# Jacob Miller

> Jacob Miller is Ashby's go-to-market specialist for new products and the recruiting software company's original go-to-market hire. After early sales roles at Citrix, Growbots and Airbase, he joined Ashby in 2021, helped establish its customer-facing sales motion, left in 2025, and returned later that year to take new products to market. In 2026 he introduced People Workflows on the Ashby One stage, extending the platform from recruiting into employee onboarding.

- **Role:** GTM Specialist, New Products at Ashby
- **Organizations:** Ashby, Airbase, Growbots, Citrix, Casa Esperanza Homeless Center, Westmont College
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree, Westmont College
- **Known for:** Became Ashby's first go-to-market hire in 2021., Helped establish Ashby's early customer-facing sales motion while the company was still operating in stealth., Was a founding account executive at Growbots and Airbase before joining Ashby.

## Career timeline

- **2012-2013** — Worked as a development associate at Casa Esperanza Homeless Center.
- **2013-2016** — Moved through inbound sales development, outbound sales development and corporate account executive roles at Citrix.
- **2016-2019** — Joined Growbots as a founding account executive, later becoming an account executive team lead and sales manager.
- **2019-2021** — Joined Airbase as a founding account executive and later served as head of sales development.
- **2021-2025** — Joined Ashby as its first sales and go-to-market hire, serving most recently in that period as an enterprise account executive.
- **2025** — Returned to Ashby as GTM Specialist, New Products after a period away from the company.
- **2026** — Introduced People Workflows with product manager Melissa Bierly during the Ashby One product keynote.

## Achievements

- Became Ashby's first go-to-market hire in 2021.
- Helped establish Ashby's early customer-facing sales motion while the company was still operating in stealth.
- Was a founding account executive at Growbots and Airbase before joining Ashby.
- Saw Ashby's sales team grow to roughly 20 times its original team-of-one size.
- Led go-to-market work for People Workflows, Ashby's expansion into post-offer onboarding processes.
- Presented the People Workflows launch at Ashby One 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — People Workflows launched as an Ashby add-on for coordinating and automating new-hire onboarding.
- **2026-05** — Miller and Melissa Bierly presented People Workflows during the Ashby One product keynote in San Francisco.
- **2025-09** — Returned to Ashby as GTM Specialist, New Products.

## Links

- Website: https://www.ashbyhq.com/team/sales
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobmiller1210

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Last updated: 2026-09-27