Ashley is an industry leader on digital and social business strategy and the future of content.  As Spredfast's head of communications, he is responsible for telling the story of Spredfast’s game-changing engineering and best-in-class products.   

Prior to joining the Spredfast rocket ship, Ashley was the group director of digital communications and social media at Coca-Cola.  During his time at Coke, Ashley developed the company's first digital content strategy, launched the online magazine Coca-Cola Journey, created its first corporate news blog, Coca-Cola Unbottled, and grew Coke's corporate social channels more than 100% year-over-year.

Before Coca-Cola, Ashley managed international and consumer public relations for Microsoft’s Windows product, and worked for national and boutique public relations agencies in Washington, D.C. and New York City.

He was named both an Advertising Age and PR Week “40 Under 40” in 2013. He lives in Austin, Texas with his husband David and dog Gus.

Twitter: @iamashbrown