About Endemic

We want happier, motivated people contributing their best work and teams that achieve great things.  And so we help build great teams.

TESTIMONIALS

Visionary Work:

  • Erin’s experience in technical and project management, organizational transformations and strong leadership has been tremendous assets to our organization. I highly recommend Erin for leading medium to large organizational changes and mission critical programs.

  • He led the team through design of a full Product-oriented DevOps digital transformation – organizational design, process and practice, key roles.

  • Erin worked across all levels of the organization from CIO and Directors to team management and technical staff. He demonstrated his strong ability to influence without necessarily having full authority.

Execution & Technical Management:

  • Erin has a strong ability to guide teams or organizations toward the fulfillment of goals and objectives. He creates clarity around the vision, motivates the team, builds morale and gains buy-in from all types of stakeholders. He has fully demonstrated his experience and expertise to execute and effect big changes in a complex organization.

  • He holds himself accountable and shows strong leadership skills. Erin is dedicated, action-oriented and fun to work with. He is self-motivated and creates a strong energetic “can do” attitude to keep projects going despite setbacks.

  • Erin provided key technical and project management leadership on a LTSA mission critical system that delivered on time against tight deadlines.

  • He led the creation of a new DevOps Platform team, establishing new processes and best practices within and between teams.

Xin Jiang
Director, R&D, LandSure Systems Inc. – https://ltsa.ca/

Erin far exceeded all expectations when we brought his team in to help with process improvements in the Software Project Management area.  Rather than just provide recommendations, they jumped in and implemented the improvements – including writing new processes and providing training.

Erin engaged with the team and drove change through our organization.  His “can do” leadership style is infectious and was able to overcome any initial hesitation.  He modelled the leadership behaviours he were promoting and set the bar for our engineering leadership team to emulate.

I am 100% convinced Erin made a significant and lasting improvement to our organization.

Jordan
VP Product, OSI Maritime Systems

We highly recommend working with Erin.  His methodical approach to implementing change and his wealth of personal experience in Software Engineering and Leadership not only helped give us direction but also helped carry us past the finish line.  Our company has grown very rapidly in recent years, which has required the assistance of several consultants.  

Erin was the only consultant who really took the time to understand our company and processes.  Rather than simply meeting to answer questions, Erin strategized ahead of time on how to achieve company goals and followed through with key team members on a regular basis to measure and ensure progress!

Ben Cadieux
CTO, Katipult Technology

Erin has very strong leadership and excellent motivational skills.  He works very hard to get his head wrapped around the problems quickly, he intuitively compiles a list of corrections and provides clear directions on how to fix the systemic problems.  He worked with OSI at different levels of the management team from the most junior new hire to the CEO, to help oversee and coordinate both large and small improvements.

Erin has become highly respected and trusted by our Software Team, and in a short duration of time many of the more junior leaders have grown from his direct interactions with the staff.  I would highly recommend Erin Takeshita as an expert in the field of Project Management and Engineering Operations.

Robyn
Manager, Software Engineering, OSI Maritime Systems

Natural. Born. Leader. Incredible drive and vision. I’ve been working for Erin in the Engineering Initiatives since I started at MDA and I am saddened to see him leave as he has been one of the best manager I’ve had in my long career. Insightful, supportive, empathetic, funny, a great mentor.

Francois
Senior Systems Engineer

Erin’s vision and initiative in his push for MDA to adopt new technologies has positioned the company to be competitive in today’s market. Erin is highly respected at MDA. His positive energy inspires and motivates those around him.

Roger
Senior Network Security

Erin has tremendous drive and energy that he uses to get the job done. He knows what it takes to get his team and employees to perform and how to set a vision for success. His clear, direct, yet light communication style is well respected by anyone in the organization.

Christian
Engineering Manager

Erin is a highly respected leader at MDA. I worked with Erin and his team in the Engineering Initiatives. Once Erin & his team had accomplished a project foundation and increasingly gained visibility, other geographic engineering teams voiced out their desire to join their team and want to learn how to duplicate Erin’s team success.

Henry
Information Security Architect

Erin is a great leader and project manager. He is always caring and encouraging to all people working with him. I, being a female in the tech industry, am very fortunate to work with Erin, who is an active mentor and female advocate and gives me many opportunities to demonstrate what I am capable to do.

Jeannie
Senior Technical Manager

Erin is one of the most capable and talented individuals I have had the opportunity to work with […]. I was particularly impressed by his ability to handle even the toughest projects—effortlessly. He possesses not only outstanding technical skills but also managing and mentoring people seemed to come perfectly naturally to him.

Laura
Talent Acquisition

WHY CHOOSE ENDEMIC?


We have learned that successful organizations are driven by simple ideas and alignment.  Strong people, organized around priorities well.  Strong visions and strategies connected to operations.  And strong structures, tools and practices that enable collaboration, ownership and adaptability.

PROVEN MISSION-CRITICAL TEAM

Forged in one of Canada’s top technology firms, we have built and led many successful software groups and mission-critical systems used around the world.  Our experience helps you quickly put in place the principles, practices and tools that drive real outcomes and performance in teams and software.

IN-TEAM LEADERSHIP

For many clients, outside advisory roles are felt to be too distant.  Our In-Team Leadership model brings Fractional and Interim leadership right into your organization to drive the right principles, practices and behaviours every step of the way.  In this way, we develop leaders and the practices and structures for your long-term success.

VALUES and TRUST

Our clients rely on us get to the right answers quickly.  We drive to understand our customer’s challenges, bring solutions that make sense short and long-term and lead through our core values:

  • Empowering people and supporting them along the way

  • Commitment and focus on delivering outcomes and values quickly

  • Honesty and doing the right thing (even when it’s hard)

  • Having fun, making friends and living life fully

EXTEND YOUR TEAM

When teams don’t have the time, are unsure of what to do, or simply can’t see the bigger picture to decide how to tackle challenges, we are an extension to your team – objective and goal-focused.

OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM

Erin Takeshita

Overview

Erin Takeshita has a strong track record building and scaling high performance software teams.  In high school he started a web development company that built websites and back-end systems. After graduating from UBC he joined one of Canada’s iconic space companies, MDA and worked on the Naval Combat Operator Trainer (NCOT) Program and flight design systems for the FAA and US Air Force.

Erin had the incredible opportunity to lead from a variety of senior and executive leadership roles spanning Project Management, Business Development and Engineering Operations.

Erin was a senior leader, mentor and coach for both Engineering and Management staff and responsible for the delivery of many large scale systems.  Most recently, he led a corporate-wide modernization initiative to increase agility and reduce cost and time-to-market for MDA and had the opportunity to serve as Interim Director of Engineering.

Since then, Erin is putting his energies into the companies Endemic serves.  Getting deeply involved and sharing knowledge, experience and lessons learned to help drive performance and enable happier people.

Volunteer

Erin volunteers as an Executive Director (Board of Directors) for DASH BC, a BC-based non-profit focused on creating a future where all students are socially connected, engaged and flourishing at school and in their communities.