Michael J. Long is President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Arrow Electronics, Inc., with responsibility for all of the company’s operations and business units, Global Components and Enterprise Computing Solutions.  Long is also a Director of Arrow.

Prior to being named to his current position in 2008, Long served as Senior Vice President of Arrow and President of the company’s Global Components business with responsibility for overseeing Arrow’s semiconductor, passive, electro-mechanical and connector products and services businesses worldwide.

Long has been with Arrow since 1991 when Arrow merged with Schweber Electronics, a company where he held various leadership roles from 1983 to 1990. In 1994, Long was President, Capstone Electronics, an Arrow company, and from 1995 to 1999, he was President, Gates/Arrow Distributing. From 1998 to 2005, Long was President and COO, Arrow North American Computer Products (now Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions). As a result of his success in running and profitably growing this business, Long was named one of Computer Reseller News'  “Top 25 Executives” in 2002 and 2004. Most recently, Long served as President, North America and Asia/Pacific components.

Long holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin and attended the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He is active in the Global Peer Networking Group and Young Presidents’ Organization. He serves on the Board of Directors of AmerisourceBergen. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Denver Zoo.