Tom Keller

Mentor at TechStars

Greater Denver Area

Current
  • Director at Entrepreneur's Foundation of Colorado
  • Trustee at Colorado Conservation Trust
  • Mentor at TechStars
Past
  • CEO at Net Infrastructure Corporation
  • Director of Business Development at Interliant Corporation
  • Vice President, Finance at USA Petroleum Corporation
  • Senior Financial Analyst at Treasury - Corporate Finance Division, ARCO Corporate HQ
  • Senior Financial Analyst at Treasury - Banking, ARCO Corporate HQ
  • Marketing Representative at Crude Oil Marketing Group, ARCO Oil & Gas Co.
  • Financial Analyst at Planning and Evaluation Department, ARCO Alaska
  • Software Engineer at The Boeing Company

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Education
  • Stanford University
  • University of Washington
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Tom Keller’s Summary

Experienced CEO. Track record of success. Repeated demonstrations of opportunity identification, capital and team formation, operational excellence, and exit.

Tom Keller’s Specialties:

Leadership. Strategic Management. Exceptional problem-solving ability.

Tom Keller’s Experience

  • Director

    Entrepreneur's Foundation of Colorado

    (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    April 2009 — Present (9 months)

  • Trustee

    Colorado Conservation Trust

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Renewables & Environment industry)

    August 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

  • Mentor

    TechStars

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    June 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

  • Founder and CEO

    Intense Debate, Inc.

    (Internet industry)

    January 2008 — November 2008 (11 months)

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

  • Lecturer

    Front Range Community College

    (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

    January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)

    Taught class in Microeconomics

  • CEO

    ClickCaster, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    February 2007 — September 2007 (8 months)

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

  • CEO

    Net Infrastructure Corporation

    (Internet industry)

    1998 — 2003 (5 years )

    • 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 Fortune-50 companies.
    • Second fastest growing company in Boulder County in 2000.
    • Oversaw successful company sale at end of 2003.

  • Director of Business Development

    Interliant Corporation

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; INTC; Internet industry)

    1997 — 1998 (1 year )

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

  • Vice President, Finance

    USA Petroleum Corporation

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

    1996 — 1997 (1 year )

    • 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 $11MM of product.

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    Treasury - Corporate Finance Division, ARCO Corporate HQ

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ARCO; Oil & Energy industry)

    1995 — 1996 (1 year )

    • 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 $500,000 investment bank advisory role for strategic ARCO study.
    • Determined optimal capital structure and dividend stream for a major ARCO subsidiary.

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    Treasury - Banking, ARCO Corporate HQ

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ARCO; Oil & Energy industry)

    1994 — 1995 (1 year )

    • 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.

  • Marketing Representative

    Crude Oil Marketing Group, ARCO Oil & Gas Co.

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ARCO; Oil & Energy industry)

    1993 — 1994 (1 year )

    • 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 opportunity and solely negotiated $150MM term purchase, resulting in estimated ARCO profits of $5MM

  • Financial Analyst

    Planning and Evaluation Department, ARCO Alaska

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ARCO; Oil & Energy industry)

    1990 — 1993 (3 years )

    • 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 management and Board of Directors. Presentation was voted best amongst ARCO's operating companies.
    • Identified as "high potential"

  • Software Engineer

    The Boeing Company

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BA; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

    1986 — 1988 (2 years )

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

Tom Keller’s Education

  • Stanford University

    MS , Engineering -Economic Systems , 1988 — 1990

  • University of Washington

    BS , Computer Science , 1982 — 1986

Additional Information

Tom Keller’s Websites:

Tom Keller’s Groups:

http://www.coloradoconservationtrust.org/
hhttp://www.boulderperformance.net/

  •    Executive Suite
  •    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
  •    Leadership Think Tank
  •    University of Washington Alumni Group
  •    CXO (CEO, COO, CKO, CFO, CMO, CAO, CVO, CDO, CRO, CLO, CSO & CTO) Community
  •    Stanford University Alumni
  •    Awesome Mountain Biking
  •    TechStars
  •    Boulder Denver New Tech Meetup
  •    Sensor Networks
  •    Defrag 2008
  •    Boulder County Business Report
  •    TechStars Mentors
  •    Deal Flow Source

Tom Keller’s Honors:

- Boulder County's 2nd fastest growing company in 2002 (Net Infrastructure Corporation)

- Boulder County Business Report 2008 IQ Award for Innovation Finalist (Intense Debate Corporation)

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