Philip Gallagher, a 26-year Avnet veteran, is global president of Avnet Technology Solutions and is responsible for the group’s strategic direction, day-to-day operations and global performance. He reports to Avnet Chief Operating Officer Rick Hamada. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Gallagher served as president of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas from July 2004 until March 2009.

He has held a number of sales, marketing and operations roles within Avnet with successively higher levels of responsibility during his career. Immediately prior to being named president of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, Mr. Gallagher served as senior vice president of Global Business Development at Avnet Electronics Marketing, where he was responsible for global supplier relationships, leading the global account coverage strategy and developing business migration strategy.

He earned Avnet leadership awards in 1992 and 1993 and was a recipient of the Chairman's Award in 2001. He was named a corporate officer in November 1997 and promoted to senior vice president of Avnet, Inc. in November 2007.

Mr. Gallagher holds a B.A. from Drexel University and a certificate from Cal Tech University in Supplier-Base Management.

He is a past president of the National Electronic Distributors' Association (NEDA) and an active volunteer in the Phoenix-based HandsOn Phoenix organization. He also coaches football for the Boys and Girls Club of America, and baseball for the Mountain View Little League, and is actively involved in local church activities.

Jeff Bawol was promoted to president of Avnet Technology Solutions Americas in May 2008 and was appointed a corporate officer in January 2010. Mr. Bawol leads Avnet’s value add solutions distribution teams for North and Latin America. He is responsible for the group’s strategic direction, day-to-day operations and regional performance.

Mr. Bawol has more than 30 years experience at Avnet, 12 with Avnet Technology Solutions and 19 with Avnet Electronics Marketing. In 2003, he was tapped to lead the Enterprise Software and Storage Solutions group (ESS) for Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas as senior vice president and general manager. Under his leadership, ESS experienced a 42 percent CAGR over three years and expanded its line card significantly. Prior to that role, Mr. Bawol served as vice president and general manager of the Avnet Hall-Mark (renamed Avnet Partner Solutions) Intel Architecture/Compaq Business Unit, a position he assumed in 2000.

A recipient of Avnet’s Chairman's Award in 2003, he began his career with Avnet in 1977 as a customer service representative with Hamilton Avnet Electronics. He served in a variety of positions, including inside sales, field sales, general manager, area vice president and regional vice president. With Avnet’s purchase of Hall-Mark Electronics in 1993, Mr. Bawol became vice president of the South Central area for the combined Hamilton Hall-Mark business. In 1996, he joined the Tandy Corporation as vice president of sales, running their Commercial Sales Group. He returned to Avnet Computer Marketing in 1998 as vice president of sales for what was then Hall-Mark Integrated Solutions.

Mr. Bawol was recognized by industry publication Everything Channel’s CRN as a 2010 Channel Chief for his strategic vision in leading the business’ evolution to solutions distribution and for sustaining growth during challenging economic times.

Graeme Watt is responsible for the strategic direction and profitable growth of Avnet's value-added IT solutions distribution business throughout EMEA. Mr. Watt joined Avnet Technology Solutions in July 2010 upon Avnet's acquisition of Bell Microproducts, where he was president of worldwide distribution.

Mr. Watt has more than 20 years of experience in the IT distribution industry. He joined Bell Micro in April 2004 as president of Bell Microproducts Europe. Between April 2004 and May 2008, he was responsible for purchasing and integrating two significant acquisitions while returning the business to profitability. In May 2008, Mr. Watt was appointed president of worldwide distribution for Bell Micro.

Prior to Bell Micro, Mr. Watt was president of Tech Data EMEA. He joined the organization in 1988 via First Software, a leading UK distributor, which evolved to become Frontline Distribution and subsequently part of Computer 2000, which later became a Tech Data company. During his three-year tenure as president of EMEA at Tech Data, he was responsible for many developments, including the acquisition of three companies, the implementation of major restructuring programs, the development of a centralized purchasing organization, and the expansion of the company's e-commerce capabilities.

William Chu, president, Avnet Technology Solutions, Asia Pacific, is responsible for the strategic direction and profitable growth of Avnet’s value-added IT solutions distribution business in the region, which encompasses Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, India and the ASEAN countries. Mr. Chu reports to Phil Gallagher, president, Avnet Technology Solutions, Global.

Mr. Chu joined Avnet in 2007 with its acquisition of Azure Technologies, an IBM systems distributor in Malaysia and Singapore. He was named vice president and general manager of Avnet Technology Solutions, ASEAN, in 2007, overseeing the company’s expansion into Indonesia and Vietnam. In 2008, he won the Avnet Employee Engagement Champion award for receiving the highest engagement index in Asia, and in 2009 he won the prestigious Avnet Chairman’s Award. Under Mr. Chu’s tenure, Avnet Technology Solutions, ASEAN's revenue has increased 400 percent.

Prior to joining Azure, Chu worked for IBM Singapore Pte. Ltd. as a regional project manager. His career spans more than two decades in the IT industry.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Business Administration in accounting from Nanyang Technological University.