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Accounted For shows you how to organize your digital life, protect it, and prepare it for the people you love, on your own terms. The first chapters are free, and you can start reading them today.

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My writing has been published by Oxford University Press, Elsevier, and ACM. Accounted For is my first trade book.

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20+ yearsof experience at
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • Apple
  • Oracle
  • T‑Mobile
  • Smartsheet
  • Green Dot
  • Persado
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • UCSF
  • Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University
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Meet the author

Hi, I’m Ashley.

I have worked for more than twenty years in accessibility, trust and safety, and product research and design. I helped create many of the systems our day-to-day lives depend on: banking, payments, identity, and fraud protection. One of my roles was vice president of product research at JPMorgan Chase, and I hold a master’s degree in human factors and systems engineering.

I write books, teach, and build good products. Whatever brought you here, I’m glad you came.

Ashley

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