Abracon, LLC (Abracon) has announced the hiring of Tony Roybal as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Roybal will join Abracon’s executive leadership team, reporting to CEO and President, Mike Calabria, and will have global sales and engineering teams reporting directly to him.
Roybal began his career in 1991 as a Sales Engineer at Hamilton Avnet before spending 25 years in various leadership positions at Motorola Semiconductor and onsemi. Most recently, as the President of Avnet Americas, Roybal spearheaded a strategic turnaround.
“With the creation of the Chief Operating Officer position, we are excited about Tony joining Abracon’s senior leadership team. His industry knowledge and experience in distribution reinforces Abracon’s commitment to using the distribution channel to support sales globally. Tony will play an important role in our future strategy as we continue to experience accelerated growth organically and through acquisition,” said Mike Calabria, CEO and President.
“I admire Abracon for their innovative product portfolio and the strategic vision implemented by their leadership team,” said Roybal, Chief Operating Officer. “Their agility and commitment to customers across the globe is impressive— especially now given the dynamics of our electronic component supply chain. I look forward to focusing on the company’s sales growth and expanding engineering and technical resources across the globe.”
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