Ingram Micro Appoints John Soumbasakis to Senior Vice President and General Manager of Strategic Divisions, North America
July 30 2008 - 11:48AM
PR Newswire (US)
Soumbasakis Ready to Replicate Success within Distributor's
High-growth Divisions AVAD and DBL Distribution SANTA ANA, Calif.,
July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingram Micro (NYSE:IM) today appointed John
Soumbasakis to Senior Vice President and General Manager of
Strategic Divisions, North America. In this new role, Soumbasakis
will continue to serve as General Manager of Ingram Micro's
high-growth Data Capture/Point-of-Sale (POS) Division, as well as
lead the company's emerging consumer electronics divisions which
include AVAD and DBL Distributing. The executive leadership within
all three Ingram Micro divisions will work directly with
Soumbasakis who ultimately reports to Ingram Micro's President of
North America Keith Bradley. "John's leadership and track record
for success is proven and we are pleased to have him at the helm of
our strategic growth initiatives," says Bradley. "The Data
Capture/POS Division continues to grow profitably under John's
watch and brings tremendous value and opportunity to our channel
partners. We are eager to replicate this success within AVAD and
DBL Distributing and build stronger synergies between these
high-growth divisions." Prior to his new role, Soumbasakis served
as vice president and general manager of Ingram Micro's Data
Capture/POS Division, a position he has held since September 2005.
Under his leadership, Ingram Micro's Data Capture/POS Division has
experienced record-setting year-over-year growth and is now
recognized as one of the IT industry's top channel partners for
sourcing all-in-one POS, AIDC and RFID technology solutions. Early
on in his career at Ingram Micro, which started in 2003,
Soumbasakis served as vice president, corporate business
development where he was responsible for supporting a broad North
America restructuring program by managing 36 cross-functional
implementation teams. In that role, Soumbasakis also led Ingram
Micro's search for new, high-growth market opportunities and
analysis of potential acquisition targets which resulted in Ingram
Micro's purchase of Nimax (Data Capture/POS Division) in 2004 and
AVAD in 2005. Soumbasakis holds a master's degree in business
administration from the Wharton School at the University of
Pennsylvania and received his bachelor of arts in economics from
Yale University. He resides in Irvine, California with his family.
About Ingram Micro As a vital link in the technology value chain,
Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for
vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced
logistics services, technical support, financial services, and
product aggregation and distribution. The company serves 150
countries and is the only broad-based global IT distributor with
operations in Asia. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com/. DATASOURCE:
Ingram Micro CONTACT: Press, Marie Meoli of WhiteFox Marketing
& Communications, +1-714-680-0335, , for Ingram Micro Web site:
http://www.ingrammicro.com/
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