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.
SOURCE Ingram Micro
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