Meet the Team: Andrew Kanoza

Name: Andrew Kanoza

Role: Quality Technician

How would you describe Haviland in 3 words? Growing, Culture, Adaptive

Tell us something most people don’t know about you: I had long glorious hair for several years. Like Fabio but curly

What is your favorite candy? Toxic Waste – the sourest hard candy on the planet

Favorite travel spot? Universal Studios Orlando. My wife and I went there for our honeymoon, and I’ve never had more fun in my life. I about cried when I met Spider-Man. I’m lying…. I cried like a big nerdy baby

What music is on your phone? Variety is the spice of life! The last handful of things I’ve listened to on Spotify are a Trip Hop playlist, Les Claypool’s Of Whales and Woe and Four Foot Shack, a playlist I started putting together of all thrash bands from the 80’s first albums, Black Sabbath’s Never Say Die, and a playlist I put together with a ton of old school funk

If you could eat only one food for the rest of your life, what would you choose? Smoked Beef Brisket. It would dramatically shorten the rest of my life, but they would be a delicious few years

Do you have a nickname? If so, what is it? Drewcifer

What is your favorite thing to do on the weekend? I cook quite a bit. On the weekends I cook things that I don’t have enough time to do during the week

What’s a random fact about you? I spent most of my 17-year working career doing screen printing for a sign making company

What do you like most about your job? I like the variety of tasks that I get to perform. Each day is different than the one before. I’m thankful for an imperfect world

Interests outside of work? Art. Smoking Meat. Cooking. Video games