A customer wanted me to train his nephew and I really didn’t have the time to travel so he sent his nephew to me for training. This is my favorite type of training because I get to have their undivided attention away from the office and I always take my students to jobsites. I learned so much from my father on the jobsite and I know it is the best type of training.

We would spend a day on the software, learning lots of information, then the next day we would visit a jobsite that had the same concepts we had learned the day before. The light bulb would light up. He not only was able to see it in application, but I was able to show him so much more about how the whole structure worked together as a whole. He left that week confident in his ability to navigate the software because he now understood more about the truss industry and how everything works from foundation to rooftop.

A few months later, a business coach and mentor I have often taken training with offered a 12-month course. The course focused on developing a business or service that would help us structure to success. At first I couldn’t think of anything, and then hit me like a ton of bricks. The scenario above came to mind, and what better business model to develop than one around an industry I have been a part of my entire life. An industry that I absolutely love, but also an industry that is in dire need of something like SCA.

SCA is the perfect way for me to incorporate my 30 years of industry experience working with the 2 largest plate connector companies along with my Master’s Degree in Education and secondary in Adult Education and Training.

One of the stipulations she asked of us was to donate 10% of our profits to a charity or good cause we felt was dear to our hearts. I chose the two facilities that my special needs twin boys were a part of because their funding is so limited, but the needs are so great. And so, the dream began…