John P. McMahon is Senior Vice President, Corporate Human Resources, Arrow Electronics, Inc. He has responsibility for Arrow's global human resources function, including compensation, benefits, talent management, professional development and human resources policy for the company's nearly 12,000 employees worldwide.

Prior to joining Arrow in March 2007, McMahon served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer at UMass Memorial Health Care System, the largest health care system in Central and Western Massachusetts. He held the position of Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources, at Fisher Scientific, a division of Thermo Fisher Scientific that provides laboratory equipment, chemicals, supplies and services, and at Terra Lycos, S.A., a provider of telecommunications and Internet services worldwide. Earlier in his career, McMahon held leadership roles in human resources at companies that included ITT Corporation, a world leader in engineering and manufacturing, and Raytheon Corporation, an industry leader in defense and aerospace systems.

McMahon holds a Master of Science degree in human resource management from Upsala College and a Bachelor of Science degree from Mercy College.