That joyride, which she insists was well below the speed limit, ended in a minor crash into a support beam of a home in Hawaii, where she grew up. Her father and grandfather both worked in a sugar mill on the island. Ibara has vivid memories of watching molasses spin and riding in cane trucks.
Ibara set a goal of becoming a plant manager, so she diversified her skills beyond mechanical engineering. While that field taught her knowledge of how the infrastructure of a facility works to what kind of capital equipment is needed at the plant, she also spent time working as a materials handler to learn material flow, delivering materials to assembly lines and improving efficiency, There, Ibara became very familiar with the letters KPI, which stands for key performance indicators.
"Without all of those four, it's impossible to run a productive and efficient assembly plant," Ibara said.assembly and technical center