Evolving into the {industry}’s main business-to-business (B2B) platform firm for the worldwide expertise ecosystem, Ingram Micro Holding Company (NYSE: INGM) introduced the promotion of worldwide acknowledged enterprise and digital chief Sanjib Sahoo to President of Ingram Micro’s World Platform Group.
As President of the World Platform Group, Sanjib Sahoo leads all elements of platform technique throughout Ingram Micro.
Sahoo will proceed to execute on the corporate’s imaginative and prescient to turn into the worldwide expertise ecosystem’s business-to-business (B2B) platform. This consists of main the continued growth and deployment of its digital twin, XvantageTM, a patent-pending B2B expertise platform and working mannequin designed to make it simpler for patrons and distributors to work with Ingram Micro and create extra worth.
“Ingram Micro has built upon its decades of experience to become a disruptive leader and digital force in the global technology industry,” says Paul Bay, CEO of Ingram Micro. “I’m pleased to announce the appointment of Sanjib as President of our Global Platform Group. A proven business strategist and digital innovator, Sanjib’s expanded leadership and dedicated team will better support and accelerate our vision of becoming a platform company that will reinvent the B2B customer experience through Xvantage.”
Hailing from Kolkata, Sahoo has efficiently carved his area of interest within the avenues of Silicon Valley. An completed Indian-American visionary, he has a wealthy legacy of driving innovation and industry-wide transformation via groundbreaking digital transformation initiatives. Commanding the right mix of enterprise acumen and technical experience, he has contributed extensively towards shaping the digital way forward for the worldwide expertise distribution panorama.
Among the many outstanding alumni of Harvard Enterprise College, Sahoo dons a extremely embellished cap with accolades coming in from completely different nooks of the {industry} that talk volumes about his contribution to the world of expertise and enterprise. A number of the most prestigious ones are Trendsetter of the Trade on the India 2030 Management Conclave, Bharat Samman Award, ASIAOne Individual of the Yr, and the World Icon for Expertise by the Financial Instances.
Beforehand, Sahoo served as the corporate’s govt vp, world expertise and chief digital officer. Employed in 2021, he set the imaginative and prescient and roadmap for Ingram Micro Xvantage, an AI-driven enterprise platform for Ingram Micro’s workforce members, prospects, and vendor companions that permits real-time interactions, information alternate, insights, and buying, considerably decreasing the friction from typical B2B transactions. In 2022, Ingram Micro’s digital expertise platform broke floor, beginning a transformative journey for the industry-leading expertise distributor.
With roughly 29 million strains of code, 20 clever engines, and 30 patents pending, Xvantage is uniquely and purposefully designed to vary how the tech {industry} works. Now in use in 16 nations, Xvantage is transferring the {industry} from transactions to extra interactions by introducing actionable enterprise intelligence for strategic development and decision-making.
“Sanjib’s vision for Xvantage and our team’s ongoing commitment to excellence have changed how we create and deliver value for the global tech industry,” continues Bay. “Together, with our customers and vendors, we are delivering more value and realizing Ingram Micro’s strategic shift from 45-year-old technology distribution leader to ground-breaking, global B2B platform innovator.”
As President of the Global Platform Group, Sahoo leads all aspects of platform strategy across Ingram Micro. This includes platform development, the innovation flywheel, global growth, services and support, and the business expansion plans for Ingram Micro’s platform operating model. Sahoo also oversees the key leadership team within Ingram Micro’s Global Platform Group and will continue collaborating with Ingram Micro’s regional Presidents, Chief Country Executives, and other business leaders to transform the company’s operating metrics and drive more growth through Xvantage.
“I’m honored to steer our efforts to maneuver in direction of a platform-first mannequin and rework Ingram Micro from distributor to platform ecosystem firm,” says Sahoo. “Xvantage helps our prospects and distributors to work sooner, smarter, and with extra intention. I’m excited to steer, collaborate, encourage, and take motion to reinforce and increase Ingram Micro’s rising impression on our prospects, distributors, and the {industry} via our AI-driven digital expertise platform Xvantage.”
Elevating the Experience at Scale
Throughout 2024, Ingram Micro worked to improve the experience and business efficiency of its more than 161,000 customers and 1,500 vendors globally by using Xvantage to build greater customer advantage and help eliminate friction tied to the market’s most common and complex. B2B pain points. The innovation cycles and enhancements to Xvantage are continuous and include:
End-to-end automation of real-time cloud, hardware, and service transactions as singular quotes, ordering and invoicing, including custom configurations and industry-specific special pricing.Automated ordering and management of cloud subscriptions with hardware, services, and software on a single quote, making it easier for any channel partner to provide high-value solutions.Fully persona-based business insights, reporting, and solution recommendations using AI/ML models.A native Xvantage Mobile App allowing customers to work in real-time from anywhere.Collaboration with IT industry Hyperscalers, including AWS, improving the experience of IT channel partners worldwide with consolidated purchasing and billing to building, deploying, and managing custom solutions and services.Xvantage Serves the Industry with Greater Success at Scale
Adding to the momentum around Ingram Micro and Xvantage is the continued and growing support of its customers and technology vendors.
“The introduction of Xvantage has modified how we work and the way we take into consideration the way forward for our firm and the expertise we need to create and innovate round for our workforce and our prospects,” says Bill Blum, President, Alpine Business Systems and U.S. Co-President of Trust X.
Alliance, an exclusive, global community of strategic Ingram Micro customers. “The mixed management of Bay and Sahoo is inspiring and impactful. Congrats to Sanjib and Ingram Micro and the continued development and adoption of Xvantage.”
At the 2024 Ingram Micro ONE Innovation Summit, HP’s VP Global Channel Partner Sales shared his experience with Sahoo on stage, stating Ingram Micro is “disrupting the distribution at its core” with Xvantage.
Ingram Micro was a pilot partner of the new Buy with AWS feature available through AWS Marketplace. This allows Ingram Micro to provide simplified software buying experiences for customers on its website, powered by AWS Marketplace. Additionally, Ingram Micro recently announced a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with AWS, designed to drive more business to and through the global IT channel via Xvantage.
“With the mixed energy of our folks and our Xvantage platform, we are going to distribute even better success at scale for our rising ecosystem of shoppers, distributors, and alliances,” concludes Bay.
About Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro (NYSE: INGM) is a number one expertise firm within the world data expertise ecosystem. With the flexibility to succeed in almost 90% of the worldwide inhabitants, we play a significant position within the worldwide IT gross sales channel, bringing services and products from expertise producers and cloud suppliers to a extremely diversified base of business-to-business expertise specialists. By Ingram Micro XvantageTM, our AI-powered digital platform, we provide what we imagine to be the {industry}’s first complete business-to-consumer-like expertise, integrating {hardware} and cloud subscriptions, customized suggestions, instantaneous pricing, order monitoring, and billing automation. We additionally present a broad vary of expertise companies, together with financing, specialised advertising, and lifecycle administration, in addition to technical pre- and post-sales skilled help.
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