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Ashley Dempsey
As the Managing Director of New Solutions and Innovation at Duke Energy, Ashley leads efforts to turn innovation into a disciplined, measurable driver of enterprise growth and customer value. She guides a cross-functional organization that identifies high-value opportunities, validates solutions through structured testing, and scales proven initiatives into the business.
Under her leadership, Innovation Management is evolving into a strategic value engine focused on portfolio discipline, economic transparency, and lifecycle ownership. Ashley champions a customer-centered, data-driven approach, leveraging the Discover, Incubate, Accelerate (DIA) framework to reduce risk and accelerate learning.
Ashley is known for fostering a culture of curiosity, resilience, and disciplined execution, empowering teams to solve customer problems and deliver measurable business impact.