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Meet the leadership team at Ingram Content Group
John Ingram was named Chairman of the Ingram Industries Inc. Board of Directors in April, 2008, having served as Vice Chairman of the Board since 1999. He is also Chairman of Ingram Content Group LLC.
John is a graduate of Princeton University, where he received his bachelor of arts degree in English in 1984. In 1986, he received his master of business administration degree from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.
John joined Ingram Industries Inc. in 1986, serving early in his career as the Assistant Treasurer and also as President of Tennessee Book Company (which became part of Ingram Content Group in 2009). He later served as President of Ingram Book Company, Vice President of Purchasing for Ingram Micro Europe, and Director of Purchasing for Ingram Micro Inc. He has been a member of the Ingram Micro Inc. Board of Directors since 1996.
John is active as a volunteer in a number of educational and charitable organizations. He is the chairman of the board of the Entrepreneur Center. He is a member of the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University. He currently serves on the boards of Montgomery Bell Academy and The Harpeth Hall School in Nashville. He is Chair of the Western Governors University Tennessee Advisory Board. He was named by Nashville Mayor Karl Dean as Co-Chair of the Mayor’s Green Ribbon Committee on Environmental Sustainability in 2008-2009. In January 2011, he was Chairman of the Inaugural Committee for Tennessee Governor-Elect Bill Haslam. In addition, John actively supports Vanderbilt Athletics and Currey Ingram Academy.
John is married with four children.
Shawn Morin is Chief Executive Officer and President of Ingram Content Group. Shawn oversees the strategic direction of the Nashville-based company’s global operations.
Before being named CEO and president in April 2016, Shawn was Ingram’s president and chief operating officer, responsible for all of Ingram’s worldwide commercial activities, systems and operations in all markets and countries. This included leadership of Ingram’s divisions that serve publishers, libraries, booksellers and educators across the globe, as well as the information technology systems that support Ingram’s services.
Shawn joined the company in 2009 as the Chief Information Officer and was responsible for managing the IT departments and overseeing the information technology infrastructures and applications for Ingram Content Group, including Lightning Source LLC. and Ingram Book Company. In December 2009, Shawn was named President, VitalSource, where he led Ingram’s educational technology division. In June 2012, Shawn was named Chief Operating Officer and was appointed President in January of 2015.
Prior to Ingram, Shawn served as Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Technology with Bass Pro Shops, based in Springfield, Missouri. He has held a variety of leadership positions in the information technology field, including Chief Information Officer of Royal Numico, N.V., Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, independent Information Technology consultant to a number of businesses, business analyst for Watkins Motor Lines, and lead engineer for Lockheed Space Operations Company at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Shawn received his bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Computer Technology) from the University of South Florida.
Kelly Arnold is the Chief Legal Officer for Ingram Content Group LLC. Kelly is responsible for advising Ingram and its leaders on all legal and regulatory matters.
Before relocating to Nashville, Kelly worked for U.S. Xpress, where she served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Previously, Kelly held numerous legal roles at The Dow Chemical Company and began her career with Pepper Hamilton LLC.
Kelly received her bachelor of arts in public relations from Michigan State University and her juris doctorate from Michigan State University College of Law.
Brian Dauphin is the Chief Financial Officer of Ingram Content Group, overseeing the financial planning and management for the company and its operating units.
Brian joined Ingram in 1999 as Controller for Lightning Source. He was appointed Vice President and Controller of Lightning Source in 2003, Senior Vice President for Finance in 2004 and Senior Vice President Finance for Ingram Content Group in 2012.
Before joining Ingram, Brian was the co-founder and CFO of CareLink Health Partners, which managed hospital-based skilled nursing facilities and senior health centers until it was sold to LifeTrust America in 1997. Earlier in his career, Brian worked at the public accounting firm Ernst & Young and later was a financial management specialist for Cooper Industries – a Fortune 500 diversified global manufacturing company.
Brian has a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is a Certified Public Accountant. He has also completed the Emerging CFO program at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Shawn Everson became the Chief Logistic Officer in September 2021 and previously served as the Chief Commercial Officer for Ingram Content Group.
Shawn joined Ingram in August 2000 as the Director of Operations at Publisher Resources Inc., a 3rd party distributor for book publishers. In May 2002, he was promoted to the role of Vice President of Operations in the LaVergne Distribution Center. In 2005, Shawn became the Vice President of Global Transportation for Ingram Book Group and later headed up Ingram’s International division. In May of 2007, Shawn became the President of Ingram Periodicals LLC.
Prior to joining Ingram, Shawn worked for OshKosh B’Gosh. He spent the first 15 years of his professional career at United Parcel Service (UPS) working in a variety of roles as an Industrial Engineer, Project Engineer and Operations manager.
Shawn earned his MBA from Vanderbilt University and a BS in Mathematics from Lipscomb University.
Wayne Keegan is Chief Human Resources Officer for Ingram Content Group LLC. and has been with the company since 2000.
With more than 30 years of experience, Wayne previously served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Vanstar Inc., a publicly traded technology company; Global Vice President of Human Resources for the London International Group; Vice President of Human Resources and Administration for The ERTL Company, Inc.; and Director of Human Resources for Eastco Hand Tools.
Wayne earned his bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Baltimore.
Steve Marshall oversees all of IT operations as well as Ingram’s strategies as a technology services company. Steve has also held the role as Ingram's Vice President of IT Services. As Vice President, Steve focused on process and support improvements related to Ingram’s services organization. These include standardization, simplification and improving systems stability.
Steve brings more than 25 years of experience in infrastructure and project management roles. Previously, he served as the Vice President of Infrastructure at C&S Wholesale Grocers in Keene, New Hampshire, where he was responsible for infrastructure, operations and security. He has held numerous IT roles across industries such as wholesale/distribution, retail and financial services.
Phil Ollila is Chief Commercial and Content Officer of Ingram Content Group LLC. Phil is responsible for Ingram Content Group’s commercial and content businesses. He has played a leadership role in the transformation of Ingram from a traditional wholesale service provider into a fully integrated and relevant solutions company for publishers and channel partners.
Phil’s commercial and content business units include wholesale, print on demand, publisher distribution, digital services, and marketing.
Phil previously served as Chief Content Officer, Senior Vice President of Ingram Book Group LLC., President of Ingram Publisher Services LLC., and as President of Ingram Library Services LLC.
Prior to joining Ingram, Phil spent 12 years with Borders Group in Ann Arbor, Mich. His last position with Borders was Vice President of Marketing and Merchandising.
Phil spent 16 years in active and reserve positions with the U. S. Army. He received his master of business administration degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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