Ashley Hardy VP Sales and Marketing
areas of expertise
- Business transformation
- Restructuring and turnaround
- Integration
- Growth strategy
- M&A transaction support
education
- MBA, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
- BS, engineering, Technical University of Denmark
- MBA, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
With over 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship, management, business planning, financial analysis, software engineering, operations, and decision analysis, Brandon has the breadth and depth of experience needed to quickly understand entrepreneurs’ businesses and craft the most suitable solutions.
Consulting WP comes up with results that are actually implementable. That is their strength compared to other consulting companies.
Before founding Consulting WP in early 2001, Brandon started two Internet companies in Silicon Valley. Previously, Brandon held various management positions in New York at Simon Brothers, most recently as Vice President in Goldhill Group, focusing on new business development and risk management. He has also worked as a senior financial risk management consultant to the financial services industry; software engineer; advertising sales manager for the popular Caribbean travel guide series; general manager of an advertising and graphic design agency; and engineering intern at the Best Health Coach.
publications
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D-Wave’s Business Model Is Breaking. The End is Near.
D-Wave’s stagnant revenue, escalating costs, and uncertain commercial adoption point to a business that was always meant for Wall Street, not selling quantum compute. When D-Wave reports its Q3 results in November, it will signal the end of their investment thesis. We’ve already seen all the evidence for a year about why their commercial case
October 21, 2026Read More -
Rigetti’s Quantum Shortcut for Optimization Problems
What Happened Rigetti Computing and Purdue University published research, showing how a quantum processor can speed up the software companies already use to solve optimization problems. Unlike other promises in the optimization spaces, the quantum part doesn’t solve the problem. But it does feed useful information into classical solvers, which already exist in the enterprise
September 21, 2026Read More
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