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Ash Lane

Ash Lane

Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Dubai · Open to Global & Remote

[email protected]

ash-lane.com

linkedin.com/in/ashlane

WhatsApp: +971585178182

Profile

Forward deployed AI engineer who works close to operators, customers, and stakeholders to turn ambiguous business workflows into shipped AI systems. I combine discovery, technical architecture, implementation, and adoption: mapping real work, building agents and automations, wiring integrations, and keeping humans in control. Hands-on with Cloudflare Workers, TypeScript, React, LLM workflows, CRM and messaging automation, and operational dashboards.

Forward Deployed AI Focus

Workflow Discovery

  • Shadowing operators, mapping real workflows, and separating automation candidates from process problems
  • Translating stakeholder language into technical scopes, acceptance criteria, and implementation plans
  • Finding the smallest production path that proves value without creating brittle demos

Agentic Implementation

  • Scoped agents, tool access, structured outputs, retrieval, classification, and human review loops
  • Browser, CRM, WhatsApp, email, research, documentation, and operations automations
  • Prompt systems, evaluation fixtures, traceability, and regression checks

Enterprise Integration

  • Cloudflare Workers, D1, KV, R2, Queues, Durable Objects, and React/TypeScript operator interfaces
  • Identity, tenant data, service boundaries, audit trails, and access-control patterns
  • Webhook, API, CRM, messaging, and analytics integration paths

Adoption & Reliability

  • Operator training, runbooks, handover notes, and stakeholder reporting
  • Observability, failure paths, escalation rules, and controlled rollout plans
  • Business outcome framing tied to cycle time, quality, cost, and throughput

Experience

Forward Deployed AI Engineer / Platform Builder

Topolo Technology Inc

Mar 2022 – Present Global / Remote

Work directly from operational ambiguity to shipped AI workflows, internal tools, and platform services across Topolo's product ecosystem.

  • Mapped messy workflows across CRM, roadmap analysis, documentation, sourcing, media, device operations, and internal delivery into structured AI-assisted systems.
  • Built agent and automation patterns around explicit scopes, tool access, human review points, audit trails, and production data boundaries.
  • Specified Cloudflare Workers, D1, KV, R2, Queues, Durable Objects, and React/TypeScript architectures for fast iteration and deployable operator tools.
  • Translated field feedback into platform contracts across Topolo Auth, CRM, Roadmapper, Nodo MDM, ImpactCanvas, and related shared services.
  • Kept implementation close to users by writing runbooks, prompts, docs, UI flows, and acceptance checks alongside the shipped software.

Automation & Product Systems Lead (Founder)

Fresh Ventures – Livefreshr, JustCook, JustFeed

Mar 2014 – Present Dubai, UAE

Owned product and automation systems for a vertically integrated food tech stack spanning consumer, operational, and SaaS layers.

  • Designed and implemented JustCook SaaS, an end-to-end platform for meal kit operations including orders, inventory, recipes, procurement, routing, reporting, and operational workflows.
  • Translated kitchen, logistics, customer-service, and marketing constraints into software and automations that reduced manual effort and operational error.
  • Connected campaign, CRM, order, and product data so decisions could move faster across operations, marketing, and delivery teams.
  • Shipped customer and internal tools across Flutter, Laravel/Vue, lifecycle messaging, analytics, and decision-support workflows.

Solution Consultant / Project Manager

XpertLearning

Feb 2013 – Sep 2016 UAE

Implemented enterprise learning and talent management platforms, bridging client workflows, technical integration, and vendor product constraints.

  • Served as the first Cornerstone OnDemand certified solution consultant in the GCC, leading discovery, configuration, integrations, and deployments for major regional clients.
  • Owned RFP responses, solution demonstrations, admin training, workflow mapping, and post-launch optimisation for performance, learning, and talent products.
  • Converted real-world client usage patterns into vendor enhancement requests, reporting improvements, and operational playbooks.

Mid-Market Sales Manager / TPP Partnerships Manager

Cvent

Apr 2019 – Mar 2021 Dubai, UAE

Brought a product-minded and data-led approach to selling event technology platforms into the Middle East market.

  • Drove consultative discovery, tailored demos, workflow mapping, and product-qualified opportunities for enterprise and mid-market event teams.
  • Partnered with product, SDR, and implementation teams to turn pipeline signals, customer constraints, and regional requirements into successful deployments.
  • Built credibility with both commercial and technical stakeholders by connecting event operations, integrations, reporting, and adoption outcomes.

Forward Deployed AI Stack

AI & Agents

LLM orchestration, structured outputs, retrieval, embeddings, classification, prompt systems, eval loops, human-in-the-loop design.

Implementation Stack

Cloudflare Workers, D1, KV, R2, Queues, Durable Objects, TypeScript, React, Astro, Next.js, Flutter, Laravel/PHP.

Workflow Domains

CRM enrichment, web and LinkedIn research, WhatsApp and email flows, roadmap analysis, admin tooling, operations dashboards, internal knowledge workflows.