Visionary business and technology leaders
honored for the second year in a row by CRN for demonstrating
continuous innovation and spearheading Ingram Micro’s journey to
become a platform company
Ingram Micro Inc. today announced its CEO Paul Bay and EVP,
Global Technology and Chief Digital Officer (CDO) Sanjib Sahoo have
been named to the prestigious “Top 100 Executives for 2024” list
from CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company.
Each year, the CRN 2024 Top 100 Executives list honors the
achievements of technology industry executives across four
categories, including the Top 25 Most Influential Executives, Top
25 Channel Sales Leaders, Top 25 Innovators, and Top 25 Technology
Disrupters. The designated categories showcase the executives’
unique strengths and efforts to advance the channel’s success and
set the pace for the entire industry.
For the second year in a row, CRN named Bay among the “Top 25
Most Influential Executives” and Sahoo among the “Top 25 Technology
Disrupters.”
Bay is recognized as one of the top CEOs in the global
technology industry. His strategic priorities are grounded in
people's experiences working at and with Ingram Micro, and his
extensive knowledge and relentless drive to elevate his team,
partners, and vendors are evident in everything he does.
Serving in his third year as CEO of the $48 billion market
leader, Bay is removing friction and complexity from doing business
with Ingram Micro and throughout the channel by maximizing the
talent of his team and the AI-powered capabilities of Ingram
Micro’s digital experience platform Xvantage™. As noted earlier
this week by CRN, under Bay’s leadership, Ingram Micro is focused
on growing together with its channel partners and “building
intelligent business solutions using AI and other cutting-edge
technology” to solve for many of the
ongoing challenges they face—including skill set gaps, competitive
advantages, advanced solutions, and enablement resources.
Sahoo’s repeat recognition in the top five of the industry’s Top
25 Technology Disrupters aligns with his style and mindset of
challenging personal and professional limits and being imperfectly
perfect.
In this week’s coverage, CRN highlighted Sahoo’s leadership
around Ingram Micro’s digital transformation and his commitment to
“helping solution providers and MSPs navigate AI, the cloud and
other technologies needed to help customers prepare for their own
transformation in part with streamlined automation provided by the
Ingram Micro Xvantage platform.” Recognized as one of the world’s
top business leaders and digital visionaries, Sahoo was also
recently awarded the 2024 Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award for his
continued contributions to technology and innovation worldwide.
Together, Bay and Sahoo are engaging with their team, IT
leaders, and professionals worldwide to realize their vision of
transforming Ingram Micro into a platform business through the
global adoption of Ingram Micro Xvantage. To date, Ingram Micro
Xvantage is live in 14 countries and helping thousands of channel
partners, Ingram Micro associates, and IT vendors work smarter and
faster and make more informed decisions about their business and
the business of their end customers.
“Ingram Micro is changing how we work together and grow
together,” said Hans Mize, President, Data41, and 2024/25 U.S.
President of Ingram Micro’s Trust X Alliance, a global partner
community representing more than 350 elite IT service and solutions
providers. “Built with AI at its core, Ingram Micro Xvantage gives
us an operational and intelligent business advantage. Thank you to
Paul and Sanjib for bringing the B2C experience to the B2B channel,
and congrats on once again being named to CRN’s Top 100
Executives.”
“Ingram Micro is ushering in a new era of technology
distribution—bringing the best of human and digital together,” said
Bay. “It’s great to see our efforts inspire and enable others in
the Technology industry to reimagine themselves and embrace
digital, cheer AI and keep the focus and measure of success on
their teams and customers.”
“Ingram Micro is redefining distribution and creating an
unparalleled customer experience through our AI-driven digital
experience platform Ingram Micro Xvantage,” said Sahoo. “Thank you
to CRN for honoring Paul’s longstanding leadership in this
industry, as well as our combined efforts to bring Ingram Micro
Xvantage to market and bring the best of the B2C experience to the
B2B IT channel.”
“Each leader on this list brings technology vision and strong
channel acumen to bear in ways that drive success across the
partner ecosystem,” said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content, and
Executive Editor, CRN, The Channel Company. “They are industry
trailblazers whose unique talents and unwavering dedication to
driving business growth are unlocking new possibilities in IT and
supporting partner success.”
The Top 100 Executives list for 2024 will be featured in the
upcoming August issue of CRN Magazine and online at
www.CRN.com/Top100.
For more information, channel partners can connect with Ingram
Micro online or engage their Ingram Micro representative.
About Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro is a leading technology company for the global
information technology ecosystem. With the ability to reach nearly
90% of the global population, we play a vital role in the worldwide
IT sales channel, bringing products and services from technology
manufacturers and cloud providers to a highly diversified base of
business-to-business technology experts. Through Ingram Micro
Xvantage™, our AI-powered digital platform, we offer what we
believe to be the industry’s first comprehensive
business-to-consumer-like experience, integrating hardware and
cloud subscriptions, personalized recommendations, instant pricing
order tracking, and billing automation. We also provide a broad
range of technology services, including financing, specialized
marketing, and lifecycle management, as well as technical pre- and
post-sales professional support. Learn more at
www.ingrammicro.com.
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education, and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the
channel catalyst, we connect and empower technology suppliers,
solution providers, and end-users. Backed by more than 40 years of
unequaled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to
envision innovative solutions for ever-evolving challenges in the
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