Our mission is to bring clarity to technology and AI usage.
Alta gives finance, operations, and IT teams a trusted system of record for technology and AI usage—so they can govern spend, forecast confidently, and make better decisions.
Founder's Story
Vanessa began her career at Ernst & Young, working on IT audits and cybersecurity assessments. She kept seeing the same challenge: companies couldn’t clearly track what technology they had, how it was used across teams, or what they were really spending. Information lived in scattered spreadsheets, and planning was often guesswork.
Years later, working in Big Tech, the problem hadn’t changed, just the scale.
Seeing how persistent it was (and how much AI could help), Vanessa decided to build the solution herself. She taught herself to code, spoke with leaders facing the same pain, and built the first Alta prototype.
That early prototype—built alongside a talented team—became Alta today: a thoughtfully designed platform that gives finance, operations, and IT teams a clear, complete view of their technology spend across SaaS, cloud, data centers, and employee hardware.

The name “Alta” means “high” in Spanish —
a nod to Vanessa’s roots as a Latina and daughter of immigrants,
and to what teams need most: a high-level, holistic view.
Alta's values
Trust
We earn trust through transparency, security, and doing what we say we’ll do—consistently. Our customers rely on us with critical data and decisions, and we take that responsibility seriously.
Intentionality
We build with purpose. Every feature, decision, and partnership is guided by clear outcomes, thoughtful execution, and long-term impact—not shortcuts or hype.
Customer Centric Craftmanship
We sweat the details so our customers don’t have to. From product design to support, we focus on building software that’s intuitive, reliable, and genuinely useful in real-world operations.
Respect
Respect is our baseline, and we lead with it in every decision. We believe great work comes from honoring different perspectives, needs, and life experiences across our customers, our partners and our team.
Backing the future of technology & investment
Alta is supported by investors and accelerators who believe in solving complex, enterprise-critical problems for the long term.
Built to partner with leading teams
Connect with us to learn about our partner programs, find the right fit, and explore how we can work together.
The leadership team behind the platform

Vanessa Heppner
CEO & FOUNDER

Amela Kraja
COO

Daly Chang
VP ENGINEERING
Advisory board

Jeff Sopshin
RISK & COMPLIANCE ADVISOR

Jeff Carollo
TECH ADVISOR

Kai Hsiung
GTM ADVISOR
Open job postings
If you don’t see your role, send in your resume to our team for us to keep you in mind for the future opportunities.
Take control of your technology spend
Ready to take control and optimize your technology and AI spend? Connect with our Alta team today.