ScanSource

ScanSource is a U.S. technology distribution company whose website describes a specialized route-to-market model. It sells offerings from suppliers in areas including point-of-sale, payments, barcode, physical security, unified communications and collaboration, telecom, and cloud services. The company says it works with partners to create, deliver, and manage solutions for customers across most markets. Its business connects suppliers with channel partners and customers rather than presenting ScanSource as a single-product maker. The company also operates an e-commerce platform for online ordering and account management. According to its website, the platform includes enhanced search, favorites lists, access to open orders and invoices, and ordering features that can suggest additional components and apply special pricing. ScanSource’s corporate materials identify Michael L. Baur as its Chair and Chief Executive Officer. The company’s governance page says he has been employed there since its founding in December 1992, has served as either President or CEO since inception, joined its board in December 1995, and became Board Chair in February 2019. ScanSource also publishes corporate citizenship and governance materials, and describes stewardship as part of its business strategy. The supplied evidence does not establish its headquarters, current ownership structure, or listing status.

ScanSource was founded in December 1992. The company’s corporate governance page identifies Michael L. Baur as its Chair and Chief Executive Officer and states that he has been employed by the company since its founding. It further says he has served as either President or CEO since the company’s inception. These details place Baur’s leadership at the center of the company’s history, although the supplied materials do not provide a fuller account of the founding circumstances or the company’s early development. Baur joined the company’s board of directors in December 1995. ScanSource’s governance page records another leadership milestone in February 2019, when he became Chair of the Board. The supplied evidence does not describe other leadership transitions, acquisitions, public listings, or dated market expansions, so no further historical turning points are asserted here. The company’s current website describes a distribution business serving channel partners and customers across most markets. Its specialized routes to market span offerings from suppliers in point-of-sale, payments, barcode, physical security, unified communications and collaboration, telecom, and cloud services. In this model, ScanSource and its partners create, deliver, and manage customer solutions. ScanSource also provides digital tools for customer ordering and account administration. Its e-commerce resources describe a platform intended to simplify online orders, with enhanced search, favorites, order and invoice access, accessory requirements, component suggestions, and special pricing. The company’s website presents this as an ordering and account-management resource for its customers and reseller partners. Corporate citizenship and governance are also part of the company’s published profile. ScanSource says it views stewardship as a component of its business strategy and identifies employees, channel sales partners, suppliers, investors, and communities among the stakeholders relevant to its corporate citizenship work. Its website references a Fiscal Year 2025 Corporate Citizenship Report and publishes governance, conduct, and policy materials. The supplied evidence does not establish ScanSource’s headquarters, ownership structure, ticker, or listing status.

• 2019

  Michael L. Baur becomes Board Chair

• 1995

  Michael L. Baur joins the board

• 1992

  ScanSource founded

A technology distributor working through specialized routes to market and channel partners to supply products and services from industry-leading suppliers.

• Technology distribution

  Distribution of supplier offerings across point-of-sale, payments, barcode, physical security, unified communications and collaboration, telecom, and cloud services.

• ScanSource e-commerce platform

  An online ordering and account-management platform with search, favorites, order and invoice access, and ordering support.

1. 1ScanSourcescansource.com
2. 2Corporate Citizenshipscansource.com
3. 3Resourcesscansource.com
4. 4Corporate Governancescansource.com
5. 5Turing AI Partners with Trusted Channel Distributor ScanSourceprweb.com