Burt Keating

Burt Keating has spent the last 20 years leading global field operations in private equity-backed and publicly traded companies, as well as the military. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President of Operations at USIC where he led numerous operational excellence initiatives, including a transformation of the company's quality culture and programs. Burt also oversaw the integration of three utility locating company acquisitions.

Prior to USIC, he held multiple operational leadership roles at Granite Services, Inc. As Global Productivity & Quality Director, Burt led continuous improvement initiatives to standardize and optimize gas and steam turbine outage performance across 90 countries and 2,000 jobsites. In his role as Europe Region Director, he had full accountability for safety, quality, and productivity of projects in Italy, East Europe, and Russia. As Americas Region Director, he was responsible for maintaining GE's aeroderivative gas turbine fleet in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and South America.

He also served 20 years in the U.S. Navy's Submarine Force retiring in 2020 as a Commander. Notable career achievements include two Western Pacific deployments; qualifying Nuclear Engineer Officer; serving as the U.S. Navy's representative to the United Arab Emirates; and finally, as the Commanding Officer of a submarine maintenance reserve unit.

Burt holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Science in Engineering from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette; he received his Master of Engineering Management from Old Dominion University.