Tech Data names Murray Wright President of Americas Business

CLEARWATER - Tech Data Corporation, a leading IT products distributor, today named Murray Wright, President, the Americas, effective immediately. Wright will be responsible for leading Tech Data’s extensive sales, marketing, logistics and purchasing operations throughout the United States, Canada and Latin America. He joined Tech Data in 2006 as senior vice president, U.S. Sales, and has more than 25 years experience in the IT industry.

“Murray brings a wealth of industry and operational experience to his new role,” said Tech Data Chief Executive Officer Robert Dutkowsky. “He has been at the forefront of many strategic initiatives at Tech Data and has the proven leadership to position a world-class enterprise like ours to capitalize on new opportunities. Under Murray’s leadership, we will continue to strengthen Tech Data’s best-in-class execution and strong performance in the Americas.”

As senior vice president, U.S. Sales, Wright led the company’s inside sales and nationwide field sales teams to provide tens of thousands of U.S. resellers with expert support in a wide range of IT products and services. Wright also oversaw the company’s government, technical and integration services organizations, as well as its TechSelect community of small and medium business resellers.

Before joining Tech Data, Wright was president of Lenovo Canada, where he was responsible for the company’s sales, marketing and channel strategies. Prior to Lenovo, he was general manager for distributor Ingram Micro Canada. He spent seven years with the distributor, joining as vice president of sales and leading numerous initiatives to strengthen the company’s operations, customer relations and financial performance. Wright also was general manager of Sharp Electronics of Canada, and he held several sales leadership positions with Xerox Canada.

Wright earned a bachelor’s degree from Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York.