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

About The Future of Supply Chain:

During each episode of The Future of Supply Chain, we sit down with a different entrepreneur, investor, or industry veteran to discuss their story, views on the industry, and how we can collectively build the future of supply chain together.