Mitch Ashley
ARchitect Analyst Power 100 at The Futurum Group
Denver Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMitch Ashley is a seasoned technology leader and analyst with nearly two decades of experience guiding organizations through transformative shifts in software and security. Currently VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at The Futurum Group, he focuses on the rise of agentic AI and the Agentic Development Lifecycle that is reshaping how software is conceived, built, and operated. His background spans CTO and founder roles, enterprise IT leadership, and research-led advisory work, enabling him to translate emerging AI signals into practical product and investment strategies for vendors and executives. Mitch combines an entrepreneur’s hands-on product experience with an analyst’s rigor, helping teams decide where to partner, invest, and lead as AI-native engineering accelerates. Beyond strategy, his roots in offensive security, red/purple team tactics, forensics, and reverse engineering give him a rare blend of defensive and offensive perspectives on secure software creation. Based in Denver, he leverages executive training from Tuck and a dual CS/business undergraduate background to bridge technical depth with business outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
SCTE-Tuck Executive Leadership Program, SCTE-Tuck Executive Leadership Program at The Tuck School of Business at DartmouthBachelor of Science (BS) Business Administration Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Business Administration Computer Science at University of Nebraska at Kearney
Github Skills (36)
mitre-attack10
cybersecurity10
security-automation10
security-testing10
emulation10
infosec9
penetration-testing9
security9
it-security9
pentesting9
docker8
fuzzing8
collaboration8
microsoft-word8
rancher8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
BuildAndDestroy/temperpi
Dec 2019 - Jul 2023
Rackmounted Raspberry Pi to Monitor Heat
Contributions:3 reviews, 4 PRs, 29 pushes in 3 years 8 months
raspberry-pimonitorheatraspberrye-ink
BuildAndDestroy/c2-redirectors
Nov 2021 - Apr 2024
Automate c2 redirector deployments.
Contributions:3 reviews, 6 PRs, 21 pushes in 2 years 5 months
redirector
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