10/13/2026
The beauty of a team goes well beyond a number or some obscure goal. When you truly have a great team, it shows up in the little moments, in the daily minutia. The meetings where everyone comes together to share the load a bit. The events where our experts connect with people on a human level, talk through their daily pain points, and actually care and understand.
So let me tell you what that looks like for us.
It looks like a team divided by a bitter war between mountain people and beach people. (Also, Crocs have become a sore subject. We won't elaborate.)
Tell us in the comments where you stand. Mountain vs. Beach vacation, Crocs vs. literally any other shoe. (And please elaborate 😉)
It looks like Jarret walking into a restaurant to meet our Marketing Manager for the first time and having a colossal teddy bear of a human (cough cough, Adam Hoing) rush up and ask, very closely, "Do you know me?" Then louder: "DO YOU KNOW ME?" Meanwhile, the whole UVT table is crying with laughter, because they put him up to it. To this day, "Do you know me?" is how the closest friends at UVT say hello.
It looks like climbing onto an airport baggage carousel to tell a room full of strangers their bags beat them there, and, from then on, starting every team announcement with: "Those of you in the baggage claim area, may I have your attention please..."
It looks like Courtney jumping straight into the unglamorous work of product descriptions because she saw someone who needed help. It looks like Sydney and Erin, who are the nervous system that gets every product where it needs to go, and Kayo, the blood that keeps the money moving, so every part works together.
It looks like February 2025, when the first tariffs hit, and every customer quote we had out was suddenly void. Countless phone calls. Long hours. Nobody had the full picture. And not one person at UVT ignored the all-hands-on-deck call. We delivered what our customers needed, within budget, and came out stronger and better prepared for what came next.
It looks like hearing that a customer used one of our drones to find a lost person, or to map a fire so firefighters could put it out, and everyone got home safe. That's the WHY to everything we do.
And it starts at the top. Chris leads with honesty, makes people feel valued, and puts customers first even when it doesn't make sense on paper. When someone needs help, he's the first one available, day or night. Not because of a hero complex, but because that's who he is. Over five years, we've watched that take root across the whole team.
When we say "UVT Fam," it's not a tagline. It's our lived experience. Families support, uplift, and connect with each other. They also protect each other's time away because we have limits, we need rest, and the people we love deserve our full presence. That's how we show up fresh and give our best when we're here.
Every day at UVT feels like an adventure, the kind you take with friends who want to see you win. There's always a challenge, and there's always a team.
So many of us sign our emails with "We're here when you need us." We mean it.
That's the Best Damn Team. 🏔️🏖️
And honestly, a single post can't do these people justice. So over the coming weeks we'll be featuring videos on many of the faces behind UVT: the stories, the inside jokes, the late nights, and the reasons they do what they do. You'll meet the people who pick up when you call, the ones who make sure your system shows up on time, and the ones in the field helping keep communities safe.
Follow along. We think you'll like them as much as we do. (Fair warning: you might have to pick a side in the mountains vs. beach war.)
