Ingram Micro Global Chief Data Officer Mukund Gopalan Named to Channel Insider’s 2025 AI Leaders in the Channel
Visionary data and AI strategist recognized for driving AI-powered innovations that are fueling critical outcomes for the IT channel ecosystem
Irvine, California – August 25, 2025 – Ingram Micro, a business-to-business (B2B) platform company for the global technology ecosystem, today announced that Global Chief Data Officer (CDO) Mukund Gopalan has been named to Channel Insider’s 2025 AI Leaders in the Channel List. The annual list recognizes executives driving real innovation and impact through artificial intelligence across the IT channel.
This is the second such AI-focused honor for Gopalan this year. In June, Constellation Research named him to its 2025 Artificial Intelligence 150, an elite list of executives leading real change through AI transformation efforts around the globe.
“I'm honored to be recognized by Channel Insider alongside other forward-thinking leaders actioning AI today and readying the channel for continued innovation in and around AI,” said Gopalan. “AI is enabling people and corporations to do more at a rapid pace and scale. As Chief Data Officer, every project is an AI project and represents an opportunity to generate more value to our business and for our customers.”
Channel Insider created the AI Leaders in the Channel list to spotlight channel-focused leaders from MSPs, MSSPs, VARs, GSIs, vendors, and other channel businesses that are delivering measurable AI-driven outcomes in cybersecurity, automation, customer support, and operations. The leaders on the list are heavily involved in the strategy and execution of their companies’ approach to AI, and all leaders work at organizations directly impacting channel-driven outcomes.
Over the course of his impressive 30-year career, Gopalan has delivered trailblazing, successful AI initiatives at some of the world’s most innovative companies—including Meta, Priceline, Grubhub, and most recently Ingram Micro.
As Chief Data Officer for Ingram Micro, Gopalan has helped build a data-first, AI-native organization that is architecting and operationalizing cutting-edge AI systems—focusing on agentic AI, Machine Learning, and Advanced Analytics. These innovations are empowering Ingram Micro customers with speed, scale, and service by delivering hyper-personalized experiences, driving customer-centric innovations, streamlining intelligent decision making, and scaling enterprise-wide automation through Ingram Micro’s AI-powered Xvantage™ digital experience platform.
“AI is rapidly changing both the technology available to partners and how partners are delivering value to customers worldwide,” said Victoria Durgin, Managing Editor at Channel Insider. “We congratulate each honoree for pushing innovation and helping partners stay competitive in an evolving market.”
Read the full list at channelinsider.com
About Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro is a leading technology company in 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, lifecycle management, and technical pre- and post-sales professional support. Learn more at www.ingrammicro.com.
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