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Mark Ouimet, vice-president and general manager of Ingram Publisher Services, will retire on June 10 after 15 years with the company.
"How lucky am I to have had the opportunity to spend 40+ years in the book industry? Not many people get to spend a career surrounded by books and the incredibly smart and talented people who inhabit it," said Ouimet. "And working at Ingram for the last 15 years has been the best part. I've always worked with Ingram in my other roles in the industry, but to actually be able to directly participate in such a dynamic company which fosters, encourages and promotes an entrepreneurial spirit is about as good as it gets."
Ouimet started at the company in 2007, as v-p of business development for IPS. Prior to that he was an executive at North Atlantic Books, head of marketing at Publishers Group West, and buyer and manager at Stanford Bookstore. At Ingram, he rose to the position of v-p and general manager in 2010, and was an early leader with IngramSpark, the company's self-publishing operation, and worked with Lightning Source, Ingram's print-on-demand service. Currently he oversees IPS, PGW, Consortium and West Margin Press.
Phil Ollila, Ingram's chief commercial and content officer, said: "From the beginning of his career as a bookseller through to his retirement from Ingram, Mark's success has always been about people; the people he has hired, brought along as a mentor, and who have become life-long friends. We are fortunate that the legacy of people and their talents will make sure that Ingram Publisher Services continues to grow and thrive through the next generation. Mark's advice and counsel to our distribution publishers will be sorely missed."
Sabrina McCarthy, currently in charge of Distribution Solutions, Ingram Academic, Two Rivers and IPS UK, will take charge of the entire IPS team and all of its brands following Ouimet's retirement. She has a total of 25 years of experience in publishing and 16 in book distribution, first at Perseus and then at Ingram.