After spending years as a fund manager wrestling with the same clunky data workflows every day, I realized we were all solving the same problem—turning raw financial data into clear insights—but doing it incredibly inefficiently. I'd watch brilliant analysts waste hours on Excel formatting instead of actual analysis, and knew there had to be a better way. That frustration led me to build Zola, bringing together everything I wished I'd had during those late nights preparing for investment committees and client meetings. Today, I'm focused on helping teams skip the grunt work and get straight to the insights that actually move the needle.