I started my Quality Assurance career at Sony Computer Entertainment (now Sony Interactive Entertainment). After that, I was in charge of QA for SNS, EC sites, smartphone games, etc. at multiple companies. In the late 2010s, there were already many stars among development engineers. However, the QA job did not attract much attention, so I went to work with the motivation to become a leading QA expert.

Before joining GA, I had never worked in the X-Tech area, much less in the real estate industry. However, as a consumer, I had a strong sense of challenge when it came to real estate. This is because until then, it was very inconvenient when moving to rent or buying a house. It has been pointed out that "information asymmetry" is a problem in the real estate industry, and the fact is that consumers have an overwhelmingly smaller amount of information that they can access compared to real estate agents. In addition, very few people buy and sell houses many times in their lifetime, so consumers have to spend a lot of time without knowledge or experience. At that time, I learned about GA technologies, and when Mr. Higuchi, the representative of the company, said, "I want to change the industry with the power of technology," I thought that it was exactly the kind of problem I was facing. I also felt a connection with the appointment of Mr. Kutaragi, the head of Sony Computer Entertainment, where I started my career as a QA, as Outside Director.

I manage the product QA team and security team.

Mainly through product inspection, it aims to reduce accidents caused by defects and vulnerabilities. Basically, the release schedule is set on a weekly basis, and the inspection process is executed in cooperation with the planning team and development team.

As GA technologies product group has become capable of realizing advanced things, the complexity has increased and the responsibility required of the QA team has increased. I think that is both difficult and rewarding.

In addition, thanks to the development of technology, the number of finished products with fewer defects and vulnerabilities has increased. On the other hand, finding defects requires advanced skills. Only hard-to-find bugs cause serious problems, so it's essential to constantly hone your skills.

Fortunately, since I joined GA, there have been no incidents that have shaken the foundation of our business. We would like to continue this situation.

One of the things I like about GA is that the real and tech departments respect each other. I think that for companies that develop their own products, regardless of the industry, the issue of "can sales and development build a cooperative relationship" is often cited as an organizational challenge. In this respect, GA's sales and real estate contract office members who handle the real side and the engineers and designers who handle the tech side work well together while recognizing each other's strengths. I think this is related to the "HEART (Sincerity. Honesty. Let's do the right thing as people)" in the GA VALUES that GA holds dear. As colleagues aiming for the same goal, we have a culture of recognizing and celebrating each other's differences.

It is also attractive that the company has a lot of momentum. Since we are actively conducting M&A and hiring, the number of people and organizational structure are constantly changing. Along with that, the speed at which the development themes we work on changes rapidly, and that's a lot of fun.

Although the group has already grown to about 1,000 people, it still retains the free atmosphere of a venture company. On the other hand, I think that the "good morals" of tightening the parts that should be tightened is also suitable for me.

I would like to further improve the product inspection capabilities of the entire development organization, including the QA team. I think there are various ways to do this, but in addition to continuing to hold study sessions, I would like to appoint a key inspection person to each product development team and work closely with them.

In order to realize the world view that GA technologies group is aiming for, it is essential to raise the level of the entire development organization. We believe that staying true to our products is the way to change the industry and change the lives of consumers.