Adalio T. Sanchez is president of S Group Advisory LLC, a management consulting firm providing advisory services on business strategy, technology, and operational excellence. Mr. Sanchez is a 35-year information technology industry veteran in the enterprise hardware, software, and semiconductor markets.
Mr. Sanchez was formerly senior vice president of Lenovo Group Limited, where he was responsible for the company’s enterprise systems, storage, and data center technologies business. Prior to that, he served 32 years at IBM Corporation in various senior executive and global general management roles. During his tenure at IBM, he was instrumental in leading the firm’s early personal computers division and later led the transformation and growth of several multi-billion dollar global divisions in the systems, storage, and semiconductors spaces.
He also serves on the board of directors of ACI Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: ACIW), a global software company facilitating real-time electronics payments, where he chairs the Board of Directors; Snap One Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: SNPO), a smart home technology solutions and distribution company, and serves on the ASM International Supervisory Board, a Netherlands-based semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment company. He is also on the board of the MITRE Corporation, a firm that manages federally funded research and development centers in support of the U.S. federal government. Mr. Sanchez was previously on the board of Quantum Corporation (NYSE: QTM), where he chaired the company’s Leadership and Compensation Committee and served as interim CEO.
Mr. Sanchez holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Miami and an MBA from Florida International University.
As a member of Avnet’s Board of Directors, Mr. Sanchez serves on the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee and Executive Committee and as chair of the Corporate Governance Committee.
Last updated: January 2025