Inside Ingram Micro’s Platform-Driven Enterprise and AI Transformation

June 16, 2025

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About the Guest

Dham Pathervellai

Chief Technology Officer of Ingram Micro

Dham Pathervellai is the Chief Technology Officer at Ingram Micro, where he leads global engineering, enterprise architecture, and corporate applications for a $48B global technology distributor. With more than three years at the company and eight months as CTO, Dham has overseen the design and execution of Ingram Micro’s platform-first transformation strategy, including the rollout of its proprietary Xvantage platform. He is known for combining engineering discipline with a commercial mindset, encouraging teams to “not write code unless it makes money.” He previously held senior technology leadership roles and brings decades of enterprise architecture and systems strategy experience to the role.

Episode Overview

How does a $48B tech distributor reinvent itself as a platform company?

In this episode, Peter High speaks with Dham Pathervellai, Chief Technology Officer of Ingram Micro, a global distributor and technology platform connecting 2500+ vendors with 160,000 customers in 200+ countries. Dham unpacks the company’s evolution from a traditional distributor to a platform-first enterprise.

Dham shares his perspective on building Ingram’s digital backbone, leading enterprise architecture, and scaling a global technology team. He also outlines how Ingram’s data mesh, intelligent data assistant, and “come as you are” integration strategy are helping to drive customer value, fuel innovation, and power AI transformation.

Key insights include: