Jeff Ittel serves as senior vice president Semiconductor Business Group at Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas reporting to Harley Feldberg president. Previously Mr. Ittel served for two years as president of the former Avnet Cilicon division of Avnet Electronics Marketing and before that as senior vice president and director of the Avnet Cilicon product business group. He was named a corporate officer of Avnet Inc. in November 2003.
After joining the Los Angeles sales force of Hamilton/Avnet in 1984 Mr. Ittel rose through sales management and district management ranks to become North American business manager for Motorola products in 1993 North Central vice president and area director in 1995 and director of Avnet Electronics Marketing-Americas' high-end and communications semiconductor product business unit in 1998 which was later restructured to become Avnet Cilicon.
Mr. Ittel established formidable leadership at Avnet Cilicon where he and his management team led successful efforts throughout a difficult 3-year industry downturn in vitally important areas such as inventory management profit maximization and supplier relationship management while transforming the sales team using a semiconductor-focused holistic demand-creation approach to the market.
Mr. Ittel holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Loyola Marymount College in Los Angeles California. |