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Vaughan Ashe

@vaughanashe

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Visionary technology leader driving cloud, AI, and SaaS transformation.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior technology leadership roles where I can drive cloud and AI strategy, lead cross-functional teams, support M&A readiness, and deliver scalable, secure platforms in growth-focused organisations.

I am a visionary technology leader with 20+ years delivering enterprise-scale digital transformation across FinTech, Media and SaaS. I align technology and digital strategy to business growth, M&A readiness and operational resilience.

At Delinian I led technology for five business units, directed Azure migrations, cloud cost optimisation and AI-driven process improvements while managing global engineering teams and large invoice approvals via NetSuite.

As CTO and shareholder at Realfin I built scalable data architectures, integrated CRM and AI analytics, and implemented machine learning models to surface predictive insights that supported growth and acquisition readiness.

I am skilled in Azure cloud architecture, AI integration, cybersecurity and Agile delivery, and I am pursuing Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Associate certification to deepen my AI engineering capabilities.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Head of Technology

Delinian

Aug 2015 - Aug 2025 (10 years)

Led technology across five business units, directing Azure migrations, cloud cost optimisation, Salesforce integration, and AI-driven process improvements while supporting M&A due diligence and ensuring operational resilience.

Azure Cloud Migration Salesforce Integration NetSuite Vendor Management

Chief Technology Officer

Realfin

May 2020 - Mar 2025 (4 years 10 months)

Directed technology vision and security from launch to acquisition, building scalable architecture, AI analytics and offshore engineering teams to improve BI and enable cost-efficient expansion and M&A readiness.

Architecture AI & Analytics Machine Learning Scalability Data Architecture & Security

Development Manager

Hibu

Jul 2013 - Jul 2015 (2 years)

Led design, development and maintenance of commercial software platforms, managed onshore and offshore teams, and promoted Agile adoption to deliver high-availability systems.

Agile Delivery Team Leadership High Availability Jira Confluence CI CD Software Development

Technical Lead - .NET

Fourth Hospitality

Jun 2010 - Jun 2013 (3 years)

Led full-stack development in an Agile Scrum environment, delivering high-performance components using C#, jQuery and SQL to support hospitality platforms.

C++.NET SQL jQuery Agile Scrum Full Stack Developer XML

Senior Programmer

Enrich Reward

Nov 2007 - Jun 2010 (2 years 7 months)

Delivered software development and maintenance as a senior programmer, contributing to backend systems and integrations across the rewards platform.

.NET SQL Software Development Integration Backend Development Agile Troubleshooting Team Collaboration

Senior Programmer

New Datum

Jan 2007 - Nov 2007 (10 months)

Worked as a senior programmer delivering application development and supporting system implementations for clients.

Software Development .NET SQL Application Support Integration Agile Testing Troubleshooting

Programmer

Spargonet

Aug 2003 - Nov 2006 (3 years 3 months)

Developed and maintained software applications as a programmer, contributing to feature development and system support.

Programming .NET SQL Maintenance Debugging Team Collaboration Documentation

Programmer / Analyst

Trane

Jan 2000 - Jun 2003 (3 years 5 months)

Served as programmer/analyst delivering development and analysis support for systems, contributing to requirements, implementation and maintenance activities.

Programming Systems Analysis Requirements Gathering Implementation Maintenance SQL Debugging