Ronald Pruitt
President/Founder
OpenConsult Inc.

For over 10 years Ronald has helped commercial and nonprofit organizations create effective and results-driven Web sites, sites that advance worthy causes. Ronald is an experienced advisor who works side-by-side with nonprofit organizations to help them leverage the Internet to be more accountable to donors, educate a broader public, increase revenue and reduce administrative costs. Through his company, OpenConsult, Ronald runs an online fundraising service for nonprofits called 4aGoodCause.com. This service, along with Ronald’s support, has generated millions of dollars for charity since its inception in 2001.

Ronald is a veteran technology expert having taught at many nonprofit conferences across the Southeast as well as through workshops held by associations such as Nonprofit Resource Center of Alabama. Ronald wrote the very popular guide, Intranet Roadmap (sold to Convea in 2002) and was the architect for the successful nonprofit jobs site, Work4agoodcause.com (sold to Varize Marketing in 2004).

Ronald holds an MBA from Auburn University and is proud to have assisted organizations such as Nonprofit Resource Center of Alabama, Birmingham Zoo, Atlanta Ronald McDonald Houses and the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America in developing and building their e-commerce strategies. In addition to his work with OpenConsult, Ronald is a faculty member with the University of Phoenix Online, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in e-business.