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68 PCB007 MAGAZINE I NOVEMBER 2023 How did your career bring you to your current position at Sanmina? I think I've had a good dose of luck through- out my career. But beyond luck, I had a vision to become a general manager as far back as my undergraduate years. I made all my career decisions based on that. My evaluation crite- ria was always, "How does this opportunity get me closer to my goal?" Sometimes opportuni- ties come from unexpected places. For exam- ple, my first entry into the EMS business and first general management role came by chance when I met an executive from one of the EMS industry's leading companies at a barbeque in 1991. is brought me into the industry and eventually led to me joining Sanmina in 1994 to lead what is now our Integrated Manufacturing Services (IMS) group. Over 15 years, I took on additional leadership roles and became president and chief oper- ating officer of the company for a few years. I le Sanmina for a few years to work in private PCBAA MEMBER PROFILE: Hari Pillai President, Technology Components, Sanmina American Made Advocacy by Travis Kelly, PCBAA Hari Pillai with Travis Kelly, chairman of PCBAA, outside the Capitol.