At Ingram Content Group, Pep Carrera, currently chief information officer of Ingram, has been named chief operating officer of VitalSource Technologies, Ingram's educational platform company.
At the same time, Kent Freeman, currently COO of VitalSource, has been named chief strategy and development officer for Ingram.
Ingram Content Group president and COO Shawn Morin commented: "With VitalSource unquestionably one of the largest learning platforms, we feel it's the right time to deepen our focus on accelerating learning outcomes and lowering costs in education. With that expansion, Pep's backgrounds in product management and engineering combined with his leadership style and innate curiosity are the right mix to lead this fast growing part of Ingram as it revolutionizes how learning outcomes are achieved around the globe."
He added, "Kent has done a tremendous job in leading VitalSource to become one of the most relevant and meaningful education technology companies to date, and we are excited to have him move to this new role for Ingram Content Group."
Carrera joined Ingram Content Group as CIO in 2012 and will relocate to Raleigh, N.C., where he will lead the teams in VitalSource's offices in Raleigh, Boston and the U.K.
Freeman has been with Ingram Content Group for 33 years in a variety of excutive positions and has led VitalSource since 2009.
