Primary Job Title Senior Vice President of Global Operations Primary Organization 
Arrow Electronics
Gender Female
BJ Hess was Senior Vice President of Global Operations for Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE) until her retirement in mid-2004. She had been a Corporate Vice President since 1989.
Arrow is the world’s largest distributor of electronic components, with 11,000 employees and global sales of more than $16 billion.
BJ joined the company in 1967, when
Arrow acquired a small electronics distributor where she was working as an inventory control clerk.
For 37 years, BJ served in a variety of field and corporate operations management and information technology positions, and participated in or directed all of Arrow’s system conversion, mergers and acquisitions.
She currently serves on the Boards of COTT Beverages (NYSE) and Philadelphia Biblical University, and is Chairman of the Board for Opportunity International, a microfinance organization.
