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Ingram Micro names new EVP/CIO

November 26, 2013

Wholesale technology provider Ingram Micro Inc. has appointed Ernest Park as senior executive vice president and chief information officer. He will succeed Mario Leone, who departed the company earlier this year.

Nimesh Dave, who had filled in during the company's search for a new CIO, continues his focus on driving productivity and efficiency across the business, according to an announcement, while helping to position Ingram Micro in the cloud through his role as the company’s executive vice president, global business process and cloud computing.

Park will be responsible for Ingram Micro's worldwide information and business systems and will lead an information technology organization that supports hundreds of thousands of transactions per day through operations on five continents, the company said. Reporting to CEO Alain Monié, he will become a member of the worldwide executive team and officer of the corporation.

Park brings nearly 30 years of IT and shared services leadership experience in industries including computer, distribution, retail and diversified manufacturing, Ingram said, and he has a proven record of creating business value and driving best practices across large and complex organizations through business and IT transformation, process re-engineering, supply chain management, six sigma, shared service implementation, e-business initiatives, managed services, outsourcing and off-shoring.

"Ernie has an excellent track record in transforming business performance for multi-national organizations through technology and efficiency," Monié said in a news release. "His extensive background in IT strategy and his years of successful leadership will help ensure the continuity and successful implementation of the objectives we have put in place to drive productivity across our core distribution business while further executing on our strategic initiatives in faster growing and higher margin businesses."

Park was most recently vice president and chief information officer for 3M Corp., and has been a senior vice president and CIO at Select Comfort Corp. and Maytag Corp. His resume also includes stints at AlliedSignal and Honeywell International, as well as Avnet Inc.

He has served on the customer advisory board of Hewlett Packard, Sprint, Cognizant and Orange, as well as on the board of governors for the Engineering School of St. Thomas University.

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