Ashleigh Lodge

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Ashleigh is the Application Development Manager at Neovation Learning Solutions (https://www.neovation.com/) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She manages a team of over 20 developers, UX designers, and QA analysts who work to maintain and grow two products. A graduate of the Computer/Analyst Programmer (CAP) program at Red River College, she has held various development and management roles in the tech industry for the past 10 years.

Ashleigh is a vocal advocate for accessibility and inclusive design, working to make Neovation's products more accessible to users of all types and abilities. She has also spoken about accessibility to a variety of audiences, including at Prairie Dev Con Winnipeg in 2018 and Prairie Dev Con Winnipeg and Regina in 2019. In 2019, Ashleigh was a speaker at TedxWinnipeg, bringing the idea and foundations of digital accessibility to an audience of nearly 700 Winnipeggers.

In her free time, Ashleigh consumes a truly frightening amount of pop-culture media, including movies, TV shows, comic books, and novels. You can usually find her with Pokémon Go open on her phone, no matter where she is or what she's (supposed to be) doing.