Steve Noone loves a good story. He believes stories interest us because they make someone else’s experience accessible to others—a transformation that comes up quite often in his current role.    

Steve started out in storytelling after earning a journalism degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. When he wasn't chasing leads and hitting deadlines, Steve built websites as a hobby. Since then, he's taken a full-time leap into user experience (UX) design, working in real estate, the automotive industry, and water conservation. Now, after joining Eyefinity in February 2022, he's a member of the UX design team for Eyefinity’s cloud-based software.    

Despite the departure from his original career path, Steve's reporting skills still come in handy, such as when he uses his newspaper layout experience to design digital spaces. His interviewing prowess also serves him well, since a huge part of his job at Eyefinity is gathering feedback from providers about what works on his prototypes, and what doesn’t.    

"It costs a lot to build the wrong thing," he says. "My goal is to help make sure that we're building the right thing."   

Besides talking with providers, Steve also loves helping practices stay profitable as they serve patients and their communities. Neighborhood optometrists aren't just there to support vision, he says, they're often also sponsoring soccer teams or helping run bake sales, making their impact more than meets the eye.    

In the bigger picture, Steve believes sight not only enables a person to see the world around them but can play a huge role in how they see themselves in the world. For example, Steve's three children have all received glasses in recent years, and he's noticed a shift in their self-portraits as they've grown.    

"Now every picture they draw of themselves is with glasses and it's whatever color their frames are this year," he says. "It's really a part of people's identity. It's one of the only things you wear every day."    

In his personal time, Steve can be found spending time with his family at home in Paso Robles, training for his next triathlon, mountain biking, or riding his motorcycle along the California coast.