Leng-jin Chan, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer at Avnet — Verified Quotes & Interview Transcripts

“When I took on the CIO position, I was very clear to my team that we need to exist for the business, not just IT for IT's sake. We transformed the IT organization from operation support to strategic delivery, thought leadership, and innovation to truly support business goals.”

— From Leaning Into The C-Suite With HMG Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint Shorts, HMG Strategy (June 18, 2024)

“I do not want to come up with our own IT strategy; instead, we become a strategy enabler for the business, looking at capabilities that ultimately deliver to the enterprise strategy itself.”

— From Leaning Into The C-Suite With HMG Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint Shorts, HMG Strategy (June 18, 2024)

“We expanded IT leadership to include digital, bringing the digital organization under my wings to drive digital products and initiatives directly associated with business pillars and strategic initiatives.”

— From Leaning Into The C-Suite With HMG Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint Shorts, HMG Strategy (June 18, 2024)

“I took on P&L responsibility for our digital systems integrator business, reshaping the organization to provide extended services to traditional customers and partners, helping them become part of Avnet's digital extension.”

— From Leaning Into The C-Suite With HMG Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint Shorts, HMG Strategy (June 18, 2024)

“Avnet is a technology supply chain and technology solution provider, and the selling motions of a systems integrator are very different from supply chain solutions and moving boxes.”

— From Leaning Into The C-Suite With HMG Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint Shorts, HMG Strategy (June 18, 2024)

“We adopted a distributed delivery model for digital where the IT team builds and maintains the foundational platforms, and the digital team focuses on innovation and enterprise-level products, inviting business units to build additional capabilities on a secure, compliant platform.”

— From Leaning Into The C-Suite With HMG Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint Shorts, HMG Strategy (June 18, 2024)

“People are excited that they don't have to wait in queue for digital or IT teams; they can invest themselves with resources leveraging generative AI capabilities or standard cloud platforms to build additional applications.”

— From Leaning Into The C-Suite With HMG Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint Shorts, HMG Strategy (June 18, 2024)

“Globalization has been going on for a long time, more so than ever today, and being a leader without that global acumen is almost impossible to navigate, especially in the technology industry.”

— From Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint, HMG Strategy (June 18, 2024)

“Avnet is a $26 billion company operating in over 100 locations worldwide, focusing on technology solutions and supply chain services, connecting upstream supplier partners to a broad customer base.”

— From Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint, HMG Strategy (June 18, 2024)

“We have been applying AI and machine learning in a big way for the last six to seven years, leveraging our vast data from over 100 years of business to improve demand forecasting, inventory, and customer service.”

— From Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint, HMG Strategy (June 18, 2024)

“Generative AI in the last 12 to 18 months has made it more exciting because now we can help the company, customers, and supplier partners better leverage insights we've been generating for many years.”

— From Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint, HMG Strategy (June 18, 2024)

“Instead of customers waiting on Avnet engineers to provide design recommendations, generative AI now allows customers to generate designs based on criteria like availability, physical size, price point, and global sourcing almost immediately.”

— From Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint, HMG Strategy (June 18, 2024)

“When I took on the CIO position, I was very clear to my team that we do not do IT for IT's sake; IT must exist for the business and be a strategic enabler aligned with the enterprise strategy.”

— From Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint, HMG Strategy (June 18, 2024)

“We expanded my responsibilities to include digital, bringing the digital organization under IT to better drive digital products and initiatives aligned with business pillars and strategic initiatives.”

— From Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint, HMG Strategy (June 18, 2024)

“I also took on P&L responsibility for our digital systems integrator business, reshaping it to provide extended services to Avnet's traditional customers and supplier partners, helping them succeed in their industries.”

— From Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint, HMG Strategy (June 18, 2024)

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Leaning Into The C-Suite With HMG Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint Shorts

Max Chan SVP & CIO, Avnet — HMG Global Viewpoint