Ashlen Wright is a Sales Engineer at Horizon3.ai specializing in autonomous penetration testing and proactive attack surface validation. She partners with organizations across regulated industries, from commercial enterprises to government entities, to identify and remediate exploitable vulnerabilities before adversaries act. A strong advocate for security grounded in evidence, she excels at translating complex technical risk into actionable business outcomes. Before entering cybersecurity, Ashlen conducted research at UNC Chapel Hill and published federally funded work in peer-reviewed journals.