Being a new CIO in a new company has it challenges, and its rewards. Just ask Vin Melvin, who became vice president and CIO of Arrow Electronics in 2006. The $14 billion provider of electronic components and computer products had grown rapidly through global acquisitions. But as a result of this growth, Arrow's supply chain became highly fragmented, and other key issues emerged, like the need to improve IT governance, and to adopt formal best practices to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley.
IT functions like driving innovation and carrying out IT governance remain as works in progress. But compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley propelled Arrow Electronics to adopt formal best practices like the IT Infrastructure Library, or ITIL. He says, "ITIL has brought a process discipline to the IT community which has made compliance less burdensome to both the auditors and IT."
Bio
Vincent Melvin is vice president and chief information officer, Arrow Electronics, Inc., and is a member of the Executive Committee. He is responsible for managing Arrow’s global information technology systems, services, and capabilities. Prior to Arrow, Melvin was executive vice president and chief information officer of Sanmina-SCI, Inc. (SSCI), a leading EMS (electronics manufacturing services) provider.
Before joining SSCI in 2000, Melvin was director of information systems at Solectron Technology, and earlier in his career, he held various positions of increasing responsibility at IBM Corporation in IT, logistics, and systems engineering during an 18-year career there.
Resources
Arrow Receives CIO 100 Award for Resourcefulness
Q&A with Vin Melvin, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Arrow Electronics
Production Credits
Elizabeth Ferrarini, Producer
Dana Farver, Executive Producer, Communities Editor-in-Chief
Tom Parish, Audio Producer, Show Host
