Title: President
Workplace: CSC
Alma Maters: Middlebury College, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Boards: Delaware Prosperity Partnership, Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, DelawareCAN
Q&A: What was your first job? “My first job was working at the Speakman Company in Wilmington. As non-union summer help, I worked in the R&D Department. I was 15 years old, so I took the bus to work. I had no idea that 21 years later I would rejoin Speakman as its president.”
Rod Ward has helped to build two family businesses: plumbing and trim product manufacturer The Speakman Company and today at CSC. The leading business, legal, tax and digital brand services company was established in 1899 by two lawyers, including Ward’s great-grandfather. Today, CSC has a global presence in 140 jurisdictions and employs more than 8,500 people around the world. Under Ward’s guidance, the company built a new headquarters in Wilmington in 2017, opened a coworking space on Wilmington’s Riverfront—CSC Station—and has completed many acquisitions, including 2022’s purchase of Intertrust Group.
