Youngblood joins Avnet’s executive leadership team to drive distributor’s digital strategy

PHOENIX, October 17, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avnet (Nasdaq: AVT) has hired Dave Youngblood as Chief Digital Officer, effective October 21, 2024. In this newly created role, Mr. Youngblood will lead and further enable Avnet’s enterprise-wide digital platform and eCommerce approach. Reporting to Chief Executive Officer, Phil Gallagher, he will also be joining Avnet’s executive leadership team.

Avnet’s digital strategy focuses on simplifying transactions and delivering reliable and actionable data to its customers to help grow their business.

"We are pleased to bring Dave on board to hone our focus on delivering leading digital and eCommerce capabilities," said Gallagher. "His leadership will help us make it even easier to do business with Avnet digitally, ensure we’re delivering actionable data and, ultimately, enable our customers to move faster at scale."

Youngblood has more than 25 years of experience in the electronics industry, where he has led teams focused on digital experiences and demand creation. He most recently was Head of Digital Customer Experience at Analog Devices, and has also held prominent positions with Murata and Texas Instruments. He has a M.A. in Communications from St. Mary’s University and a B.A. in Communications from Austin College, and currently resides in McKinney, Texas.

About Avnet

As a leading global technology distributor and solutions provider, Avnet has served customers’ evolving needs for more than a century. We support customers at each stage of a product’s lifecycle, from idea to design and from prototype to production. Our unique position at the center of the technology value chain enables us to accelerate the design and supply stages of product development so customers can realize revenue faster. Decade after decade, Avnet helps its customers and suppliers around the world realize the transformative possibilities of technology. Learn more about Avnet at www.avnet.com. (AVT_IR)

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