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14 SMT007 MAGAZINE I OCTOBER 2026 F E AT U R E I N T E RV I E W BY N O L A N J O H N S O N , I - C O N N ECT 0 07 Dr. Stanton Rak spent the better part of this past year taking readers inside the elec- tronic systems that enable electrification through his "Road to Reliability" series, to find out what it takes to make them reliable. Now that the series has concluded, he explains his motives for writing it, his holistic approach to covering EV reliability, and how it can become an important technology driver for high reliability electronics more broadly. Nolan Johnson: Stan, your series has been a fantastic read, I have to say. Now that it has concluded, I'd like to look back and discuss it. Please summarize the series and what you set about to accomplish. Stan Rak: In the series, I wanted to take readers inside the electronic systems that make electrifica- tion possible and ask what it takes to make those systems reliable over the life of the vehicle, rather Stan Rak's Road to Reliability Continues