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Ricciardelli joins Galco Industrial Electronics board

Nov. 3, 2022

New board member brings e-commerce and marketing expertise to distributor

Jim Ricciardelli, former executive vice president of Digi-Key Electronics, joined Galco Industrial Electronics’ board of directors. “Jim brings valuable experience and a depth of knowledge to our board, covering many aspects of an e-commerce business, as well as strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, sales, marketing and business development,” said Allison Sabia, chief executive officer for Galco. “He has developed and executed scalable growthstrategies while leading and transforming sales, marketing and business development organizations throughout his career. We look forward to his insightful contributions.”

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In his most recent role at Digi-Key Electronics, a global distributor of electronic components, Ricciardelli was responsible for global sales, e-commerce, marketing and business development. Previously, Ricciardelli was vice president of e-commerce strategy at Arrow Electronics, where he led the development of Arrow’s digital business strategy and acquisitions initiatives. Earlier in his career, he was vice president of sales and business development at Lycos.com, an early search engine pioneer.

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Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Madison Heights, Michigan, Galco is an e-commerce-driven, MRO-focused distributor of industrial and commercial electrical and electronic control, automation and motion, lighting and power-transmission products, specializing in the distribution of hard-to-find products.