Ingram Micro Appoints Mario F. Leone as Chief Information Officer
December 10 2008 - 4:15PM
PR Newswire (US)
SANTA ANA, Calif., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingram Micro (NYSE:IM),
the world's largest technology distributor, today announced the
appointment of Mario F. Leone as the company's senior vice
president and chief information officer, effective January 5, 2009.
He replaces Karen Salem, who left the company earlier this month.
In his new role, Leone will be responsible for Ingram Micro's
worldwide information and business systems, ensuring a stable,
effective platform for profitable growth. He will lead an
information technology organization that supports hundreds of
thousands of transactions per day through operations on five
continents. Reporting to Greg Spierkel, chief executive officer,
Ingram Micro Inc., Leone will become a member of the worldwide
executive team and officer of the corporation. "We are proud and
fortunate to welcome Mario to our organization," said Spierkel. "He
has impressive international experience leading multi-national
organizations through periods of growth and change. He developed IT
strategies, deployed automation initiatives and implemented new
programs at some of the world's largest and most recognizable
companies, both in the United States and abroad. We look forward to
his counsel as Ingram Micro navigates through the current economic
environment in preparation for greater growth and profitability."
Leone has nearly 30 years of experience providing marketing and
technology solutions for large global corporations. He was most
recently senior vice president and chief information officer at
Federal-Mogul Corporation of Southfield, Michigan, a global
supplier of powertrain and safety technologies serving the
automotive, industrial and worldwide after-markets with annual
revenues of $7 billion. He served on the company's strategy board
and led a global team of information professionals in 31 countries,
directing information strategy, shared services and integration
activities. Before joining Federal-Mogul, he was located in Italy
as senior vice president and chief information officer for FIAT
S.p.A, the leading Italian car company with more than $60 billion
in sales. He also held executive positions in information systems
for Dow Chemical Company and Union Carbide Corporation. Leone
earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry and biology from Boston
University and an MBA from Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. He
plans to relocate to Southern California. About Ingram Micro Inc.
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 more than 150 countries and is the
only global broad-based IT distributor with operations in Asia.
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