Episode #131: Rajiv Huria - SJCA Inc.

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I was born in New Delhi, India. My father was an architect for the Military Engineering Services for India. He had to move every three years. We lived in Delhi, Chandigarh, Udhampur, and then back in Delhi. When I was 12 years old, in 1976, the family moved to Canada. I attended Jr. HS to HS. I graduated in 1991 with a BSc in civil engineering from University of Waterloo in 1991. I move to Connecticut, USA in January of 1994 due to the recession in Canada. I have been following work and career opportunities throughout the USA. In fall of 1998 I moved to Michigan to work on a large project. Then I met my wife Jill in 2000 and we got married in 2003. I moved to Toledo, OH when we got married. We had Lydia/Corey in 2007. In 2011 I was working for the City of Toledo when I was approached by Stephen J. Christian and Sherly George to become a partner in Stephen J. Christian and Associates. We, Jill and I, discussed the opportunity and decided that it was something I should pursue. I accepted the position and we moved to Indiana, in spring 2012. Initially, I was supposed to take the position as a partner and the president in January of 2013. I chose to delay taking the position until 2014. From 2014 we have grown from about 20 total staff and about $2 million to over 90 staff and $14 million in revenue. We acquired an environmental company, Green 3, LLC in 2020 during the pandemic and added construction inspection. We have grown from one office in Indianapolis to five offices in Indiana and one office in Columbus, Ohio.

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