research from the Colorado School of Mines and has a BSE in Operations Research and Financial Engineering from Princeton University.
How Ashley is shaping the future with confidence
Ashley understands the critical role quantitative analysis plays in robust decision-making, especially given the operational uncertainty that many clients face. She strives to help clients think critically about planning and investment decisions with an eye toward driving value aligned with strategic objectives. Ashley believes the most efficient way to bring innovative technology to market is through rigorous analysis to demonstrate measurable impact, and she has built a career working toward that mission.