Three Ingram Micro Executives Recognized by Everything Channel's CRN Magazine as Top Women of the Channel

SANTA ANA, Calif., July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) today announced that Everything Channel's CRN Magazine has recognized three of its U.S. executives in this year's annual Top Women of the Channel listing which honors key customer-facing female business leaders across vendors' channel organizations, distributors and solution providers.

Ingram Micro's Jodi Honore, Vice President, Software, Vendor Management, U.S., Anne Wilcox, Vice President Customer and Solutions Marketing, U.S. and Holly Garcia, Senior Director, Vendor Management, U.S. were each selected for their professional contributions and accomplishments over the past year and the far-reaching impact their influence is having on the technology industry.

In addition, Jodi Honore and Anne Wilcox were named as two of the elite CRN Power 100 list, which recognizes those female channel executives who have reached the highest levels of the corporate ladder based on their professional achievements and influence wielded over the technology industry. Recipients of this year's Women of the Channel and Power 100 lists were chosen by the editors of CRN Magazine and will be featured within the July 26th issue of the channel publication.

This is the second consecutive year that Honore, a 29-year IT channel veteran, has been named as one of the Top Women of the Channel. She is once again recognized for maintaining Ingram Micro's strong leadership position in the IT software category. In the past year, Honore has maintained, managed and grown the distributor's exclusive agreements with a number of leading IT vendors including Google, Citrix, CA and Websense. She has also furthered channel partners' success with both emerging and high profile software vendors, and continues to play an important role as a channel advocate for the move to Software as a Service (SaaS) and cloud computing.

With 12 years of IT channel experience, Wilcox is recognized for her leadership and ability to create and execute key customer and solutions marketing initiatives and vertical campaigns aimed at enabling channel partners to extend their technology knowledge and skill set to sell a wider, yet more targeted portfolio of products, solutions and services.  In the last 12 months, Wilcox has increased Ingram Micro's partner enablement resources with the addition of new training and education programs, as well as enhancements to the distributor's bi-coastal Solution Centers. Under her leadership, Wilcox's team has also hosted two highly successful Partner Connections Summits and introduced the company's new IMHealth Campaign.

Garcia's 14 years in the IT channel have enabled her to maintain Ingram Micro's top market share position with Cisco in both product and services categories. She spearheads the Ingram Micro U.S. Cisco Division which is focused on initiatives tied to Cisco's four architectures: data center, collaboration, borderless networks and small business. Garcia's leadership and team efforts contributed significantly to Ingram Micro being named Cisco's worldwide Distribution Partner of the Year and receiving the worldwide Services Innovation Award at Cisco's Partner Summit 2010.

"Women hold many prominent executive positions at vendor organizations, distributors and solution provider organizations, providing critical insight and influence when it comes to technology and the channel. We want to honor and congratulate these women for their contributions to the industry and their respective organizations," says Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, Everything Channel.  

"Through the impressive leadership of all three of these female executives, Ingram Micro has strengthened its commitment to the IT industry and its value to our vast network of U.S. channel partners," says Keith Bradley, Senior Executive Vice President and President, Ingram Micro North America. "We're very proud to see their dedication to excellence honored by Everything Channel."

A special feature of the Women of the Channel is in the July issue of CRN Magazine and expanded coverage will be featured online at www.crn.com.

About Ingram Micro Inc.

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 more than 150 countries and is the only global broad-based IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com/.

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