INGRAM MICRO PROMOTES DAVID NALLEY TO GENERAL MANAGER OF CONSUMER MARKETS DIVISION

SANTA ANA, Calif., May 15, 1997
Ingram Micro Inc. announced today that David Nalley, vice president of the Consumer Markets Division (CMD), has taken on additional responsibilities as general manager of the division. Nalley continues to report to Robert Grambo, Ingram Micro's senior vice president of sales.

In this expanded role, Nalley will be responsible for the division's day-to-day operations, including sales activities, and building strategic manufacturer and customer relationships with superstores, warehouse clubs, office superstores, mass merchants, and software-only and consumer-electronic stores.

Grambo said, "For the past four years, Dave has been an instrumental force in forming strategic alliances with key customers and developing innovative services. Under his excellent management, Ingram Micro has sustained the domestic leadership position in the consumer markets area."

Nalley joined Ingram Micro in 1993 as senior director of CMD and was promoted to vice president in 1995. From 1990 to 1993, he served as vice president of sales for Baker and Taylor Software, where he managed worldwide sales and customer service. Prior to that, he worked for Epson America as manager of national major accounts and was regional manager of NCR Corp. for five years.

Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:IM), headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., is the world's largest wholesale distributor of technology products and services, with 1996 sales of more than $12 billion. The company operates in 19 countries and distributes more than 36,000 products to more than 100,000 resellers in 120 countries.

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Kirsten Frosh
Media Relations
Ingram Micro, Inc.
(714) 566-1000, ext. 23364