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Prior to joining Kyocera Communications, Inc. Samadi served in executive and management positions at several electronic manufacturing companies where he deployed Lean Enterprise, Total Quality Management and Six Sigma efforts resulting in reduced new-product-introduction and time-to-market cycle times. As the senior director in charge of North American manufacturing operations at Zomax Inc., Samadi directed manufacturing, value-added assembly, supply chain management, distribution/hub and logistics. Samadi also held executive positions at Flextronics International, Celestica Inc., Harris Corp. and Xerox. 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