Alison Polton-Simon is a software engineer and member of the Operations team at Angaza in San Francisco. At Angaza, Alison helps provide affordable access to life-changing technologies such as solar home systems and improved cookstoves to the world’s 1 billion off-grid consumers. Previously, Alison worked as a consultant at ThoughtWorks, coaching clients to make smarter decisions about their Continuous Delivery processes. When she’s not coding, Alison enjoys getting far away from her computer for climbing, hiking and kayaking.