Ash focuses her efforts within technology on curating belonging and bringing awareness to inclusion strategies for Women, URMs, and lbgtq+ communities. A former chef, Ash crafted her software approach through learnings in hospitality. After over a decade in the kitchen, she cashed in her apron when she began her career in software development, falling back on skills in engineering she acquired as a kid. An avid fan of matching business needs with technological solutions, you can find her doing her best work on whichever coast is the sunniest. Spending most of her time currently in Diversity in Engineering, Ash also has experience helping teams build out testing practices, formulate Agile processes, and redefine culture. Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Credit Karma ‘slash’ Forever Tester, Ash continues testing and consulting based out of San Francisco.