BSP Team : Business Program : Hanover College

BSP Team

John C. Riddick, Jr. '87

Executive Director and Professor
riddick@hanover.edu
(812) 866-7337 Office

John joined the Hanover College faculty in January of 2006. He holds a BA from Hanover College, an MBA from the University of Louisville, and an Ed.D in Educational Leadership from Spalding University. John teaches the BSP's core curriculum including courses in management, finance, and strategy. In addition, he teaches elective courses in professional selling and business analytics. He also works with Business Scholars on a variety of live cases and consulting projects.

John has over twenty years of C-level sales, management and information technology experience. Over the course of his career, he worked for a variety of Fortune 500 and start-up organizations, including IBM, EDS, Keane, and Perot Systems. Prior to joining the BSP, John was focused on selling IT and regulatory compliance services along with enterprise content management (ECM) software/solutions to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies across the globe.

Paul O'Daniel

Paul O' Daniel

Assistant Professor
odaniel@hanover.edu
(812) 866-7364 Office

Paul joined the Hanover College faculty in August 2017. He comes to Hanover with a successful and diverse entrepreneurial background. His career has encompassed founding and building new technology ventures which included FocusSoft, Firstegg and EventureSports. Paul also served in numerous senior executive roles for Epicor Software where he led multi-disciplined teams throughout North America, Asia and Europe.

Paul taught within the MBA programs for both Bellarmine University and the University of Louisville.

He earned a BA from the University of Kentucky and an MBA from the University of Louisville.

Paul and his wife Amy have been married for 25 years and have four children.

Diane Magary '87

Associate Professor
magary@hanover.edu
(812) 866-7398

Diane graduated Magna Cum Laude from Hanover College in 1987 with a major in Biology and minors in mathematics and physics. While at Hanover Diane was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority and participated in women's tennis and basketball. Diane received her MBA from Duke University where she was named a Fuqua Scholar.

Diane has been employed with Ethicon Endo-Surgery, a Johnson & Johnson Company, since 2000, most recently as Director, Marketing Development. Prior to that she was Director of Marketing and Member of Senior Management Team at Cardima, Inc. and at St. Jude Medical, Inc., Cardiac Rhythm Management Division as Manager of Market Information and Planning. She has a wide range of experience in international marketing, strategic planning, education, research and development, sales, information systems, and management.

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Kim Brant '91

Director of Business Partnerships and Experiential Learning for Pathway Programs
brant@hanover.edu
(812) 866-7293

Kim graduated from Hanover in 1991 with a major in Communication. While at Hanover Kim was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and as an alumna has served on Hanover's Alumni Board of Directors.

Brant has over twenty years of experience in the not-for-profit and government sectors with expertise in fundraising, leadership development and not-for-profit management. Over the course of her career, she worked for Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana State Museum Foundation, and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Her extensive contacts in local and state government, cultural institutions and community organizations will extend Hanover's reach and assist our Business Scholars in their search for career opportunities.

David Collier

Business Scholars Program Coordinator
Collier@hanover.edu
(812) 866-7336