Summary
Ashley Richardson is a Technical Business Development leader and technology architect with 16 years building and commercialising autonomous systems for mining and heavy industries, currently based in Perth. He combines hands-on system and software design with product strategy—shaping roadmaps, regulatory ConOps/ODD documentation, and V&V frameworks for mission-critical autonomy at scale. His career spans startups and major resource companies (BHP, Rio Tinto, Fortescue), where he led MBSE-based integration, interoperability gateways, and CI-driven subsystem testing to enable multi-vendor ecosystems. Known for turning complex operational requirements into auditable, deployable solutions, he has repeatedly built cross-regional teams and delivery processes that bridge engineering, product and operations. A pragmatic systems thinker, he pairs deep technical fluency in autonomy architectures with commercial delivery experience across international projects.
16 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Science (Interactive Multimedia Technologies), BSc Science (Interactive Multimedia Technologies) at Edith Cowan University