Tom Keller Email & Phone Number

Boulder, CO, US

Start-up in the real-estate space.

New York City, New York, US

New York City, New York, US

• Co-founded
• Raised funding
• Managed team
• Closed enterprise customers
• Grew crazily
• Sold to Automattic

Front Range, Colorado, US

Taught class in Microeconomics

US

• Created new business model for early-stage company
• Led company from pre-revenue to profitability in 7 months
• Positioned company for strategic investment

• Company founder: responsible for initial concept development and several rounds of angel financing.
• First company to offer outsourced, remotely-located internet infrastructure to help companies quickly, reliably, and affordably obtain sophisticated internet presences. Had customers on seven continents, including.
• Second fastest growing company in Boulder County in 2000.
• Oversaw successful company sale at end of 2003.

US

• Developed concept of rented software and hosted applications, and negotiated partnerships with software manufacturers, for venture-backed web hosting startup.

• Responsible for financial functions of privately held multinational corporation with sales in excess of $500MM per year. Managed relationships with financial institutions. Assessed new investment opportunities.• Worked with investment bank to facilitate sale of non-core division.• Managed set-up of domestic marketing and logistics office for importing.

• Led preliminary feasibility analysis of project financing a $3B capital investment.• Prepared pro formas of the financial impacts of an ARCO acquisition of several takeover targets.• Managed investment bank advisory role for strategic ARCO study.• Determined optimal capital structure and dividend stream for a major ARCO subsidiary.

• Determined financial- and tax-driven strategies to repatriate capital for foreign ARCO subsidiaries.• Responsible for determining and implementing policies to minimize ARCO’s foreign exchange exposure.• Contributed to negotiations and $1MM settlement for breach of contract by a commercial bank investing on ARCO’s behalf.

• Marketed ARCO's excess Alaskan crude oil production, valued in excess of $100MM annually, to refineries in the Western U.S. Built productive and durable relationships. Collaboratively and competitively negotiated purchases and sales. Average sales price exceeded market average price significantly; exceeded 1994 budgeted profit by 50%. • Discovered market.

• Analyzed Alaskan petroleum industry business environment, including cash flow pro formas for relevant parties; determined long-term exploration timing and partnering strategies; presented study results throughout ARCO Alaska, including executive management.• Prepared ARCO Alaska's 1993 Exploration Long Range Plan presentation for ARCO executive.

Arlington, VA, US

• Contributed to definition of software requirements, and designed and wrote software for a 6 man-year data acquisition and control system.

Ms, Engineering -Economic Systems

Bs, Computer Science

Education record