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Karen Salem is senior vice president and chief information officer of Ingram Micro Inc. She is responsible for ensuring the company's business systems create an effective platform for profitable growth. She leads a worldwide information technology organization that supports operations in 39 countries generating hundreds of thousands of transactions per day.
Salem joined Ingram Micro in February 2005 and brought with her nearly 20 years of experience advising corporations on technology systems and business solutions. She was most recently senior vice president and chief information officer at Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. in Jacksonville, Fla., where she led an IT organization of approximately 500 people supporting more than 1,000 stores throughout the United States. At Winn-Dixie, she led a corporate-wide governance process to prioritize and manage projects, and developed a more efficient technology infrastructure that reduced expenses while enhancing service and productivity. Before joining Winn-Dixie, she was the chief information officer at Corning Cable Systems, a fiber optic cable and equipment manufacturer in 20 countries, and at AFC Enterprises in Atlanta, Ga., which owned several quick-service restaurant brands.
Salem earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from the University of Cincinnati. | 