Josh Ashton

BeyondID is a Global Boutique Managed Identity Solutions Provider for cybersecurity and cloud services.

• Provide overall leadership and guidance to the People, IT, and Business Operations Teams.
• Function as a strategic business partner to the CEO & senior leaders across the organization.
• Initiated the transformation of a quarterly performance review process, aligning it with an OKR and growth-focused framework.
• Launched our first-ever all-company quarterly Employee Engagement survey and analysis to sustain or improve our eNPS.
• Spearheaded the successful launch and implementation of an HRIS, streamlining and modernizing HR data and processes.
• Launched a comprehensive L&D program, establishing an LMS launch and an internal university to foster continuous learning and skill enhancement.
• Developing and executing comprehensive recruiting plans to meet the needs of near and long-term workforce planning goals.
• Promoting and celebrating diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Direct internal communications, orchestrating dynamic all-hands and town hall meetings while spearheading asynchronous communication strategies
• Oversee and streamline business operations to maximize efficiency and productivity, concurrently developing and implementing business intelligence tooling and strategies.
• Implemented and maintained a comprehensive skills and competency matrix as part of resource management, enabling a data-driven staffing strategy for client projects.

Process Street is an easy, no-code way to help teams build, automate, and track recurring workflows.

• Provided clear and inspirational leadership to motivate and develop the People & Operations team to deliver high-quality, employee-centric service.
• Functioned as a strategic business advisor to senior management.
• Developed and executed comprehensive recruiting plans to meet the needs of near and long-term workforce planning goals.
• Introduced, automated, and streamlined HR processes across the employee life-cycle, including a material and strategic improvement of our onboarding experience.
• Developed appropriate People & Operations OKRs and measures across the organization to monitor the impact of our efforts.
• Promoted and celebrated diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Launched our first-ever all-company Employee Engagement survey and analysis with recommendations for investment to sustain or improve our eNPS.
• Accelerated our Employee Onboarding GTM/Commercial strategy and product roadmap.
• Oversaw payroll, managed commissions, and ensured local and international HR compliance.

Acquired by Traction on Demand in September 2021, Trineo delivered integrated, custom software solutions for global organizations.

• Developed a deep understanding of the business, and contributed to strategic planning as a member of the Executive Team.
• Incorporating Trineo’s goals as a business, while designing, budgeting for, and executing a strategy that curates and cares for people and culture.
• Lead the People Experience (PX) Team comprised of global HR Generalists, Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Org Development, Operations, Executive Assistants, Office Managers, and Coordinators.
• Played an instrumental role in helping the company obtain our B Corp certification.
• Champion, foster, and scale our culture, helping the team understand and live our core values.

GutCheck is an agile big data solution that provides tangible results and unique audience intelligence at the speed of business.

• Drove organizational improvements and decision-making by translating the strategic and tactical business plans into people operations strategy and operational plans.
• Built and manage a team of high-performing individuals providing full life cycle people services.
• Responsible for overseeing our facility’s operations and strategy, ensuring productivity enhancements and scalability.
• Lead the strategy and execution of one of the company's North Stars, employee satisfaction.
• Champion, foster, and scale our culture, helping the team understand and live our core values.

SendGrid, now Twilio, was an industry-disrupting, cloud-based email service that solves the challenges of reliably delivering emails on behalf of growing companies.

• Established, led, and evolved the company's People Operations function from 30 to 400 employees, $15M - $100M in revenue, and preparation for their IPO.
• Built and managed a team of 17 high-performing individuals providing full life cycle people services.
• Led the strategy and execution of one of the company's enduring measures of success, employee engagement.
• Launched and owned the company's Diversity & Inclusion strategy.
• Championed, fostered, and scaled our culture, helping the team understand and live our core values through effective programs.

DigitalGlobe, now Maxar, is a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth imagery products and services.

• Led the Talent Acquisition team as we grew from 300 to 700 employees and went public.
• Partnered with Executives and business unit leadership to define critical staffing attributes required to achieve business objectives.
• Built a talent pipeline across functional areas, multiple disciplines, and various levels of positions from entry to C-level.
• Consistently achieved recruiting performance targets delivering the right people at the right time and at the right cost.
• Successfully executed multiple recruiting campaigns, both domestic and global including Latin America, APAC, and EMEA.

Zoola operates as a coalition of local businesses and various national online retailers. It provides automated local loyalty marketing programs.

• Translated the strategic and tactical business plans into people operations strategy.
• Sole HR employee providing full life cycle people services.

TEKsystems is the nation's leading technology staffing and services company.

• Developed excellent working relationships with Executives, Hiring Managers, and HR by qualifying requirements to fulfill all staffing and consulting engagements.
• Developed a high-performance recruiting team (up to 10 recruiters) by instituting standards, recruiting career development tracks, delegating leadership responsibility, and practicing situational leadership.
• Found innovative ways to attract qualified professionals to non-traditional IT markets.
• Consistently reached and surpassed yearly revenue and activity goals. Top 10% of 6,000 employees in 2007.
• Became the office SME for Training and Application Outsourcing services.

The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) is a non-profit community of more than 600 universities, companies, non-profits, and government organizations nationwide working to increase women’s participation in computing and technology. NCWIT equips change leaders with resources for taking action in recruiting, retaining, and advancing women from K–12 and higher education through industry and entrepreneurial careers.

The program focuses on addressing the challenges of the modern dynamic labor market through innovative technologies.