Chief Quality Officer, Plexus
Search every verified Scott Theune interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Scott Theune, President of the Americas region for Plexus, discussed the company's operations and his career in a September 2023 podcast. He stated that Plexus provides services including engineering, product development, supply chain, and manufacturing for about 150 strategic customers in healthcare, life sciences, industrial, and aerospace and defense. Theune noted that the company's growth has been organic and that its goal is to reach five billion dollars in revenue by 2025. He described the company's vision as "to help create the products that build a better world." Theune recounted that during the COVID-19 pandemic, Plexus collaborated with an OEM to produce testing machines, ramping to over 2,000 units per week within three months. He said the company focused on employee safety and collaborated with customers on best practices. Theune also mentioned that he entered the electronics industry after his previous company underwent downsizing, and that he now has responsibility for five sites in the U.S. and two in Mexico, overseeing over a billion dollars in revenue.
“I actually started I was working in a different company that was going through some downsizing so I actually surprisingly I reached out to my financial advisor you know looking for companies that were well positioned for growth over the next five to ten years. I wanted to be proactive in my career.”
“Our companies were being used really for surge capacity to one that's now become much higher level partnership which is now branded EMS or electronic Manufacturing Services so there's a real shift in how we were valued by customers.”
“Now have responsibility for five sites in the U.S two sites in Mexico just over a billion dollars in Revenue.”
“Within the healthcare space, when the pandemic occurred an OEM came to us looking for help on producing COVID testing machines because their current provider couldn't scale to what was needed and really ramp effectively. Within three months Plexus was able to ramp to over 2,000 units a week testing machines for COVID t...”
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