Meet The Active-PCB Team: Adam Shallow, SMT Manager 

In this edition of Meet the Team, Adam – who has been working for Active-PCB for fifteen years and keeps our SMT lines running smoothly – takes on the Q&A.

Name: Adam Shallow  

Job Title: SMT Manager 

Joined Active-PCB Solutions: 2010

1. What inspired you to work in the PCB/electronics industry (or – how did you end up working here?!)?
   I ended up working in the PCB/electronics industry through my brother, who worked at Active, and I haven’t looked back since.
2. In fewer than 100 words, what does a typical workday at Active-PCB Solutions look like for you?
   A typical day at Active for me is greeting the team, having our daily morning meeting with our production manager/planners to discuss our priorities for the day, Ensuring the SMT department is running smoothly and efficiently, dealing with any problems/issues along the way, working closely with other departments and working on ways to continually improve the department, quality and efficiency-wise.
3. What do you enjoy most about working with the team at Active-PCB Solutions?
    The day-to-day challenges and the people I work with. 
4. Imagine it’s the end of a Friday workday – what does your ideal evening look like?
   My ideal Friday evening is having some nice chilled out quality time with my family.
5. What’s a hobby or activity you’ve recently gotten into, or one which you would love to try?
   In the last couple of years, I have started to help coach my son’s football team. It can have its challenging moments (dealing with 10 8-year-olds), but we’ve got a brilliant team, and it is so rewarding.
6. If you could wake up tomorrow being an expert at something or having a brand new skill, what would it be and why?
   I would like to learn a few languages, Spanish being top of the list.
7. What is the last series you binged on Netflix/Prime/etc (and would you recommend it?)
   The last series I watched was MobLand.
8. You have two weeks off and an unlimited budget; where would you visit?
   I would probably go to Las Vegas, I’ve always wanted to go, and with an unlimited budget, I wouldn’t need to worry about bankrupting myself in the casinos
9. What’s your go-to comfort food?
   Caribbean food is my go-to.
10. According to an advert I saw on LinkedIn, animals are excellent for engagement, so please show off your pet (if you have one)!
    I don’t have any pets.
11. The same advert told me that humour was also good for engagement. Can you tell us a joke?
    Tottenham Hotspurs (Funny I know! I’m sure you can guess I’m an Arsenal fan)
12. Andy set the following question: If you could travel back in time, what period would you go to and why? 
    Good question, I’ve never really thought about it. I think I would say the 60’s as I would have liked to see what it was like for my Grandad coming over to the UK from St.Vincent in the Caribbean and what that was like, and how he established his life here in the UK.
13. And finally! Can you think of a question to ask the next person on ‘Meet The Team’?
    If you could go to the pub and have a couple of drinks with any famous person, dead or alive, who would it be and why? 

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