Leadership

Michael Calabria is a proven executive management, sales and marketing leader with extensive electronics industry experience. He has developed key skills in channel design, change management, creating and managing successful business plans, building and leading teams, acquisition evaluation and execution, and new company and new division roll-out plans.

Michael has extensive product knowledge in all Passive, Electromechanical and Interconnect technologies. He is an innovative executive with extensive expertise in establishing and executing business objectives and strategies. He performed in the 92nd percentile relative to other leaders in an "Independent Business Unit Assessment" evaluated by PDI (Personal Decisions International)

His executive management experience at a Fortune 150 high-tech firm is complemented by successful start-up, acquisition and merger experience. He successfully re-engineered organizations and aligned teams for growth during his more than 30-year tenure at Arrow Electronics.

Michael received a Bachelor of Science from the State University of New York College at Oswego. He’s also completed executive management coursework at the State University of New York at Farmingdale, Eastern Michigan University, Harvard Graduate School of Business, and the Darden Graduate Business School at the University of Virginia.

He is a member of the ECIA (Electronics Components Industry Association) and the ERA (Electronics Representative Association. He served on the EDS (Electronic Distribution Show Corp) Board of Directors from 1996-2001 and 2005-2011.

Mike White is an experienced leader in driving sales, profitability and market share growth. He has a long history of managing channel relationships as well as building and leading regional sales teams in Asia, Europe and North America to align on sales growth by capturing and growing conversion opportunities.

As the VP of Global Sales at Abracon, Mike oversees an extensive, best-in-class network of sales representatives and distributors. Mike’s primary priority is achieving Abracon’s aggressive growth plans for overall and NPI sales in all three regions (Americas, APAC and EMEA). He is currently focused on monitoring the progress toward growth plans through utilizing significant investments in sales resources, underpenetrated GEOs and new sales tools such as a CRM.

Mike have extensive long-term relationships with key influential individuals across the industry These relationships are vital in gaining Abracon the support and exposure to align with these large global channel partners and rep firms with major principles (SEMI-centric) for a relatively smaller supplier to become part of the key initiatives in the industry.

Prior to Abracon, Mike spent more than 20 years holding various executive-level sales and marketing roles at Arrow Electronics. As the Vice President of the Global Alliance Business Unit, he was responsible for supplier relationships and performance across Arrow’s entire components line card, which represented a $1.9B annual sales plan. He oversaw margin management to increase profitability with key suppliers and developed supplier value propositions for greater engagement within the Global Alliance customer set.

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University, where he majored in procurement materials management with a concentration in operations. He is a member of the ECIA (Electronics Components Industry Association) and the ERA (Electronics Representative Association.

Syed Raza’s top areas of interest include developing technology-centric product strategies and providing in-depth timing solutions. He has a comprehensive understanding of product mix, capability and applications. Syed’s career spans more than 26 years focused on design and product engineering as well as engineering and product management.

His career at Abracon began in April 2007. He served three distinct roles as Regional Sales Manager - Midwest, Director of NPI and FAE for the balance of the sales team. He was promoted to VP of Engineering in 2015 and has since served an instrumental role in leading Abracon’s strategic technological direction and enhancing Abracon’s market recognition as a solution provider.

Syed began his career at Motorola’s components division, where he learned from the brightest design engineers focused on timing solutions as part of the product development team. He later joined Netcom, Inc. as the principal engineer focused on developing a new business unit that brought high-end timing and synchronization solutions to market for commercial & military avionics and battlefield communication hardware. His work also included designing frequency designing and managing complex RF assemblies for MRI systems, Ultrasound machines, cellular base stations and mmWave Radio networks. He worked his way up to Sr. VP of Sales & Engineering during his 8-year tenure at Netcom, Inc., and he was instrumental in building and managing an engineering team of 22 engineers and sales personal.

Syed has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from Northern Illinois University (NIU).

He is an IEEE member and was awarded U.S. patent # 5,760,656. He was received multiple invention/discovery awards during his tenure at Motorola.

Ada Stepan is an accomplished and decisive senior executive with more than 20 years of progressive operations leadership in the distribution and electronic manufacturing industry. She has demonstrated success in streamlining business operations, including financial controls, strategic planning, performance measurement, and staff development. She is an action-driven, resourceful problem solver with a successful track record of revenue and EBITDA growth.

As Abracon’s VP of Operations, Ada is focused on enhancing quality within the supply chain and providing integration enhancements. Her primary areas include Information Technologies automation and logistic operations such as warehousing, transportation and programming.

Prior to Abracon, Ada spent 8 years serving Operation Program Manager and Global Supply Manager for NPI products roles at NetApp, a leading vendor of innovative storage and data management solutions. Before NetApp, she served more than 20 years at Arrow Electronics, a Fortune 200 global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. She held numerous positions in Operations and CMS Sales.

Ada has an Associate of Applied Science in Business Management from the State University of New York at Farmingdale. She’s furthered her education through the Stanford Advanced Project Management program. She has also completed APICS coursework regarding supply chain management, inventory management, and material and capacity requirements.

With the accelerating pace of global technology change, Amy Keller enjoys leading clients on a journey of transformation - one of innovation and optimization, and she has a great appreciation for strategic planning and seeing well-executed transformations.

Today, Amy serves as Vice President, Global Marketing at Abracon in Austin, Texas, where she is excited to lead the company’s strategic marketing efforts and the expansion of the Abracon brand throughout the industry.

Prior to joining the Abracon family in 2020, Amy spent 21 years at Arrow Electronics. She held various client-facing leadership roles delivering customer-centric strategies in supplier marketing, strategic sales and supply chain services. Most recently, Keller was engaged in leading global sales efforts focused on large complex engagements while overseeing multiple strategic programs including, program expansion and digital supply chain transformation.

Amy’s progressive spirit keeps her active and always looking forward. Over the years, Amy has served on several non-profit boards. She currently serves as an executive director for Women in Electronics, a national non-profit organization centered around professional leadership development.

Amy holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing & Transportation/Logistics from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder.