Arrow Electronics is a major global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and computer products. Through its business units North American Components, Enterprise Computing Solutions and international divisions Arrow serves as a supply-channel partner for nearly 600 suppliers and 150,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers through a global network of more than 200 locations in 50-plus countries and territories. It offers technology solutions to customers and suppliers in the telecommunications, information systems, automotive and transportation, medical, life science, industrial equipment and consumer electronics markets. Arrow Electronics is a Fortune 500 company with more than 11,500 employees worldwide. William E. Mitchell has been the chief executive officer of Arrow Electronics for more than three years. He has been with the technology and hardware company for over three years. Mitchell earned a BSE degree from Princeton, and a MSE degree from the University of Michigan. Headquartered in Melville, N.Y., Arrow Electronics was the first electronics distributor to achieve ISO 9000 certification.