Ashton Alayne Smalling

Ashton Alayne Smalling is a Customer Development Manager at FinThrive, focusing on rethinking revenue management to enhance the healthcare economy. Prior to this role, Ashton served as an Account Executive at Gartner, providing strategic advice to mid-sector educational institutions on critical priorities related to recruitment, graduation rates, and IT management. As an Account Manager at Gartner, Ashton supported CIOs and C-Level Executives in executing effective IT strategies. Earlier experience includes being a top-performing Sales Executive at Grubhub, a Literature Teacher at Dux English Academy, and a Sales and Marketing Specialist at Global Brigades, Inc. Ashton founded A.I.M High, an arts and music non-profit, during high school and has also led educational infrastructure projects while coordinating student travel. Educational credentials include a Bachelor’s Degree from Wake Forest University.