Summary
Christian Ashby is a Senior Solutions Architect with over a decade of experience designing and delivering cloud and hybrid hosting solutions across the UK and US, now focusing on strategic platform enablement at Databricks. He combines deep public cloud expertise (Google Cloud, AWS) with hands-on knowledge of private/converged infrastructures and storage technologies (NetApp, EMC, Hitachi) to architect large-scale migration and modernisation programmes. Christian has a strong track record in pre-sales, enterprise architecture and client retention, having led cloud engineering and customer-facing teams at Google and SADA. Notably, he pairs technical breadth—from Kubernetes and VMware to RDBMS and automation scripts—with pragmatic product and programme delivery skills honed running an IT company and launching new business lines. He is selective about inbound opportunities, valuing clear role and business impact, which reflects his client-focused, outcome-driven approach.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
MA Natural Sciences (Materials Science), MA Natural Sciences (Materials Science) at University of Cambridge
Christ's Hospital
Russian, French