Why I joined

Our team values integrity, ambition, effort, skill, and team spirit. Read the stories about why we joined Aha! — and why you should too.

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My Name Is Sarah Cottle — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
March 15, 2019
My Name Is Sarah Cottle — This Is Why I Joined Aha!

London, New Orleans, Australia… these are just a few of the places where I grew up. My family moved around a lot for my dad’s work, so I was able to see many parts of the…

My Name Is Mark Crowe — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
February 15, 2019
My Name Is Mark Crowe — This Is Why I Joined Aha!

I grew up in paradise on the island of Maui. I was surrounded by natural wonders and many different cultures. But early on, I realized how important it would be to get…

My Name Is Michel Billard — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
February 8, 2019
My Name Is Michel Billard — This Is Why I Joined Aha!

It is amazing what you can do with a couple lines of code. I learned this as a teenager when I started playing around with basic HTML on our family computer. I must have…

My Name Is Nataliya Soloveva — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
December 21, 2018
My Name Is Nataliya Soloveva — This Is Why I Joined Aha!

It was my first job out of college. I was a teller at a small bank in my hometown, close to where I went to college in Tennessee. Our customers were my neighbors,…

My Name Is Tyler Knappe — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
November 16, 2018
My Name Is Tyler Knappe — This Is Why I Joined Aha!

The universe is vast. And I have always wanted to explore it. Art, business, philanthropy, astronomy — I am interested in it all. When it came time to enter college, I…

My Name Is Tracy Singleton — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
November 9, 2018
My Name Is Tracy Singleton — This Is Why I Joined Aha!

I have always had many interests. As a kid, I played competitive sports while also training at a classical dance studio. I loved the outdoors, yet I spent a lot of time…

My Name Is Julie Price — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
October 19, 2018
My Name Is Julie Price — This Is Why I Joined Aha!

“We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” — Max De Pree, founder of Herman Miller. This is one of my dad’s favorite quotes. He has often said those…

My Name Is Perry Hurtt — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
October 12, 2018
My Name Is Perry Hurtt — This Is Why I Joined Aha!

I wanted to do something exceptional. It started way back when I graduated from high school — I knew I wanted to go where I could help people and make a real impact. But…

My Name Is Chris Swenson — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
September 28, 2018
My Name Is Chris Swenson — This Is Why I Joined Aha!

It was my own personal robot. As a kid, I had a Kronoform transformer watch that went from timepiece to toy with a few twists and turns. Although the watch itself was…

My Name Is Justin Weiss — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
September 14, 2018
My Name Is Justin Weiss — This Is Why I Joined Aha!

I was three years old when my mom first brought home a computer for work. Back then, having a computer meant you also had to program it. As I got older, I wrote my own…

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