Q&A: Derek Ashmore, AI Enablement Principal, Asperitas
In the orchestration of AI, Derek Ashmore is the equivalent of a multi-instrumentalist. Throughout his career, he’s worked at database administration, security architecture, microservices management, and cloud architecture. He is also an expert in AI agents.
In his current work at Asperitas Consulting, Derek specializes in helping organizations deploy AI to cut cloud costs, boost resilience, and accelerate delivery of services across AWS and Azure. His projects combine DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, and AI-driven automation to solve the most common challenges facing IT and product teams, including the complexities of cloud and AI adoption; the modernization of legacy applications; and integration problems between cloud and on-premises systems.
Derek is the author of Mastering the Shift: Collaborating with Teams of AI Coding Agents, published in September 2025 and available on Amazon.
Mary Jander at Futuriom conducted this interview on a call on October 9, 2025.
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