He builds the part you never see.
Most recruitment firms buy their software. Ashley builds ours. He built data systems for some of the world’s biggest companies, then the tech behind his own recruitment business. He knows how to use technology to find the best candidates.
Software built around the search.
Off-the-shelf recruitment tools weren’t designed for the way we search, so we built our own.
Ashley builds and runs that platform, so our talent team spend their time on people, not admin. For you, that means more of the search goes on finding the right person, and every candidate we speak to makes the next search better informed.
- Background
- Data and technology
- Responsible for
- The Puck platform
- Works with
- Sam WilcoxWho owns what you see of it: the role page and the short list.
- And
- Shannon PressWho tells him what’s working on live searches.
Consulting. Data. Then hiring.
- Accenture
Tech and management consulting
Four years helping some of the biggest companies in the world scale their data solutions, including National Grid, Mars, Pedigree and O2.
- Freelance
King, Riot Games, Outra, Heylo Housing and more
Data and technology consulting for global brands and fast-growing companies.
- Data Freelance Hub
Founder
In 2023 he started a recruitment business for data freelancers and built its tech stack himself. It helped people land high-paying roles across the UK and US, and grew to around 13,000 followers on LinkedIn.
“Recruitment is a people business. The software should handle everything else.”
“If we were going to run Puck like every other recruitment company, I wasn’t interested. We do it properly or not at all.”
