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.