Daniel works at Knightec's office in Uppsala, and there he is not the only one to have developed and advanced within the company. The office's two other Group Managers, Rebecca Danielson and Mattias Abelsson, also joined Knightec as consultants.
- Through recommendations from an old friend at school, I caught the eye of Knightec, says Rebecca. I was attracted by the strong corporate culture, and for me who had just finished my position at Ikea, a company with similar ambition, it became a positive feeling.
Today it is seven years since she joined Knightec. With a degree as a mechanical engineer and experience from Ikea as a product engineer, she has made a career journey within Knightec.
- I started out as a consultant at the company, she says. I went on to work as Team Leader, a role that developed, and I in it. Since four years back I work as Group Manager in the Technology business area.
It was during my time as Team Leader that I realized that I wanted to work closer to the employees and more with customers, Rebecca continues.
Just like Daniel and Rebecca, Mattias was addressed by the leadership role.
- I think I pretty clearly showed that I was interested in a leadership role, and I have come to realize that I am more of a natural leader than a project manager. When the opportunity came to apply for the position of Group Manager in the Systems business area, it felt like a natural step to take, says Mattias when he talks about his development within the company.
Like Daniel, Mattias has been at Knightec for nine years. Before coming here, he had had time to work as a software developer at a couple of companies after his Master of Science in Engineering from Chalmers, of which a few years in the USA.
- For me, it was brand new to go in as a consultant at a company. Within a consulting company, you can make two parallel career tracks, at the company or within the consulting role. I feel that I have gotten to test both tracks and both are incredibly rewarding and developing, says Mattias, Daniel chimes in:
- Consulting assignments are changing, you try different roles within the same employment, which has felt fresh and challenging. You have a secure base in Knightec and are offered new roles, customers, environments and industries.