Biography
Will Ash is an Adjunct Instructor of Marketing at the Ole Miss School of Business. With more than 30 years of professional selling and business leadership experience, Will has built and led large-scale commercial organizations across semiconductors, enterprise technology, and cybersecurity — most recently serving as President and Chief Commercial Officer at Oratium, a firm specializing in business outcome messaging and solution positioning for Fortune 100 companies.
Prior to Oratium, Will spent 18 years at Cisco, culminating as Senior Director of Cybersecurity Sales for U.S. Public Sector — leading an $850M business and 125-person team helping U.S. governments and schools defend against cybersecurity threats.
Will holds a double B.A. in Economics and Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science from Gettysburg College, an M.B.A. in Finance from Keller Graduate School of Management, a Certificate in Executive Education from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and is pursuing an Executive Doctorate in Business Administration.
He is a two-time recipient of the CyberScoop 50 Award for Industry Leadership, a Cyber Defender Award recipient from MeriTalk, and recipient of the Patriotic Employer Award from the U.S. Secretary of Defense.
Courses Taught
Education
B.A. Economics, Gettysburg College (1993)
M.B.A. Finance, Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University (2009)