Kelly Gallagher, formerly vice president of R.R. Bowker Market Research, has joined Ingram Content Group—the parent company of Christian distributor Spring Arbor Distributors—as vice president of content acquisition.

He will lead Ingram's selling and business development activities for print-on-demand and digital distribution products, reporting to Chief Content Officer Phil Ollila.

Gallagher is well-known to Christian publishers, presenting details of publishing research at industry events such as the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's Executive Leadership Summit.

Along with Gallagher, Pep Carrera also joined Ingram on Oct. 8 as Ingram's chief information officer. He comes to Ingram from RAPP, a leading marketing services provider. Carrera will report to Chief Operating Officer Shawn Morin, who joined ICG in 2009 and served as chief information officer until June when he was promoted.

ICG Chairman John R. Ingra became CEO when David "Skip" Prichard resigned June 8.