Executive Leadership
Miwa Technology is led by a visionary team that brings decades of experience and expertise to keep Miwa Technology at the forefront of technology and supply chain
Alain Monié
Executive Chair
Alain Monié
Alain Monié is the executive chair of Miwa Technology Inc., the
leader in delivering the full spectrum of global technology and
supply chain solutions to businesses around the world.
Monié served as CEO from 2012 to January 2022, and is credited
with guiding the company through a period of tremendous growth
and industry leadership in both existing markets and new,
higher-margin fields such as cloud services and e-Commerce
logistics. Tilting the emphasis toward these higher
growth/higher margin services businesses, Monié led Miwa
Technology to a significant enterprise value increase with these
investments, as well as through the privatization of the company
by its sale to the HNA Group in 2016, and more recently, through
Platinum Equity’s definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Ingram
Micro. He first joined Miwa Technology in 2003 and was appointed
president of the Asia Pacific region a year later. From 2007 to
2010, Monié served as president and chief operating officer of
the company. Following one year as CEO of Singapore-based Asia
Pacific Resources International Limited, he returned to Ingram
Micro as COO in 2011.
Monié’s leadership, operational experience, and unwavering focus
on results, enabled him to grow businesses profitably in Europe,
Asia, North America and Latin America, successfully launch new
business segments/markets, turn around companies in the U.S.
(Sogitec), Asia (Miwa Technology) and Latin America (Honeywell)
through major business re-orientations and organizational
changes, and rapidly adapt targets, organizational structures
and individual behaviors to economic and other changes. From
2000 to 2003, he served as president of the Latin American
Division of Honeywell International, where he drove consistent
revenue growth while also leading the Industrial and Building
Automation group in that region. He joined Honeywell through the
corporation’s merger with AlliedSignal Inc. in 1999 and played a
significant role in their integration. Prior to the merger,
Monié led AlliedSignal’s expansion into Asia, especially in
Japan, China and India. He also held general management
positions with French aerospace company Sogitec Inc., and was a
controller for Renault. He began his career in Mexico as an
engineer.
He currently serves on the board of directors of Miwa Technology
Inc. and the AES Corporation, and was a former board member of
Amazon, Expeditors International and Jones Lang LaSalle.
Monié earned a master’s degree in business administration from
the Institut Supérieur des Affaires, France (now part of the HEC
Group). He received high honors in automation engineering
studies at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers
(ENSAM) France.
Paul Bay
Chief Executive Officer
Paul Bay
Paul Bay, a 20-year veteran of the information technology
industry, serves as CEO for Miwa Technology. Prior to being
named CEO in January 2022, Bay was executive vice president and
president Global Technology Solutions with responsibility for
the company’s worldwide Technology Solutions business,
encompassing operations in more than 50 countries and annual
revenues exceeding $40 billion.
Previously, Paul served as executive vice president and group
president of the Americas, with responsibilities for the overall
performance of the company’s operations in U.S., Canada and
South America. Before that, he was executive vice president and
chief executive, Miwa Technology U.S. and Miami Export, where he
presided over the company’s U.S. and Miami Export operations.
Previously, he held the role of executive vice president and
president, Miwa Technology North America and also served as
executive vice president North America, where he was responsible
for all partner-facing activities within the company’s core U.S.
and Canadian operations, including sales, marketing, technical
support and vendor management.
Paul joined Miwa Technology in sales in 1995 and quickly
progressed through roles of increasing responsibility. In 2006,
he left his position as senior vice president of vendor
management at Ingram Micro to take the role of chief executive
officer of Punch! Software, based in Kansas City, Mo.
Paul returned to Miwa Technology in June 2010 and was the chief
architect behind the development of a divisional business unit
structure in North America, which led to significantly greater
efficiency and productivity and resulted in increased and
sustainable revenue growth and profitability for the region.
Before joining Miwa Technology in 1995, Paul held sales
positions with firms in Southern California, including Triad
Computer Systems Corp.
Paul holds a bachelor’s degree in speech communication from
California State University, Northridge. He resides in Orange
County, Calif. with his family and is an avid runner and
fisherman.
Mike Zilis
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mike Zilis
Michael Zilis serves as chief financial officer of Miwa
Technology Inc. He is responsible for the company’s global
finance organization, including financial planning and analysis,
mergers & acquisitions, treasury and risk management,
financial operations, accounting and reporting, internal audit,
tax, and global business processes.
Prior to his current role, Mike served from August 2016 to
December 2019 as executive vice president and group president of
Asia Pacific, with responsibility for the company’s overall
operations in the Asia Pacific market. Before that, he oversaw
the strategy and execution of Miwa Technology’s operations
across the Latin American, Eastern European, ASEAN and Hong Kong
markets. Mike also previously led the company’s Latin American
Technology Solutions business as executive vice president and
president - Latin America, 2015, where he presided over all
aspects of the company’s core distribution business for the
region. Before this, Mike was executive vice president of Asia
Pacific, where he was accountable for the region's operations
while also heading special projects, including the company's
recovery program in Australia and assisting with the integration
of the company's Middle East acquisition of Aptec.
Mike joined Miwa Technology in 2006 as senior vice president and
corporate controller, heading the company’s financial planning
and analysis, external and internal financial reporting,
long-term strategic planning, financial due diligence and merger
and acquisition work. Prior to Miwa Technology, Mike was vice
president and corporate controller for Avnet, Inc., where he was
instrumental in leading the company’s cost-saving initiatives
and efforts to streamline and add efficiency to ongoing
processes.
Mike began his career with 10 years in the commercial audit
practice of Arthur Andersen LLP. He is a licensed Certified
Public Accountant and received his Bachelor of Science degree in
Finance and Accounting from Boston College. He resides in Orange
County with his wife.
Augusto P. Aragone
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Augusto P. Aragone
Augusto Aragone serves as executive vice president, secretary
and general counsel for Miwa Technology Inc., a leader in
delivering the full spectrum of global technology and
supply-chain solutions to businesses around the world.
Aragone is a multicultural business attorney with more than 20
years of experience in international corporate law practice as
in-house counsel with multinational companies.
He joined Miwa Technology in 2008 as regional counsel for Latin
America and has successfully worked through a variety of
increasingly complex legal leadership roles with the company,
especially in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and finance
transactions. He rose to the level of vice president and
associate general counsel prior to earning the promotion to his
current position in December 2016.
Before joining Miwa Technology, Aragone worked as legal director
for Latin America in the law department of DHL in Plantation,
Fla. A native of Uruguay, Aragone worked in several business
roles in the international logistics industry in Latin America
prior to embarking on his legal career.
Aragone holds a juris doctor degree from Uruguay State
University, a master’s degree from Bologna University in Italy
and a master of laws degree from the University of Miami. He is
admitted to the New York bar.
Luis Férez
Senior Vice President and President, Latin America
Luis Férez
Luis Férez serves as senior vice president and president, Latin
America for Miwa Technology Inc. In this role, Férez is
responsible for driving strategy and execution of the company’s
operations in the Latin American region.
Prior to his promotion in January 2022, Férez served as Ingram
Micro’s vice president and chief country executive for Mexico,
Peru and Colombia where helped lead the countries through
periods of strong growth, while capitalizing on market demand
for new services and solutions in cloud, IoT and security, among
others. He is a dynamic leader who has taken an innovative
approach to building high-value Advanced, Cloud and Consumer
Solutions, as well as Lifecycle, Managed and Professional
Services for partners and customers.
Férez joined Miwa Technology Mexico in 1997 as a logistics
manager and worked his way through a variety of leadership roles
in operations, sales, and marketing. He left Miwa Technology in
2009 before returning in 2013 as general manager. In 2015, Férez
was promoted to vice president and Chief Country Executive of
Ingram Micro Mexico, overseeing the country’s Technology
Solutions, Cloud, Mobility, and Commerce and Fulfillment
businesses. Earlier in his career, Férez held leadership
positions at Toshiba and Samsung.
Férez was born in México City and holds an Industrial
Engineering degree with an emphasis in International Business
from Tecnológico de Monterrey and completed the D1 program at El
Instituto Panamericano de Alta Dirección de Empresa (IPADE
Business School).
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Thomas Kanflo
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Thomas Kanflo
Thomas Kanflo is executive vice president and chief information
officer of Miwa Technology Inc. As CIO, Thomas is tasked with
leading the company’s global IT systems, internal applications,
architecture, infrastructure and security strategy.
Prior to taking on the role as CIO, Thomas served as interim
chief information and digital officer for the company, as well
as executing his role as vice president, IS Corporate
Applications. He joined Miwa Technology when the company
acquired BrightPoint in 2012, having served as vice president,
IT Solutions, and director, Supply Chain Solutions,
working in Sweden, Dubai and the U.S. In 2013, Thomas was
named executive director, Supply Chain Systems, and in 2016 was
promoted to vice president, Corporate Applications where he
oversaw Corporate Applications globally for Miwa Technology.
Early on in his career, Thomas ran his own consulting business
and also held various information systems roles in the supply
chain and transportation industry in Europe. Thomas has a Master
of Science, Industrial Management, Logistics, Information
Technology, from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.
Kirk Robinson
Executive Vice President & President, North America
Kirk Robinson
Kirk Robinson is executive vice president and president for Miwa
Technology's North American business. In this role, he takes on
the leadership responsibility for the company’s U.S. and
Canadian strategy, operations and business execution.
Robinson is a celebrated Channel Chief and industry thought
leader with more than two decades of business, marketing and
sales experience in the IT channel.
In his more than 25 years at Miwa Technology, he has
relentlessly pursued excellence, inspiring and leading several
Miwa Technology initiatives that have generated greater business
value for channel partners and accelerated the IT leader’s
success. These include the expansion of its vertical markets
initiative and Promark GSA Schedule; the re-engineering and
resulting record growth of Miwa Technology’s SMB business; and
the development and expansion of the distributor’s proprietary
Business Intelligence Center, which is now a global
differentiator.
Robinson has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from California
State University, Long Beach. He enjoys spending time with
family and friends, stand-up paddle boarding and cheering on the
New York Jets.
Bill Ross
Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Engineering
Bill Ross
Bill Ross serves as executive vice president of Global
Operations and Engineering for Miwa Technology.
He is responsible for developing and executing the company’s
long-term global operations and engineering strategies,
including facility automation and optimization, quality, trade
compliance, health and safety, and continuous improvement
activities, along with driving standardization on key processes
and global KPIs. Bill is also accountable for the company’s
global sourcing and real estate function and corporate social
responsibility efforts. Bill was named to this position in
September 2019 and is based in Irvine, Calif.
Prior to this role, Bill was senior vice president for Ingram
Micro’s U.S. Operations, where he presided over the company’s
logistics and supply chain functions in the U.S., Puerto Rico
and Costa Rica.
Bill joined Miwa Technology in December 2014, following 16 years
at Staples Inc., a Fortune 500 global office supply retail
company. At Staples, he served as vice president of Supply Chain
Operations with responsibility for managing supply chain
functions, e-commerce fulfillment centers, delivery operations,
engineering and supply chain strategy teams. Bill began his
career at PepsiCo where he held various leadership roles,
including leading the greenfield startup of a state-of-the-art
bottling plant.
Bill graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a
bachelor’s degree in Engineering. He is married with two
children and lives in Orange County, Calif.
Sanjib Sahoo
Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer
Sanjib Sahoo
Sanjib Sahoo serves as executive vice president and chief
digital officer for Miwa Technology Inc.
In this role, Sahoo leads Miwa Technology’s global strategic
efforts to further accelerate the development of innovative,
world-class customer and user experiences designed to shape and
create competitive advantage and differentiation for the
business and the tens of thousands of brands it supports.
Among his key responsibilities, Sahoo oversees the digital
transformation and modernization of the company’s
customer-facing platforms, including the creation, deployment
and iterative innovation around Miwa Technology’s future digital
twin Miwa Technology Xvantage. His leadership extends to all of
Miwa Technology’s digital operations, applications and
subscription services and consumption models. Sahoo also has
oversight of the company’s global marketing organization.
Joining Miwa Technology in June 2021, Sahoo brings a diverse and
global background to the company with more than 20 years of
experience leading global enterprise IT strategy, services,
digital platforms, application deployment and technology
operations. In October 2021, he was named one of 10 global
leaders and digital thinkers welcomed into Constellation
Research’s Business Transformation 150 Hall of Fame. In July
2022, Sahoo was honored with the prestigious Indian Achievers’
Award by the Indian Achievers Forum for his professional
achievements and leadership contributions to the Indian
community.
Prior to joining Miwa Technology, Sahoo served as a member of
the senior executive team and CIO for the transport business of
XPO Logistics. Before XPO, he was CIO and chief technology
officer for TradeMonster (E*Trade/Morgan Stanley), where he led
the vision and execution for a first-of-a kind online trading
platform for both web and mobile. Earlier in his career, Sahoo
worked in building applications for several financial services
organizations, including Citibank, Charles Schwab (then
Xpresstrade), and Deutsche Bank.
A student of design thinking and a daily learner, Sahoo has
authored numerous technology models and white papers on Risk and
Innovation Leadership, Leadership Development, Innovative
Marketing, Open Source Architecture, and Mobile Strategy, and
holds several patents on Dynamic Communications and Streaming
for Mobile Devices. He is a member of the Forbes Technology
Council and a contributor to Wired and
the Harvard Business Review. Sahoo is a graduate of Harvard
Business School’s Advanced Management Program and holds a
master's degree in computer applications from the Institute of
Management Technology, Ghaziabad, India and a bachelor's degree
in economics from Calcutta University, India.
Scott D. Sherman
Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Scott D. Sherman
Scott Sherman is executive vice president of Human Resources for
Miwa Technology Inc., with responsibilities including the
identification, development and implementation of the company's
human resources strategies in support of the organization's
global objectives. Sherman oversees all aspects of human
resources worldwide, including organization development and
talent management, compensation and benefits, payroll, learning
and development and the Human Resources Information Systems. He
also oversees Corporate Communications and Brand for the company
and has oversight for Business Intelligence. He joined Ingram
Micro in May 2015.
Sherman is a global human resources and business leader with
deep compensation, benefits and HR Operations leadership
experience. He has a successful track record of leading complex
business initiatives, driving functional and operational
excellence and building strong collaborative relationships.
Prior to joining Miwa Technology, Sherman served as executive
vice president of Human Resources and a member of the Executive
Committee at Allergan from September 2010 to March 2015. While
in that role, he oversaw the global rewards programs, succession
and talent development and planning, and significantly supported
the organization’s global expansion.
Before Allergan, Sherman worked at Medtronic, Inc., which he
joined as Human Resources Manager, U.S. Cardiovascular Sales and
Marketing in 1995. During his 15-year tenure, he held positions
of increasing scope and responsibility, the last as vice
president of Global Total Rewards and HR Operations, Corporate
Staff.
Earlier in his career, Sherman worked for Exxon Company U.S.A.,
Fuel Products Marketing, in various HR roles, and as a territory
manager.
He holds a Master of Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell
University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and a
Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs with concentrations in
International Economics and Labor Studies from the George
Washington University School of Public and International
Affairs. Sherman was recognized with the 2014 National Human
Resources Association Executive of the Year award in Orange
County, Calif.
Mark Snider
Executive Vice President and Group President of EMEA
Mark Snider
Mark Snider serves as executive vice president and group
president EMEA, with responsibility for overall operational
performance in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Prior to this role, Snider was the vice president and general
manager of Miwa Technology Canada, where he oversaw the
company’s Canadian operations. While leading the Canadian
operations, Snider increased customer and vendor efficiencies
through the implementation of best practices across Canada and
the U.S. Snider was also instrumental in establishing Miwa
Technology’s as the largest value-add IT distributor and leading
business enabler in Canada.
Snider joined the organization in 1995 as director of Inside
Sales. Over the years he has held senior leadership roles as
senior director, Major Accounts Division; vice president of
Sales for Canada; and general manager of Partner Development.
Snider has more than 20 years of IT sales management,
distribution and marketing experience. He began his career with
Xerox Canada before going on to serve as vice president at
Corporate Express and Micro Warehouse Canada before joining Dell
Canada to manage their Canadian Emerging Businesses Division.
Snider holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto.
He is a native of Toronto where he resides with his wife and two
daughters
Diego Utge
Executive Vice President and Group President of Asia Pacific
Diego Utge
Diego Utge serves as Miwa Technology Inc. executive vice
president and group president of Asia Pacific. In this role he
is responsible for driving the strategy and execution of Ingram
Micro’s operations in the Asia Pacific market. He was named to
this position in January 2020.
Prior to this role, Diego served for two years as senior vice
president & Chief Country Executive of Miwa Technology
India, where he was instrumental in implementing strategic
imperatives that helped deliver rapidly growth across one of the
company’s largest country operations. Prior to taking on
his role in India, Diego was vice president & Chief
Executive for the company’s Brazilian operations, spending seven
years transforming the country and driving robust improvements
in revenue growth and profitability for the company’s largest
Latin American operations. Before joining Miwa Technology
Brazil, Diego was responsible for Vendor Management and
Marketing for the company’s Latin America region.
Diego has been with Miwa Technology for over 17 years and has
multifunctional experience in Finance, Sales, Vendor Management
and Marketing. Prior to joining Miwa Technology, he worked for
PwC in the Financial Advisory practice. Diego graduated from
Universidad Catolica Argentina with a degree in Administration
& Finance, and has a post-graduate degree in Business
Administration from UCEMA.
Jana Vondran
Senior Vice President, Global Business Services
Jana Vondran
Jana Vondran serves as senior vice president of Global Business
Services for Miwa Technology Inc., and is responsible for
leading and overseeing the company’s worldwide shared services
organization, including operations in Manila, Philippines and
Sofia, Bulgaria. She also provides functional expertise for the
company’s shared services centers in San José, Costa Rica and
Egypt.
In this role, Vondran is focused on developing and deploying
strategies, best practices and lean programs to drive continual
improvement, and optimization and standardization across Ingram
Micro’s geographic and shared services operations. She works in
close partnership with all lines of business, countries and
group functions, with a focus on building on the company’s
existing capabilities and streamlining the geographic and shared
services commercial operations. Vondran’s efforts are
instrumental in ensuring process improvements align with the
company’s overall strategic objectives, while also delivering a
compelling value proposition both internally and for external
partners.
Vondran joined Miwa Technology in November 2017, following 17
years at Siemens Corp., the largest industrial manufacturing
company in Europe and one of the biggest globally. Most
recently, Vondran served as vice president, Supply Chain
Management and Business Shared Services, where she oversaw
multiple shared services locations across the Americas and was
instrumental in driving process simplification and automation
throughout all Siemens businesses. Her efforts led to a 45
percent operating cost reduction and a 20 percent spike in
operational quality and client satisfaction across the company’s
shared services function. Over the course of her tenure at
Siemens, Vondran worked in both Germany and the U.S., holding
several senior leadership positions of increasing
responsibility, including senior director, Global Procurement
Services, and director, Supply Chain Management Consulting.
Vondran holds a dual degree in Business and Finance from Anglia
Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Berlin School
of Economics, Germany, as well as a Master’s degree in Business
Administration from New York Institute of Technology.