# Mitch Ashley

> Vice President & Practice Lead, CIO & Technology Buyers, and Software Lifecycle Engineering

- Canonical: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/mitch-ashley/
- Role: Analyst
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchellashley
- X: https://x.com/mitchellashley

Mitch Ashley is Vice President and Practice Lead, Software Lifecycle Engineering for The Futurum Group. Mitch has over 30+ years of experience as an entrepreneur, industry analyst, product development and IT leader, with expertise in software engineering, cybersecurity, DevOps, DevSecOps, cloud, and AI. Mitch comes to The Futurum Group through the acquisition of Techstrong Group ( devops.com , securityboulevard.com, and techstrong.tv ), where he serves as CTO and founder of Techstrong Research. As a Chief Technology Advisor, CTO, CIO, and head of engineering, Mitch led the creation of award-winning cybersecurity products utilized in the private and public sectors, including the U.S. Department of Defense and all military branches. Mitch also led managed PKI services for broadband, Wi-Fi, IoT, energy management and 5G industries, product certification test labs, an online SaaS (93m transactions annually), the development of video-on-demand and Internet cable services, and a national broadband network. He began his career creating large banking and telecom applications and building AI expert systems. Having led his first of three introductions of DevOps in 2014 and the modernization of three IT organizations, Mitch shares his experiences as an analyst, keynote and conference speaker, panelist, host, moderator, and expert interviewer. His talks cover some of the most in-demand topics, including CIO/CTO leadership, product and software development, DevOps, DevSecOps, containerization, container orchestration, AI/ML/GenAI, platform engineering, SRE, and cybersecurity. He publishes his research on futurumgroup.com/ and TechstrongResearch.com/resources . He hosts multiple award-winning video and podcast series, including DevOps Unbound, CISO Talk, and Techstrong Gang.

## Recent work

- [Enterprise AI Overruns Hit 46.9%: Is the Reckoning in FY2027?](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/insights/enterprise-ai-overruns-hit-46-9-is-the-reckoning-in-fy2027/) (Insight, 2026-09-14)
- [Atlassian Bets the Work Surface on Governed Agentic Workflows](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/insights/atlassian-bets-the-work-surface-on-governed-agentic-workflows/) (Insight, 2026-09-10)
- [46.9% of Enterprises Report AI Spend Over Budget in 2H 2026](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/press-release/46-9-of-enterprises-report-ai-spend-over-budget-in-2h-2026/) (Press Release, 2026-09-10)
- [Okta Q2 FY 2027 Earnings Beat and Raise on Core Identity Strength](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/insights/okta-q2-fy-2027-earnings-beat-and-raise-on-core-identity-strength/) (Insight, 2026-08-28)
- [AI Implementation Is the New Account Control Point](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/insights/ai-implementation-is-the-new-account-control-point/) (Insight, 2026-08-20)
- [A Loud Floor and a Quiet Gap: Security Summer Camp 2026](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/insights/a-loud-floor-and-a-quiet-gap-security-summer-camp-2026/) (Insight, 2026-08-13)
- [Anthropic’s 80% Prompt Cut Shows AI Creating Its Own Technical Debt](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/insights/anthropics-80-prompt-cut-shows-ai-creating-its-own-technical-debt/) (Insight, 2026-08-12)
- [From Experimentation to Execution: Platform Engineering for Scalable Generative AI](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/research-reports/from-experimentation-to-execution-platform-engineering-for-scalable-generative-ai/) (Research Report, 2026-08-10)
- [The Orchestrator: Who’s Conducting Your Enterprise?](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/research-reports/the-orchestrator-whos-conducting-your-enterprise/) (Research Report, 2026-08-05)
- [Palantir Q2 FY 2026 Earnings Surge on US Commercial AI Demand](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/insights/palantir-q2-fy-2026-earnings-surge-on-us-commercial-ai-demand/) (Insight, 2026-08-05)