
After working at a design and web production company and at Ikkyu.com, I joined CADDi in September 2019. I contributed to the launch of a cost estimation product and have since been involved in multiple internal products. In 2022, I joined the launch of CADDi Drawer as a product designer, and I continue to work in product design today.
While job hunting, I came across a Forbes article about CADDi. Although I had little prior exposure to the manufacturing industry, I was immediately drawn to the problem the company was tackling and felt a strong sense of excitement. After speaking with the founders, Yushiro Kato and Kota Kobashi, I was struck by their humility and clarity of vision, which led me to make the decision on the spot. Since joining, I’ve found the environment to be constantly evolving, giving me continuous opportunities to take on new challenges without losing momentum.
When I joined, the company was still small, so in addition to UI and UX design I also worked on front-end implementation. As more outstanding engineers joined, I stepped away from implementation and began focusing on UX work such as user research, problem decomposition, and user story mapping. CADDi is an environment where users’ voices reach us directly, and on the product side we have many opportunities to engage with firsthand information, which makes the work extremely rewarding. Going forward, I want to help establish new directions for product development at CADDi.