John Ashley

John Ashley (he/him) leads the solution architecture function for NVIDIA's global public sector organization and is part of the leadership team for the worldwide NVIDIA Technology Centers. He is especially focused on helping governments improve the security, safety, health and economic well-being of the people they serve. John was formerly the general manager of the Global Financial Services and Technology team at NVIDIA, focused on global trends and directions in accelerated compute and AI for the entire sector – from hedge funds, fintech and banking to insurance.  He also started and led the Professional Services Deep Learning Practice for NVIDIA and the NVIDIA Deep Learning Professional Services Partner program; managed the relationship with IBM’s Software and Cognitive groups; was a senior solutions architect covering financial services based in New York and then London; and supported NVIDIA’s work with the Square Kilometer Array radio astronomy programs.  He holds a doctorate in computational sciences and informatics, and BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering. Prior to joining NVIDIA, his experience can best be described as varied – he has been a data scientist, project manager, systems architect, DBA and developer – working in vendor, consulting and end-user firms in utilities, government and finance. He holds a U.S. patent in predictive analytics.