It didn’t take the dumping of hacked emails from politicians or a trove of government secrets on Wikileaks for those in IT to know that cybersecurity is a really big deal. In the rush for the world to connect its digital systems, however, it seems more than a few others have lost their bearings.
What would the electronics industry do if automotive demand were to pull a Thelma and Louise and head off the proverbial cliff?
Joe Fjelstad, the nicest guy in the electronics industry, is used to hacking people off.
It wasn’t that long ago, as I recall, that one of the Tier 1 EMS companies was holding its quarterly conference call. Camped on were the all the corporate “Cs” – chief executive, chief financial officer, chief operating officer – along with a bevy of financial analysts who are paid handsomely to assess whether other Wall Streeters should invest in said EMS.