________________________________________________________________________________ Critical Manufacturing
I never thought I ’ d be an entrepreneur ,” begins Francisco Almada Lobo , CEO and Co-Founder of Critical Manufacturing . “ I started out by working for a large corporation , gaining more responsibility as I grew into higher positions , mainly in the semiconductor industry .
“ Then my whole life changed ; some of the other co-founders and I had a vision to create a new manufacturing execution system ( MES ) that would overcome many of the limitations we knew of from other machines we were using ,” he narrates . “ We wanted to initially compete in the semiconductor space , then later in additional verticals , and that is the short version of how I became an entrepreneur and CEO at the age of 36 .”
Francisco elaborates : “ I was very lucky to have , firstly , a group of like-minded individuals who were also committed to the objectives I had , and secondly , a great
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