Accessibility isn't a checklist. It's a posture.
There's no score and no finish line — just whether a real person can get through. After thirteen years in the work, here's why the checklist was never the bar.
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Digital strategist · AI practitioner · business consultant · Lansing, Michigan
Most consultants show up with the answer.
Ash shows up with questions.
20+ years of serious work. The kind that earns the right to skip straight to the answer — and deliberately doesn't. Because the right solution starts with understanding your situation, not selling you someone else's.
I've been doing this since before most of my clients had broadband. I studied how people think before I ever built a website.
Ash Harris · Lansing, Michigan
The work behind the name
AKEA Web Solutions13 years · 800+ projects shipped
Coast to coastGlobal banks and universities to family farms and nonprofits
W3CEducation & Outreach Working Group member, 2018–2023
esther.aiChief Global Growth Officer
National media
The gap between what's possible and what you've got.
That gap is where we start. Most businesses know something's off — the site's slow, the strategy's fuzzy, the AI conversation feels like noise — but they don't have time to figure out what to do about it alone. So we figure it out together: where you are, where you're trying to go, and the move that's actually worth making.
“I make complicated things workable for people who don't have time to figure them out alone.”
What I do
Strategy, AI, web, and advice — backed by 20+ years of doing the actual work.
Strategy & consulting
The diagnostic conversation, before anyone talks deliverables.
AI, in plain English
The practical version, from someone working inside an AI company every day.
Web presence
Built through nimblefish. Senior-led, fit-first.
Fractional CMO & advisory
A seat at your table when you need one.
Speaking & podcasts
I'm at my best in the room — a chamber breakfast, a small-business association, a podcast conversation about what AI actually means for people doing the work. Not coastal-conference theater. Practical, specific, and worth the drive.
And sometimes the most useful thing I do is introduce two people.
I don't sell this and you can't book it. But 20+ years of good work leaves you knowing a lot of people worth knowing — and when the moment's right, I make the connection. It's the part of the job I'd do for free.
Ventures
What I'm building.
Boutique web design and digital strategy for small business. Senior-led, fit-first.
More about nimblefishDigital risk management for the web. AI that surfaces accessibility and security exposure before it becomes liability. I'm Chief Global Growth Officer.
More about Esther.aiLansing networking event. Seven years. Coming back.
More about The Drinking LunchFrom the blog
Latest articles.
I'm not an AI guy. I'm a guy who uses AI.
The distinction matters more than it sounds. One is an identity you have to keep defending. The other is just getting the work done.
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The handoff is the product.
Everything before the handoff is a draft. Build capability, not dependency — and let people own their own infrastructure.
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Wow! Such an awesome experience working with Ash at nimblefish. I've been indecisive for years about building my website and now I know why — I hadn't met Ash yet. Ash was so agreeable and invaluable in helping me clarify my message and offerings. He worked with me as the architect and designer of my site but just as importantly as a business consultant. I really cannot say enough good things about my experience.
Ready when you are
Let's figure out what you actually need.
No intake form. No deck. Just a real conversation about where you are, where you want to go, and how to get things moving in the right direction.