It is with great excitement that we wish Andy Ichikawa a very happy 1-year anniversary with SC Automotive Engineering USA, Inc. 🎉
Andy has been a critical team member to support ongoing projects and clients as well as help to expand the business at SCAEUS. He has a significant attention to detail and deep engineering capabilities. We are very happy to have him as project manager.
We have asked him to reflect on his past year and the future of SCAEUS. Please read his thoughts below!
1. What have you learned in the past year?
Up until a year ago, my role typically revolved around highlighting an issue, identifying the root cause, and formulating an effective solution to drive backlog items to closure. Now I’ve added creating detailed operational plan, fleshing out every detail in the budgetary breakdown, and proposing all segments of a project from A-to-Z. Becoming the captain of my own ship was definitely not for the faint hearted, but it was liberating and almost exciting to earn this level of responsibility.
2. What do you plan to achieve/learn in this next year?
Using the analogy I just used, the natural next step after becoming the captain of your own ship is to get a bigger boat and becoming more effective at steering the ship.
3. Where do you see/hope to see the future of SCAE?
I severely underestimated how quickly our team would grow, both in size and capability. I’m very excited to continue applying our collective, practical knowledge and skillsets to problems yet to be identified and solutions yet to be architected.
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