Mitch Ashley is a technology executive and entrepreneur who is an advisor, analyst, product creator and tech leader, bringing 30+ years in cybersecurity, cloud, AI, product development, software engineering and networking. Mitch is Chief Technology Advisor with The Futurum Group and CTO of Techstrong Group’s tech media platforms covering digital leadership, DevOps, cybersecurity, AI, cloud native, cloud infrastructure, platforms and ITSM.

As a CTO, CIO, and VP of Engineering, Mitch led the creation of award-winning cybersecurity products utilized in the private and public sectors, including the U.S. Department of Defense and all military branches. Mitch also led business and technology for managed PKI services (broadband, Wi-Fi, IoT, energy management and 5G industries), product certification test labs and a service locator SaaS (93m transactions annually). Mitch led the engineering and technology deployments of the first video-on-demand and Internet cable services, a national broadband network and multiple banking and telecom applications.

Mitch hosts multiple award-winning video and podcast series, including DevOps Unbound, CISO Talk and Techstrong Gang available on Techstrong.tv and TechstrongPodcasts.com. Mitch frequently appears as a tech expert, speaker, panelist, moderator and interviewer. He publishes his research on FuturumGroup.com and TechstrongResearch.com and writes for multiple online publications.