Sprout helps build climate resilience for farmers due to loss of production due to climate shocks in coffee and other globally traded crops around the world. Coffee lovers can buy protected coffee when they see the Climate Smart Coffee label. <<--- Shop Sustainable Coffee at https://climatesmart.coffee/ -->>Sprout designs its products in-house and works with partners advancing satellite data use for climate tech in agriculture. Sprout is endorsed by the Climate Finance Lab.As CPTO, leading the development of the Sprout's Insurtech and Climate Smart Coffee platforms, through prototype development, product development, engineering management, partnership management and third-party integrations. - Platform products and features: USSD and Web Application (sproutprotect.com) with payments API integration, bulk SMS, reporting- Android application integrated with Sprout API to manage user profiles and climate data- Initiated and lead the Climate Finance Lab partnership- Hiring and managing development team- Pilots in integrating blockchain smart contract on Ethereum (API)- Launched Climate Smart Coffee in US and Kenya

Ashley is a visionary and artful entrepreneur who embodies the ethos of The Artian. As a talent professional, she has consistently leveraged creative and innovative approaches to team building, with a wealth of examples from her successful tenures at tech unicorns such as Yelp and Zipline. As an entrepreneur, Ashley has showcased her ability to use creativity to tackle complex problems, often integrating or developing technology to drive solutions.As a Creative Leader in Residence at The Artian, her focus will inlcude: • Supporting The Artian's mission to shape workplace environments that put creativity and originality at their core by blending the artist’s imagination with the entrepreneur’s execution. • Enhancing her ability to teach others how to harness the power of art to become creative leaders. • Demonstrating creative leadership in action through her rich experiences as both a talent professional and an entrepreneur. • Representing The Artian in various contexts, including program development and expanding the brand to technology companies.Ashley’s dynamic presence at The Artian exemplifies the fusion of creativity and leadership, inspiring others to explore the transformative potential of an art mindset in their professional journeys. Her work is dedicated to bringing back Renaissance Thinking—integrating humanities and the arts with engineering, technology, and science to create more human, original, and inventive companies.

Zipline designs, builds and operates autonomous drones to deliver lifesaving packages.- Helped recruit and supported scaling people operations globally, including countries in North America, Africa and Asia. - Built and implemented a staffing planner with over 50 internal users, leveraging operations projection data and historical data to projected staffing needs at over 6 distribution centers in Africa- Lead reporting function for Applicant Tracking System, Lever- Scouted Zipline team expansion for the first team in a new country, including both technical and healthcare roles- Supported Rwanda and Ghana Operations recruiting teams to hire more than 60 team members- Recruited senior corporate functions from finance, product and engineering based in the US- Facilitated new cross-functional, global team formation as advisor and recruiting support- Expanded awareness for opportunities and data analysis of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, including sponsorship and tech talks at notable conferences for women and people of color:-- Women in Tech Africa (South Africa)-- Lesbians Who Tech (San Francisco, CA)-- Ada Lovelace Day | Celebration of Women in Robotics

An award-winning social enterprise with a mission to improve global supply chains for the benefit of small-scale producers.Notable Recognitions:- Halcyon Incubator | Cohort 5 (Washington, DC)- Westerwelle Foundation Young Fellow Program | 2018 (Berlin)- GIZ Make-IT Initiative | Cohort 1 (Africa)- CNBC Upstart Top 25 List | 2017 - PeaceTech Accelerator | Cohort 2 (Washington, DC)Won and participated in multiple global startup competitions, including the Barclays Supply Chain Challenge, UN International Trade Centre's (ITC) She Trades Pitch Competition, World Bank AgriTech Challenge

Helped grow Yelp Engineering as an ambassador of culture, a program manager and a full-cycle recruiter.- Built technical capacity of team as lead trainer on software and processes as the recruiting team grew by 400%- Lead Product Standup from time-to-time, which grew from a list of tickets to a formal all-hands- Advised $500k University recruiting program as a senior University Recruiter- Designed, implemented and lead Yelp's Intern Program; hiring 90% of eligible interns for full-time positions- Promoted from Technical Recruiting Coordinator after first 6 months

Worked with a microfinance institution (MFI) in the NorthWest Region of Cameroon, inspired by the philosophies of Muhammad Yunus at the Grameen Bank.Kiva is the first online peer-to-peer lending platform. Being a Kiva Fellow is a powerful way to launch a social finance impact career. - Helped facilitate integration of new Kiva online lending platform into MFI- Wrote a business plan for investors for the MFI's regional expansion- Published blog and media posts to Kiva Blog to connect stakeholders across Kiva network

Division I Professional Basketball Player in Czech Republic.