I once the University of Utah for my undergraduate degree, got a management information systems bachelor's degree, works full time for about a year and then went back to graduate school at the University of Arizona. They have a top i m. I s program in the country by talking to them. Incidentally, while I, uh, while I was there, I found that they have a dual degree and my s MBA, so I pursued bull. Oh, and booking, uh, so in the getting both degrees and found just sort of by happenstance that, uh, the FDA was sort of better student. My made my career goals were where I was drawn. So I still buying the education I received in the M. I s program Extremely helpful, especially at that kind of bounced around different software and technology companies, generally in business oriented rules. Um, after grad school, I took a job at a Big Four accounting burn that, um unfortunately, did not Did not really student my interest since I was only there for about a year and then went to a small health care I T consulting firm that was there for about three years and began This was a great match of my two degrees. I was able to serve as a cue analyst, business analyst at a project manager. Call for this analytics and software delivery firm in a consultant role, which is really great. Um, and then I moved into my current role where, which that start up, we started with about four people and now were about 15 people. Um, and I my title his operations, but because it's a startup, I wear many hats on and, uh, for many functions so again, medications that very helpful in that regard.

team and I work extremely closely. Eso all all major decisions are sort of made collaboratively. And ultimately it does come down to D for approval in, uh, and his direction of our CEO rules in almost directed power. Asked where the company coast from a strategic perspective, Um, course, I hold enough authority to make smaller decisions. You choices on software operational, sort of administrative things in terms of running the office or just a lot of things that really have, ah, lower impact on the business course I helped to contribute to decisions weigh in on decisions that the CEO make, um, weekly work hours that has buried wildly trauma career at at a total systems. When I first began, it was a pretty a pretty regular 48 45 hours per week. Um, and that was very manageable, quite flexible in terms of when you go into the office, when you cold, you leave the office as a startup e. There's really no hours tracked. It's just get your work done. Um, because it, you know, as a four person team, if you don't pull your weight that the company deals the secrets. There have been times in which we have more work than we have staff. So I have, you know, act up to 60 70 sometimes 80 hours per week, including travel both domestically and internationally. So it gives it really kind of depends on the projects on the stopping because it's such a small company. That's just sort of the name of the game. Um, but first they tried to try to have looked like balance forever.

I think the challenges are so many unknowns. And so I guess, uh, such a lack of a support system. Oh, again, Because it's a start up. The everything we do is sort of new. Development is new new ideas, new do whatever. For example, uh, we need white papers to be ready and designed, so we don't have a non staff design team. So I raised my hand and we don't really have, you know, a writing style or design format that we put our white papers in. So you just sort of you just try it. You just give it a shot and produced the best again and ultimately of the company grows that you could have design team make, you know, make things change. So I think that a chance The question regarding the approach to dealing with challenges I think that the best approach I've taken is just give it a shot and rely on your teammates where were reasonable. But ultimately know that sometimes it's not always going to be the best, but it's better than nothing