Mitch Ashley is a technology executive and entrepreneur who is an advisor, analyst, product creator and IT leader, bringing 30+ years in cybersecurity, cloud, AI, product development and software engineering. As a CTO, CIO, go-to-market advisor and practitioner, Mitch currently leads Techstrong Research's analyst business and Techstrong Group's tech media platforms across video, written content, podcasts, and virtual and in-person events (500k subscribers) for DevOps, cybersecurity, AI, cloud native, platforms and digital leadership. Previously, Mitch led the creation of cybersecurity products utilized in private and public sectors, including the U.S. Department of Defense and all branches of the military. Mitch has also led businesses and technology in managed PKI services to broadband, Wi-Fi, IoT, energy management and 5G industries, product certification test labs, SaaS broadband service locator (93m transactions annually), first market deployments of video-on-demand and Internet cable services, national broadband network deployment and multiple banking and telecom applications.
Mitch frequently hosts award-winning video series, including DevOps Unbound, CISO Talk and Techstrong Gang available on Techstrong.tv. He is also a frequent speaker, roundtable and panel moderator and podcast host (techstrongpodcasts.com). He publishes his research content on TechstrongResearch.com and FuturumGroup.com.