Board of Directors

Ronald D. Southard

Ron is the founder and principal of Safesourcing and has more than 30 years of experience working in the retail industry.  Ron was formerly the President and CEO of Intesource, an internet based spend management company. Additionally, Ron served as the Executive Vice President at Trax Retail Solutions. Ron began his career in retail management following which he spent 25 years of his career at NCR Corporation, eventually serving as the Vice President and General Manager of the NCR Global Checkout Software business unit.

Ron holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and Bachelor of Science degree from Bridgewater State College in History and Psychology, respectively and has also completed certificate programs at the American School of International Management. Ron is also a certified inventory management specialist.

A well known industry speaker and writer on a variety of subjects including technology, operations, risk management, the supply chain, and Sarbanes Oxley, Ron is a US Air Force Veteran, a member of International Society of High IQ’s, and is listed in the VIP section of Madison’s Who’s Who Executive Registry 2007.

Ron has been featured recently on General Norman Schwarzkopf’s “World News Review” show on CNBC, Sky Radio on all major airlines, and was recently honored as one of the industry’s “2007 Pro’s to Know” by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine.

Joseph E. Wenig

Joseph E. Wenig is Vice President, Professional Services for the Asia, Pacific and Japan region at Teradata Corporation. In this position, he leads a team of more than 700 Teradata professional services associates across the communications, financial, government, insurance, manufacturing, retail, transportation and travel industries for the Asia, Pacific and Japan region.

Mr. Wenig has 29 years of experience working in both management and technical positions, with the last 19 years delivering enterprise analytics to Fortune 1000 companies. Mr. Wenig joined Teradata in 1989 and has held various sales management, professional services and marketing positions. Prior to his current assignment, he was Vice President, Professional Services for the communications, media and entertainment industries for the US. Previously, he was Vice President for the communications industry, where he was responsible for the sale and implementation of Teradata solutions for the eastern US. Earlier, he was the Assistant Vice President for worldwide professional services in charge of the marketing, development and deployment of consulting capabilities worldwide.

Prior to joining Teradata, Mr. Wenig worked for National Broadcasting Company, leading the development of several financial and human resource systems. Previously, he developed manufacturing applications for Sperry Corporation.

Mr. Wenig holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer information systems from Manhattan College in New York.

Timothy J. Hull

Timothy J. Hull is currently President and CEO of TDH Marketing, Inc., a Dayton, Ohio-based marketing and business development corporation with alliances and joint ventures in the U.S., England and Singapore that support its global client base.

Mr. Hull’s career spans thirty-six years and includes senior level corporate management experience as well as entrepreneurial success in the international marketplace. He has a solid track record in the management of all phases of profitable business development, marketing, sales and communications. He has been actively involved in strategic and operational planning and implementation from both an internal as well as in a consultative capacity for both large and small corporations looking to develop profitable, new technology-driven business growth concepts. Mr. Hull has been recognized with numerous awards for his marketing, e-marketing and communications programs from various national and international organizations throughout his career.

Mr. Hull holds Bachelor’s and Masters degrees from Wright State University. He is a member of the American Advertising Federation, the American Marketing Association, The Public Relations Society of America, the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce (Board of Trustees), the Greater Dayton IT Alliance (Board of Trustees), the International Association of Business Communicators and the EC Forum. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Raj Soin College of Business for Wright State University and previously served as President of the Dayton Chapter of The Strategic Leadership Forum, an international organization of strategic planners. TDH Marketing is also a full partner of daytaOhio, The Ohio Wright Center for Data that is part of Ohio’s Third Frontier economic development initiative.

Mr. Hull is also Chairman of the Board of Hull Enterprises, Inc., an Ohio-based corporation that focuses on business development investments, capital equipment leasing and multi-family and commercial real estate development in Connecticut, New York and Ohio.

Susan D. Wagner

A managing partner in On Target Communications, Susan D. Wagner is an award-winning public relations consultant with extensive experience in event promotion, marketing, collateral, advertising, media campaigns and freelance writing services.

Her career began in New England in non-profit management working as a community relations director, program director and executive director. For the past two decades, Wagner has worked with a varied client list including corporate, arts, entertainment, education and healthcare.

She has served as Events Promotion Manager for Children’s Hospital Boston and currently serves as Public Relations Manager for the Walk to Cure Cancer for the UMass Medical School and Director of Publicity for Chubby Checker Entertainment.

Wagner has also worked as contributing editor and feature writer for several publications. She was awarded the Roger Perry Award from the Public Relations Society for the year’s top public relations program as well as three Public Awareness Awards by the International Association of Radio Reading Services. She was named to Who’s Who in American Women and Who’s Who in America.