Larry Keating, President and Chief Executive Officer

Larry Keating is founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Keating Technologies. Through an integrated sales, service, and marketing strategy, Larry has built the company into what is today regarded as a premier representation model in North America. Since its inception in 1987, the company has been responsible for bringing more than $1 billion in technology products to Canadian businesses and consumers.

Larry is the Founding Chairman of the Ministers’ Technology Advisory Group for the Province of Ontario. The group is an ad hoc committee offering vision and industry insight to the Province’s technology strategy, with the goal of making Ontario the most technologically progressive society in the world. He is also a member of the Chair’s Advisory Council on e-Government for the Province of Ontario.

Larry has been active in a number of other advisory boards and committees such as Chairman of the Board for Vanity Software Corp. 

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Bill Keating, Vice-President, Technical and Operations

Bill co-founded Keating Technologies in 1987 with his brother Larry. He built Keating's Technical and Operations business with the customer in mind, evidenced by the premium service delivered today. From technical services to warranty, repair and upgrade programs, Bill's team fields 200,000 support calls and fulfills 85,000 shipments a year. 

These services have garnered our clients many awards throughout the industry for the high quality of care and resolution provided. In addition to building a successful customer care business, Bill's education and background as an electronic technologist, and his entrepreneurial spirit, have enabled him to address the company's internal needs with the creation of Keating's Information Systems department. 

The I.S. team maintains the systems that form the foundation upon which the rest of the company functions as well as implementing processes that increase the effectiveness of Keating's best practices.

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James Woolley, Vice-President, Finance and Administration

James and his team manage all aspects of Keating’s administration, accounting, finance and reporting. James is a Certified General Accountant with over 20 years experience in the fields of finance and software/systems development.

James’ depth of knowledge in the areas of financial management & controls, costing, project management, and planning provide Keating Technologies with the information and guidance needed for successful financial stewardship.

James' prior experience includes several years as the Corporate Group Controller for a diversified group of companies including manufacturing, distribution, and real estate, along with several years with Honeywell/Bull Information Systems.

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Tom Ward, Vice-President, Marketing and Product Management

Tom is a seasoned veteran with a proven track record of driving growth through successful management of high performance teams. He brings senior executive and entrepreneurial skills together with extensive sales and marketing expertise.

Tom's career has been marked by repeatedly taking risks on joining start-up operations and using his sales and marketing skills to help develop and establish their businesses into market leading positions. Prior to joining Keating Technologies in 2008, he was a founding employee of ATI Technologies and MGI Software, helped NEC and AST successfully enter the Canadian market and helped Celestica and Sanmina-SCI move from traditional Electronic Manufacturing Services to an Original Design Manufacturing business model. As VP of Distribution Sales - Americas for ATI Technologies, Tom quadrupled sales from C$60 Million to over $250 Million thereby positioning ATI as the #1 graphics powerhouse in the retail and distribution channels. While at AST, Tom led marketing and developed the retail, national reseller and distribution business to increase sales from $27 Million to over $190 Million and catapult AST to #3 position in Canada in just 2 years. While at MGI, Tom led the marketing for this home digital editing software startup directly competing with Microsoft, Adobe and Corel.

His leadership abilities, professional MBA training and comprehensive business experience make him a valuable addition to the Keating team.

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Dave Thomas,
Vice President-Emeritus, Branded Products Strategy

Dave is responsible for establishing Keating Branded Products business and leading it into further success and growth. Having spent more than 18 years at IBM in various senior management positions in Canada and the U.S., Dave built several new business areas such as IBM's PC Business and Retail initiatives.

Most recently, Dave was Vice-President, Sales and Marketing at IPS Automation, significantly growing its revenue. Previously, he held executive positions including President and CEO, Vanity Software and Vice-President, Sales, Merisel Canada.

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