David W. Keith

****-*******: PRESIDENT/CEO, KTG Consulting, LLC, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Provides Strategic Planning and Programming, Sales and Marketing, Information Technology, and Training and Education management consulting services. Principal current client is Planned Systems International, Inc, a federal contractor of Medical and IT services located in the Washington, D.C., area. Developed bid proposals for original IDIQ awards and associated Task Order Bids.

1993 – Present: PRESIDENT/CEO, KTG Enterprises, Inc, dba Lifting Off Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Provides preschool, and school age services for 92 children. Directs 15-20 teachers. Doubled enrollment to capacity (45 to 92 students) within one year of purchase and repeated this in the last year, as the economy recovered and the unemployment rate declined. Member, Colorado Department of Education School Readiness Assessment Subcommittee,. Awarded Colorado Department of Education Results Matter/Teaching Strategies Gold Expansion Grant, Cohort 1 (Part of Race to the Top). Personally handled accounting, payroll, marketing, compliance and safety, food service, vehicle operations, and facility management programs in support of $400K annual program.

1995 - 1997: VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR, Colorado Child Care Association, Denver, Colorado. Developed and implemented policy for statewide trade association. Reviewed pending legislation and regulations.

1991-1993: Database Marketing Manager, Shepard’s/McGraw-Hill, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Directed $2.5M annual direct mail sales program, increasing annual sales from $1.25 million to over $3 million, while increasing return on investment for mailers from $0.85 to $1.15 per mailer in two years. Created mailer design specifications, chose lists, and analyzed campaign performance. Generated telemarketing and field sales leads. Designed/programmed marketing oriented relational database system supporting product development and sales. Created Competitive Products databases and Executive Decision Support and Environmental Scanning Systems.

1987-1991: Director, Policy, Plans, and Programs, USAF Academy, Colorado. Designed and directed corporate planning, programming, and budgeting board processes, which produced the Academy’s Master Objective Plan, $1.5 billion Six Year Defense Plan, and annual President’s Budget, totaling over $250 million/year. Created 90 current operations plans annually. Executive for the Board of Visitors. Directed North Central Accreditation Review for all support functions. Designed and implemented the Academy's first-ever graduate census. Funded programs, which expanded terrazzo repair and maintenance ($3.0m/year) and cadet dormitory furnishing replacement ($2.5m/year), and corrected 200 outstanding accreditation violations at the hospital ($1.5m/year). Secured funding to complete four major construction projects (over $56m) and to replace the entire Indoctrination Flight Training Program aircraft fleet ($12m).

1986-1987: Commander, Detachment 4, 40th Special Operations Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Commanded peacetime rescue and recovery operations throughout Utah. Provided range support for high level weapons systems tests, including the Ground Launched Cruise Missile. Maintained world-wide combat mobility commitments. Supported the Coast Guard, Drug Enforcement Agency, and Bahamian Strike Forces in the Caribbean, resulting in seizure of over $100 million in illicit drugs.

1982-1986: Congressional Liaison Branch Chief, HQ Air Force, Pentagon. Special Assistant to Secretary of the Air Force for Academy policy. Program Element Manager for the Academy’s $250m annual budget. Presented weekly Congressional Staff briefings on Capitol Hill to educate staffers on the Academy admissions system; hosted annual orientation trips for 120 Congressional staffers to the Academy. Developed Office of the Secretary of Defense policy, enabling foreign cadets to enter the US military academies, and USAF policy for assigning non-rated graduates. Published AF Admmission and Disenrollment Regulations..

1980-1982: Assistant Professor, Curriculum Director, and Deputy Department Head, Professional Studies Department, USAF Academy. Designed and implemented 85% of department core curriculum content delivered to 4500 cadets each year. Developed warfighting awareness training enacted throughout the entire Air Force. Supervised 15 teachers and directed department testing and assessment programs. Lab director for POW training.

Additional: Combat Rescue and Special Ops Flight Examiner with over 2000 flying hours. Credited with saving 55 lives. Director, Diocese of Colorado Springs Foundation Board. Former President, Finance Committee, and subcommittee chair Marketing Committee, St. Mary's Catholic High School, Colorado Springs, CO.

Distinguished Flying Cross for Heroism, Meritorious Service Medal (5), Air Medal (2) Air Force Commendation Medal (2). Distinguished Graduate: Undergraduate Pilot Training, Security Police Operations Training, and Squadron Officers' School. Two-time Finalist, Jabara Award for Airmanship and MAC nominee, McCay Award.

Authored two books (Contrails and US Force Employment Concepts), three professional journal articles, and two major conference papers. Five-time presenter Colorado Early Education Conference. Presenter, Air War College Symposium on Low Intensity Conflict Doctrine. Numerous internal Operating Policies and Directives.

B.S., USAF Academy (History); M.S., University of Southern California (Systems Management). Graduate of USAF Undergraduate Pilot Training, Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, and Armed Forces Staff College.