Welcome, everyone, to episode number 102 of Under-Served.

Joining me today is Jim Schollhammer, CEO at Ultra Clean Technology.

Let's get started.

Welcome to this week's edition of Under-Served,

the podcast for the rest of the tech industry.

Where we focus on stories of tech industry leaders,

their insights, and their lessons learned.

And now your host, Andrew Jalina.

Jim, thank you so much for joining us today on Under-Served.

Thanks for having me, Andrew, good to be here.

So, way back when you're a kid, collecting rocks,

how does that kind of change your elementary school experience?

Yeah, I grew up in Northern Illinois and there wasn't a lot to do,

basically surrounded by cornfields.

So I used to go out under the ocean at one time,

so I'd go collect fossils and rocks, had quite a collection.

By the time I reached, you know, fourth or fifth grade.

And you were in Catholic school.

How did that change your curriculum there?

Yeah, it was rather funny because I went at the age where the non-still-war

there have it, and it was all nuns teaching.

And when it came to teaching the science and the geology courses,

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