Director/Head of Engineering & QE Leader
Dan Ashby explores leadership, career development and building successful teams. Discover practical advice for professionals looking to increase their impact and influence.
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Dan is a software enthusiast and technologist with over 20 years in the industry, including more than a decade in leadership roles. He’s led managers and teams across healthtech, pharma, fintech, government, and e-commerce, and has become known for building strong engineering cultures that deliver at pace.
Dan has reshaped organisations through major restructures, created career growth frameworks for technical roles, and implemented engineering principles that raise quality and improve decision-making. He’s equally at home defining company-wide tech strategies as he is designing the operational processes that make them work day to day.
Beyond his leadership roles, Dan is an active voice in the developer and agile communities. He speaks at conferences, mentors engineers and leaders, and shares his thinking through writing and online training. His values—honesty, radical candour, and constructive disruption—run through everything he does.
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