Paige Allen has been named director of IngramSpark, the company's self-publishing division that has been led by Robin Cutler, who will become an IngramSpark consultant and mentor to the team before her official retirement in late November.
Allen was formerly chief operating officer of the Horton Group, a web design and digital marketing agency in Nashville, Tenn., where she worked for four years. Before that, she was senior manager of digital content and international communications, customer solutions at Asurion and digital project management lead at Lonely Planet.
Kelly Gallagher, v-p of content acquisition at Ingram, said Allen "brings great experience in content management, platform development and advertising."
Allen added: "After nearly a decade of working in digital marketing agencies, I am eager to help authors and publishers reach their audience through IngramSpark."