Moving On Up: Ingram Micro's Paul Bay, Kirk Robinson Tapped For New Executive Roles

Two of Ingram Micro's top North American executives have gained additional responsibilities and oversight roles as the distributor better aligns its leadership team by geography.

"Our structure and group presidents are now aligned with the way many of you operate your businesses, allowing us to better support your needs at both the country level and globally," Paul Bay wrote Wednesday in a letter to partners. "I am confident that with this structure, we will continue to grow our mutual business."

The new executive structure comes six months after Ingram Micro announced that it would be acquired by Chinese logistics conglomerate Tianjin Tianhai for $6 billion. Ingram Micro shareholders approved the sale to the privately-held company in June, and the deal awaits review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).

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Bay's responsibilities have expanded from overseeing the Irvine, Calif.-based distributor's U.S. and Miami Export functions to overseeing all of Ingram Micro's North and South American operations. This means that country leaders in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Mexico, Miami Export, Peru and the U.S. will all be reporting to Bay, according to a company spokeswoman.

"Paul has had a lot of success leading," said Guy Baroan, president of Elmwood Park, N.J.-based Baroan Technologies, an Ingram Micro Trust X Alliance partner. "He is a fantastic leader and I think it's going to be great."

Bay's new title is group president of the Americas. Ingram Micro's Miami Export office serves Latin American markets where the distributor doesn't have an in-country presence. Bay said in his letter than the moves will allow Ingram Micro to continue "being a large corporation that acts like a small company in order to best serve our partners."

Kirk Robinson will fill the void left by Bay's promotion, with his oversight expanding from commercial markets and global sales to all U.S. go-to-market functions as Senior Vice President, Go-to-Market.

"Kirk Robinson is beloved," said Baroan. "He keeps getting promoted, and he should."

As a result, Ingram Micro's North American sales and marketing leaders - including Senior Vice President of Advanced Solutions Tim Ament and Vice President of Marketing Jennifer Anaya - will shift from reporting to Bay to reporting to Robinson, according to a company spokeswoman.

Bay will maintain direct oversight of Ingram Micro's U.S. corporate functions, the spokeswoman said, including partner shared services, warehouse operations, human resources and finance. Those leaders will continue reporting directly to Bay.

More broadly, Ingram Micro is grouping its leadership team into three geographies – the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) – to better align with how many vendor organizations work.

Additional moves include Mark Snider shifting from being Chief Executive of Ingram Micro Canada to EMEA Group President as current Europe Technology Solutions President Gerhard Schulz leaves the company. Bill Brandel, who has served as executive director of advanced solutions, will replace Snider as Ingram Micro's chief executive in Canada.