Ayla Cullen, Leader & Engineer

Visionary, Strategist, and Geek Extraordinaire

  • Creatively Determined
    Crafting With Sheer Will

    There’s no such thing as impossible. I’m a person of focus, commitment, and sheer will.  Got an unique need? No problem, I’ll find an unique solution.

  • Team Maestra
    Work = Play!

    Why should work be all drudgery? It should be fun! Leadership means taking care of your team; do that and your team will take care of you!

  • Passionately Caring
    Available When Needed

    Sometimes you will have concerns, ideas, or even want to chat.  You deserve to feel like you’re being listened to.

  • Multi-Faceted Professional
    Jack of All Trades

    I can support a broad range of needs, and have a strong vibrant network I can tap into for support.

My Skills
Leading With Results

With over a decade of leadership and engineering experience, I’m passionate about driving results, empowering teams, and solving complex problems. My background in Business Administration, combined with my Executive MBA studies at the University of Oregon, has shaped me into a leader who balances strategic vision with hands-on execution. I love creating environments where people thrive, ideas spark innovation, and real impact happens. Inspiration, challenges, adapting, pushing boundaries, and achieving the impossible — all values I embrace!

Cups of Tea Consumed and Counting

Endorsements on LinkedIn

Highest Annual Revenue from Sales

With a proven track record of success,
it’s worth it to work with Ayla!

“Ayla is a trusted and invaluable partner to me at ExitGuide. As a Principal Engineer, she has a deep understanding of engineering and architecture. She managed contractors & resources and has been instrumental in ensuring that our development process is efficient and effective.”

Eric Grafstrom

CEO, ExitGuide

“I had the pleasure to work with Ayla at Convo Communications. She designed creative solutions and was a very good web developer. I appreciated her frank thoughts and ideas.”

Beth Overhuls

Chief Operating Officer & Chief Technology Officer, Convo Communications

“Ayla is a jack of all trades and is capable of working in different aspects of creative, IT and marketing field. She has excellent sense of humor and a joy to chat with.”

Rosa Lee Timm

Chief Marketing Officer & Division President, Communication Service for the Deaf

“Ayla is a hard worker and puts in the effort it takes to accomplish the task at hand. She has good vision about project goals and takes the steps necessary to see a project all the way through.”

Josh McGilberry

Assistant Vice President, XTM/ATM Development

Businesses I’ve Worked With

SiloHack
WAWAFest
ExitGuide
CSD
Convo
Innivee
MNR
Connecticut Deaf Theatre
Kraken
Lauren Clancy Design
Jooux
Deaf Future Works
Design to Glow
Deaf Austin Theatre
Interpreter Now
VASLA