At Alta, I was a UX team of one, working side by side with talented software and marketing teams. My job? Break down tricky business puzzles and turn them into experiences people could rely on. That meant turning endless spreadsheets into interactive dashboards, digitizing pen-and-paper workflows, and redesigning platforms so sales reps could focus on selling instead of searching.

But what mattered most was how much I learned along the way. I never stopped pestering colleagues with questions, digging into research papers, and hauling around enough UX books to count as weight training. That curiosity has always been part of me, though my back is much happier now that the books are digital.