#102: Storage Supply Chain with Mike Fitzgerald of Pure Storage

Hosted by Santosh Sankar on October 6, 2021

Show Notes

Highlights from their conversation include:

  • Mike background and growth and expansion at Pure Storage (1:33)
  • Mike’s responsibilities as VP of Operations (6:22)
  • Current state of the hardware supply chain (8:56)
  • Risk mitigation lessons learned from previous disasters and disruptions (11:44)
  • Visibility in the supply chain (14:08)
  • Preparing for the worst and planning for the best (19:54)
  • Near-shoring and manufacturing renaissance in North America (23:23)
  • Startup collaboration (25:20)
  • Opportunities for growth in the industry (26:34)

Pure's data solutions enable SaaS companies, cloud service providers, and enterprise and public sector customers to deliver real-time, secure data to power their mission-critical production, DevOps, and modern analytics environments in a multi-cloud environment. Find out more at https://www.purestorage.com/company.html

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