Episode
103

Finding Upside in Commercial Elevator Tech with Ashleigh Wilson, CEO of Auditmate

Hosted by
Nate Smoyer

While you might not think of technology that plugs into elevator maintenance record keeping as proptech, my hope is after listening to this interview you'll see how this must be considered proptech. Ashleigh Wilson, CEO of Auditmate, breaks down the massive opportunity her company is capitalizing on, in the world of elevator and escalator maintenance.

The short story is elevator maintenance contracts are too often confusing and difficult for property managers and owner operators to understand and effectively enforce. This leaves contracted maintenance not getting done, but still having to be paid for. Long term, however, maintenance left undone can mean early replacements for expensive parts and systems. Auditmate tracks and reports maintenance that is performed, per the contract, and when it's not done correctly they seek refunds for their clients. Ultimately, Auditmate has found a niche slice of the industry that desperately needs to be brought up with the current times and very little competition to battle for market share.

More about Auditmate and Ashleigh
With a combined total of 117 years of experience in the property management industry, Ashleigh's team realized that property managers were always getting the short end of the stick when it came to elevator/escalator contracts. Ashleigh founded Auditmate as a way to ensure that property managers are actually receiving the services that they are paying for and are able to save tens of thousands of dollars in the process.

Ashleigh Wilson is a San Francisco-based Entrepreneur, raised by a used car salesman and an elevator guy.

Tapping into her roots, Ashleigh opened and sold multiple small businesses by the age of twenty until ultimately landing in the elevator business. She excelled in the industry and was leading global research projects and being mentored by the CEO of one of the leading elevator companies.

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