Ashley Sprague

CTO

San Francisco, California, United States27 yrs experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led transformative IT initiatives at Netflix.
  • Innovator in cloud and identity management strategies.
  • Built one of the best IT organizations in the industry.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Infrastructure Leader with extensive experience in IT operations and cloud strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ComputingIt ManagementTechnical SupportIt OperationsSecurityNetworking

Other Skills

Microsoft ExchangeGoogle AppsHelp DeskIdentity ManagementData CenterAV Global SupportActive DirectoryVirtualizationTroubleshootingWindows 7Windows ServerVMwareSystem AdministrationServersTerminal Services

About

Served as Head of IT at Netflix, with a focus around technology areas including Identity Management, Cloud Engineering, Network Engineering, Google for Work, SaaS, Systems Management, 24/7 Ops, Help Desk and AV Global Support for 15 campuses world wide. Team consists of 5 managers and 70 engineers. Record of partnering with executive leadership to implement required business solutions and processes through the use of technology. Passionate about technology and innovation, while leading efforts to shift the enterprise away from traditional IT models. Visionary and thought leader with over 15 years of IT experience, including 8 years in leadership roles. Extensive experience in IT/Technical Ops strategy development, infrastructure planning, design/deployment, and building productive teams. Stabilized and restructured an IT organization with increased communication and streamlined processes which successfully improved morale and accountability. Known as an innovator who created one of the best IT organizations in the industry. NOTABLE INITIATIVES: -Lead Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps migration -Created and evolved N.E.R.D.S. (Netflix Emergency Room for Desktop Support): tech support ---anytime anywhere model -Lead global support model -Lead SaaS and Cloud strategy -Lead Identity Management “as a service” model -Lead a Consumerization strategy -Lead the efforts to exit the Data Center -Support and partner in Dev Ops model with zero Data Center -Consolidated data repositories to Google Drive from multiple on premise and cloud sources -Lead video conferencing strategy -Transformed Production IT services for Netflix studio business to go digital with Netflix productions -Lead A/V standardization with simplification and unified experience -UAD (Use Any Device) strategy -Split technology stack for internal business split

Experience

27 yrs
Total Experience
4 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Github

2 roles

Head of IT

Aug 2025Present · 10 mos

Sr. Director, IT & Corp Engineering

Aug 2021Present · 4 yrs 10 mos

Splunk

Sr. Director IT Ops

Oct 2017Aug 2021 · 3 yrs 10 mos · San Francisco, California

Quora

Head of IT

May 2016Oct 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos · Mountain View, CA

Hampton creek

Sr. IT Consultant

Mar 2016May 2016 · 2 mos

Netflix

4 roles

Head of IT

Promoted

Sep 2012Feb 2016 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Sr. Manager Windows Servers & Desktop Services

Promoted

Feb 2012Sep 2012 · 7 mos

Desktop Services Manager

Promoted

Sep 2009Feb 2012 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Desktop Analyst

Jan 2002Sep 2009 · 7 yrs 8 mos

Netvein

IT Manager

Aug 1999Nov 2000 · 1 yr 3 mos

Egghead.com/onsale.com

Systems Engineer

Jan 1998Jan 2000 · 2 yrs

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