# Timothy M. Ring > Alpha governed public record. Unknown, unavailable, and unpublished values are never inferred as zero. ## Record | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Representation | alpha-profile-markdown-v4 | | Protocol | Alpha Governance Facts Protocol 0.1 | | Schema | alpha.governance.entity.public.v1 | | Record version | public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce | | Governance record representation | alpha-governance-record-v2 | | Canonical entity | alpha:person:timothy-m-ring | | Entity type | Person | | Canonical URL | https://registry.alpha.ac/people/timothy-m-ring | | Publication | PUBLISHED | | Verification | corroborated | | Verification schema | alpha-verification-states-v1 | | Ownership | unclaimed | | Published claims | 14 | | Claims under review | 0 | | Evidence records | 8 | | Conflicts | 0 | | Conflicts in internal review | 0 | | Observed | 2026-10-16T03:00:38.310673+00:00 | | Last reviewed | 2026-05-16T03:53:36.514+00:00 | ## Identity - Legal name: Timothy M. Ring - Display name: Timothy M. Ring ## Alpha Governance Record | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Governance Record schema | alpha-governance-record-v2 | | Ontology | alpha-governance-ontology-v1 | | Record version | public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce | | As of | 2026-10-16T03:00:38.775542+00:00 | | Completeness | 1 | | Record Quality | 0.914 | | Directors | 0 | | Committees | 0 | | Governance events | 1 | | Entity class | person | ## Section coverage | Section | State | | --- | --- | | identity | PUBLISHED | | corporate_structure | NOT_APPLICABLE | | board | NOT_APPLICABLE | | committees | NOT_APPLICABLE | | leadership | NOT_APPLICABLE | | ownership | NOT_APPLICABLE | | financials | NOT_APPLICABLE | | capital_structure | NOT_APPLICABLE | | compensation | NOT_APPLICABLE | | governance | NOT_APPLICABLE | | shareholder_governance | NOT_APPLICABLE | | audit | NOT_APPLICABLE | | legal | NOT_APPLICABLE | | risk | NOT_APPLICABLE | | cyber | PUBLISHED | | ai_governance | PUBLISHED | | agent_governance | NOT_APPLICABLE | | markets_external | NOT_APPLICABLE | | events | PUBLISHED | | relationships | PUBLISHED | | assessments | PUBLISHED | | evidence | PUBLISHED | ## Governance events - DIRECTOR_APPOINTED: Timothy M. Ring seat on Becton Dickinson, effective 2017-01-01. Effective: 2017-01-01. Detected: 2026-05-16T03:53:36.514+00:00. event_id=alpha:event:transition:127m3yl7x9shf ## Scoped resources - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/identity` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=identity - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/corporate-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=corporate-structure - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/board` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=board - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/committees` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=committees - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/leadership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=leadership - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/ownership` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=ownership - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/financials` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=financials - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/capital-structure` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=capital-structure - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/compensation` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=compensation - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=governance - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/shareholder-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=shareholder-governance - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/audit` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=audit - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/legal` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=legal - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/risk` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=risk - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/cyber` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=cyber - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/ai-governance` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=ai-governance - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/agents` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=agents - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/ecosystem` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=ecosystem - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/events` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=events - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/relationships` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=relationships - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/assessments` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=assessments - `alpha://person/timothy-m-ring/evidence` (contract): https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record§ion=evidence ## Role modules - Director ## Attention - NO_RECORDS_FOUND ## Committee data - NO_RECORDS_FOUND ## Leadership - PUBLISHED ## Roles - Director at Becton Dickinson. Claim: alpha:claim:person:timothy-m-ring:role:1. Valid from: 2017-01-01. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:9f628da24a89bb6bd1b83410a376690e5fe30bd91b4b9c6ba63c761fe983efa7. - Director at Quest Diagnostics. Claim: alpha:claim:person:timothy-m-ring:role:2. Valid from: NOT_ASSERTED. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:9369ba226a82121964e0bf6d889641ddd079d221272cdb83afbfcb6bd9aa9d04. ## Governance - PUBLISHED ## Board committees - PUBLISHED ## AI and ML experience - AI and ML experience: not identified in the cited filing. Claim: alpha:claim:person:timothy-m-ring:ai_ml_experience:1. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:ac8d4c7d1b16311c806a650fbfac54a4a85cf777543a5965177eacc49553400f. ## Board independence - Independent director. Claim: alpha:claim:person:timothy-m-ring:board_independence:2. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:c18f2d469ff20eae86c4d36c2e6e4998ebd56749d149eb6a3b002c3ac82a99b3, alpha:projection-evidence:document:2a8c9506b10be5b01cdc20643f152a47701ad3cacdafbf7d0a29f7bb171e8ae4. ## Board membership - Serves on the board of Becton Dickinson. Claim: alpha:claim:person:timothy-m-ring:board_membership:3. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:9d6be63683f05aff4051cc64b65a5b0c4a924b1bd9966418bc0cddb01c049db7. - Serves on the board of Becton, Dickinson and Company. Claim: alpha:claim:person:timothy-m-ring:board_membership:4. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:c18f2d469ff20eae86c4d36c2e6e4998ebd56749d149eb6a3b002c3ac82a99b3. - Serves on the board of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. Claim: alpha:claim:person:timothy-m-ring:board_membership:5. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: corroborated. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:2a8c9506b10be5b01cdc20643f152a47701ad3cacdafbf7d0a29f7bb171e8ae4, alpha:projection-evidence:43dd367d867969cdabeb8638fbc0708d6ad00c947257b7cc673b2cacbd061631. ## Board role - Board role: Director. Claim: alpha:claim:person:timothy-m-ring:board_role:6. Valid from: 2025-12-18. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:ab61df843353429992307229a5446204b237edc733b04284c5f3aa6d03f2a487. - Board role: Lead Independent Director. Claim: alpha:claim:person:timothy-m-ring:board_role:7. Valid from: 2026-04-06. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:ac8d4c7d1b16311c806a650fbfac54a4a85cf777543a5965177eacc49553400f. ## Committee assignments - No committee assignment disclosed in the cited filing. Claim: alpha:claim:person:timothy-m-ring:committee_assignments:8. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:c18f2d469ff20eae86c4d36c2e6e4998ebd56749d149eb6a3b002c3ac82a99b3. - Committee assignments: Audit, Quality and Regulatory. Claim: alpha:claim:person:timothy-m-ring:committee_assignments:9. Valid from: 2025-12-18. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:ab61df843353429992307229a5446204b237edc733b04284c5f3aa6d03f2a487. - Committee assignments: Compensation and Leadership Development Committee, Executive Committee, Governance Committee. Claim: alpha:claim:person:timothy-m-ring:committee_assignments:10. Valid from: 2026-04-06. Valid to: NOT_ASSERTED. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:ac8d4c7d1b16311c806a650fbfac54a4a85cf777543a5965177eacc49553400f. ## Cybersecurity experience - Cybersecurity experience reported in filings. Claim: alpha:claim:person:timothy-m-ring:cybersecurity_experience:11. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:ac8d4c7d1b16311c806a650fbfac54a4a85cf777543a5965177eacc49553400f. ## Technology background - Technology background reported in filings. Claim: alpha:claim:person:timothy-m-ring:technology_background:12. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:projection-evidence:document:ac8d4c7d1b16311c806a650fbfac54a4a85cf777543a5965177eacc49553400f. ## Coverage states | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Identity | PUBLISHED | | Business | NOT_APPLICABLE | | Leadership | PUBLISHED | | Board and committees | PUBLISHED | | Governance | PUBLISHED | | Financials | NOT_APPLICABLE | | Workforce | NOT_APPLICABLE | | Ownership | NOT_APPLICABLE | | Ratings | NOT_PUBLISHED | | Market and index context | NOT_APPLICABLE | ## Public sources - alpha:projection-evidence:document:ac8d4c7d1b16311c806a650fbfac54a4a85cf777543a5965177eacc49553400f: [DGX DEF 14A director slate](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022079/000114036126013356/ny20064122x1_def14a.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:c18f2d469ff20eae86c4d36c2e6e4998ebd56749d149eb6a3b002c3ac82a99b3: [Becton, Dickinson and Company director board source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000162828025057846/bdx-20251217.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:ab61df843353429992307229a5446204b237edc733b04284c5f3aa6d03f2a487: [BDX DEF 14A director slate](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000162828025057846/bdx-20251217.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:9f628da24a89bb6bd1b83410a376690e5fe30bd91b4b9c6ba63c761fe983efa7: [sec_proxy](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000162828025057846/bdx-20251217.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:2a8c9506b10be5b01cdc20643f152a47701ad3cacdafbf7d0a29f7bb171e8ae4: [Quest Diagnostics Incorporated director board source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001022079/000093041325001171/c111937_def14a-ixbrl.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:document:9369ba226a82121964e0bf6d889641ddd079d221272cdb83afbfcb6bd9aa9d04: [sec_filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001022079/000093041325001171/c111937_def14a-ixbrl.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:9d6be63683f05aff4051cc64b65a5b0c4a924b1bd9966418bc0cddb01c049db7: [public_source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000162828025057846/bdx-20251217.htm). - alpha:projection-evidence:43dd367d867969cdabeb8638fbc0708d6ad00c947257b7cc673b2cacbd061631: [public_source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001022079/000093041325001171/c111937_def14a-ixbrl.htm). ## Rights | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | public_retrieval | allowed | | agent_retrieval | allowed | | redistribution | not_granted | | model_training | not_granted | | commercial_use | not_specified | | relationship_pathfinding | not_granted | | direct_contact | not_granted | ## Limitations - Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included. - Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false. - Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights. - Private relationships and Council activity are excluded. ## Alternate representations - [Canonical profile](https://registry.alpha.ac/people/timothy-m-ring) - [Public Markdown](https://registry.alpha.ac/people/timothy-m-ring.md) - [Public JSON](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=record) - [JSON-LD](https://registry.alpha.ac/api/public/profiles/timothy-m-ring?format=jsonld) - MCP resource: `alpha://people/timothy-m-ring` at https://mcp.alpha.ac/mcp ## Connected governance records Only explicitly published, rights-cleared records. Missing records do not establish absence, safety, or complete coverage.