Revathi Advaithi
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Comment: Needs more external news sources on Advaithi herself, not press releases or position announcements because she assumed the executive role at Flex. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 00:55, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Revathi Advaithi is an Indian American mechanical engineer and business executive. She is the CEO of Flex and is known for her work in the electrical engineering field and her advocacy for women in STEM. Prior to joining Flex, Advaithi worked in various leadership positions at Eaton and Honeywell.
Advaithi was appointed CEO of Flex (formerly Flextronics) in February 2019. She currently serves as an independent director for the board of Uber. She was named to Fortune’s Most Powerful Women list in 2019.
Education
Advaithi graduated with her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in 1990, and earned an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.[1]
Career
Advaithi began her career as a shop floor supervisor at Eaton in Shawnee, Oklahoma.[2] She joined Honeywell in 2002, where she spent six years in positions spanning manufacturing, procurement, supply chain and sourcing. In 2008, she returned to Eaton and spent the next 10 years in leadership roles in the electrical sector.
In February 2019, Advaithi joined Flex as CEO after Michael MacNamara stepped down. She has said her focus is on moving Flex “beyond its high profile former customers.”[2]
She cites her leadership style as “being empathetic but making decisions quickly” and spends 60% of her time traveling to meetings with customers and employees.[3]
In January 2020, Advaithi learned Flex’s factories faced shortages of 8,000 individual items due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on global demand. She has said the pandemic is “probably the most difficult time” she has faced in her career. Under her direction, Flex prepared its 50,000 Chinese workers to safely return to work in early February, and by early May, Flex had returned hundreds of remote workers to work and accelerated medical gear production to fight the pandemic.[4]
Advaithi has served on the board of BAE Systems. In June of 2020, she joined Uber as a board member while stepping down from BAE Systems.[5]
In 2019, Advaithi was named to Fortune’s Most Powerful Women list, the only Indian-origin CEO recognized.[6]
Personal life
Advaithi’s father was a chemical engineer in India, and she is one of five daughters. Advaithi is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in the workforce, as well as STEM education for girls.[7] She has two children.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Eaton electrical unit chief 'giving space'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ a b Tellis, Shannon (2019-09-25). "Revathi Advaithi, only Indian-origin CEO on Most Powerful Women in Biz list, is a BITS Pilani alum, advocates STEM education for girls". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "How one company manages supply chains for every single 'essential' industry". Fortune. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ^ Lynch, David (July 30, 2020). "Business Unusual". The Washington Post.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Uber adds another director to its board: Flex CEO Revathi Advaithi". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ^ "Revathi Advaithi". Fortune. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "EMSNOW Executive Interview: Revathi Advaithi, CEO, Flex · EMSNow". EMSNow. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
Revathi Advaithi
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