Growth-minded executives throughout the global organization celebrated for their ongoing contributions to Ingram Micro channel partners’ success
Irvine, California – February 5, 2024 – Ingram Micro Inc. today announced CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized eight Ingram Micro executives on the prestigious 2024 CRN® Channel Chiefs list.
“The IT channel thrives on strong relationships and results, both of which are generated by great Channel Chiefs,” said Paul Bay, CEO, Ingram Micro. “This recognition is a testament to our team’s exceptional leadership, influence, and focus on innovation, as well as their commitment to supporting the channel community. Thank you to The Channel Company and CRN.”
Presented annually, the industry accolade recognizes IT vendor and distribution executives who are driving strategy and setting the channel agenda for their companies. The 2024 CRN Channel Chiefs list showcases the top leaders throughout the IT channel ecosystem who work tirelessly to ensure mutual success with their partners and customers.
Ingram Micro executives included among this year’s honorees are:
- Jennifer Anaya, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing: A member of Ingram Micro’s executive leadership team, Anaya is responsible for the strategy and execution of Ingram Micro’s brand and marketing across the globe. She also serves as the executive champion for Ingram Micro’s Trust X Alliance and led the development and launch of Ingram Micro’s digital marketing engine which now continues to scale inside Ingram Micro Xvantage.
- Jim Annes, Vice President, Digital Operations: Focusing his efforts on the digital experience, Annes leads Ingram Micro’s U.S. strategy and execution in three core areas including delivering digital engines and products; driving transformation of industry segments, markets and engagement models; and maximizing digitally enabled interactions and outcomes through the Ingram Micro Xvantage digital experience platform.
- Kevin Corrigan, Executive Director, U.S. Channel ITAD: With a deep knowledge of compliance and sustainability, Corrigan is responsible for the growing success of Ingram Micro’s secure IT Asset Disposition business. In 2023, Ingram Micro channel partners recycled and refreshed more than 3.3 million assets weighing 24 million pounds.
- John Dusett, Vice President, Technology Solutions: Helping MSPs earn greater annual recurring revenues, Dusett leads a team of technology experts, marketing gurus and sales professionals focused on helping channel partners transform their business and capture faster growth with hybrid solutions and as-a-Service management.
- Darren Gottesmann, Vice President, U.S. SMB Sales and Advanced Solutions: An impactful sales executive, Gottesmann spearheads Ingram Micro’s SMB and Advanced Solutions sales in the U.S. Over the last several years, he led the continued growth of Ingram Micro’s SMB Alliance, and in 2022 and 2023 shared the responsibility of overseeing the Trust X Alliance community.
- Paul Hager, Vice President, Services: A celebrated MSP leader turned distribution executive, Hager is working to grow Ingram Micro’s U.S. professional services, which include ITAD, public cloud services, security services and Ingram Micro Link. He was recently appointed to lead Ingram Micro’s Five-Star channel partner programs and communities, which include SMB Alliance and U.S. Trust X Alliance. Hager also shares responsibility for Ingram Micro’s U.S. MSP growth strategy and related programs, tools, and services.
- Sabine Howest, Senior Vice President, Global Digital Operations: Responsible for the company’s global digital operations, Howest is executing to plan and working across the organization to encourage adoption and accelerate innovation cycles around Ingram Micro Xvantage. A global leader, Howest excels in building high-performance teams and growing the business together with Ingram Micro’s customers and technology vendors.
- Cheryl Rang, Vice President, Technology Solutions: A dynamic leader, Rang oversees Ingram Micro’s business partner development and cultivates strong vendor relationships. With a focus on next-gen data center partners, hybrid cloud, subscription, as a service software, and client and consumer products and services, Rang’s team helps drive Ingram Micro’s U.S. business expansion.
“These channel evangelists are dedicated to supporting solution providers and achieving growth by implementing robust partner programs and unique business strategies,” said Jennifer Follett, VP, US Content, and Executive Editor, CRN, at The Channel Company. “Their efforts are instrumental in helping partners bring essential solutions to market. The Channel Company is pleased to acknowledge these prominent channel leaders and looks forward to chronicling their achievements throughout the year.”
CRN’s 2024 Channel Chiefs list will be featured in the February 2024 issue of CRN® Magazine and online at www.CRN.com/ChannelChiefs.
For more information about Ingram Micro, visit www.ingrammicro.com.
About Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro is the business behind the world’s brands with the ability to reach nearly 90 percent of the world’s population. Our diverse solutions portfolio spans thousands of technology hardware and services options, as well as XaaS solutions. As part of our commitment to reducing environmental impact, we offer full-service IT Asset Disposition services as well as reverse logistics and repair services. We also offer a more intelligent and streamlined way of doing business in the IT industry with our digital platform Ingram Micro Xvantage™. Reaching close to 200 countries, we have approximately 26,000 associates and more than 161,000 customers and 1,500 vendor partners worldwide. Learn more at www.ingrammicro.com.
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