Ashton Advisors
Strategy, Operations & Customer Advisor to Tech-Enabled Businesses
Fractional Chief Strategy, Operations & Digital Transformation Leadership
Energy | Finance | Software | Services | Private Equity
Customer First | Growth Focused | Success Driven
About Ashton
Ashton provides business and technology strategy, intelligence, M&A, AI and operating excellence consulting services. We impart operational and digital confidence to leaders during times of change. Born out of traditional management consulting and leading software ventures, Ashton knows what it takes to execute in today’s results-oriented business culture. We are a trusted partner to a growing number clients that engage Ashton to bridge strategy and software challenges to deliver success.
Ashton was formed with conviction that clients deserve leadership credence during uncertain times. Making sense of technology ecosystems is increasingly complex; everywhere you turn, there’s a motive beyond sound, fiduciary guidance with your best interest at heart. We work from your vantage point with a genuine commitment to client success.
Ashton Areas of Practice
Ashton | Strategy
Strategy, operations & leadership engagements focused on defined business goals. High priority, strategic projects tied to successful outcomes. Strategy engagements range from special projects, strategic sales & marketing initiatives, creating enablement programs, technology initiative planning, enterprise AI strategy, go-to-market and strategic planning.
Ashton | Insights
Market-leading experience across software and services, Ashton provides leading vendor diligence, management, partner readiness, and return on investment strategies to ensure your business is making sound operating and AI investment decisions. Ashton benchmarks leading software, services and success organizations to ensure executives understand key decision tradeoffs.
Ashton | M&A
M&A due diligence and Day 1 readiness for software operations, sales, services, success and solution provider businesses. Pre and post deal support around people, process and solutions. Strategic leadership for time-sensitive merger & divestiture initiatives related to org readiness, go-to-market design, product marketing, sales, customer readiness, and post-merger execution support.
Ashton | Operate
Operational projects driven by business and technology goals. Operating support across AI and technology implementations, cross-team initiatives and ongoing execution of strategic programs. Operate projects include AI & strategic innovation rollouts, program leadership, change management, AI and technology adoption programs, training, communications and operational excellence.
How can Ashton help?
Ashton is a performance-based strategy and technology consultancy focused on delivering results. As an independent principal, Ashton acts as a fiduciary on behalf of our clients. We are well versed on the latest sales, marketing, and customer service technology solutions and service providers across energy, finance, software, services and private equity clients, partners and investors. We help our clients understand these ecosystems to make sense of what is truly needed for your business. Ashton helps you get off the starting blocks in the face of digital change, with conviction along the way.
We are hired by clients to deliver in challenging work environments. Ashton prefers results-driven engagements tied to business outcomes. We would love to hear about a business need or upcoming program within our areas of practice. If outside of Ashton’s core focus area, we are happy to collaborate and make a referral within our trusted partner network.
We are primarily a referral-based firm. Ashton takes great pride and care in every client introduction.
Ashton Advisors | vision & founding
Ashton enters every engagement with appreciation, curiosity, and courage that we can achieve more than what’s expected and exactly what’s essential. We blend strategic insight with sound execution to help businesses thrive in today’s transitional business environment.
Our commercial independence allows us to focus on value creation and operate on your behalf. Learn more.
Introducing
Ashton | Ventures
Angel, seed and operating assistance for founders who demonstrate conviction to improve AI adoption in the workplace, improve our ways of working, and elevate the professional success of others.
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