Allied Telesis
Keith Southard has a strong work experience in the technology and communications industry. Keith started their career in 2000 as the Director of Product Management at Allied Telesyn, Inc., where they were responsible for the launch and management of new products in the US market. Keith'srole included supervising a team of Senior Product Managers and achieving revenue and market share goals.
In 2003, Keith joined MTA Communications as the Business Manager, where they oversaw the day-to-day operations of an IP Video system, including Cable TV, High-Speed Internet, and Video on Demand services. Keith was involved in various start-up activities, such as network build-out, content acquisition, and marketing. Keith also had full profit and loss responsibility for the enterprise.
In 2008, Keith became the Chief Executive Officer at Allied Telesis Capital Corporation. In this role, they led a Triple Play CLEC operator that served US Airbases in Japan. Keith was responsible for all aspects of the operation, including operations, regulatory compliance, marketing, and sales.
Overall, Keith Southard's work experience demonstrates their expertise in managing products, operations, and leading organizations in the technology and communications industry.
Keith Southard completed a Certificate Program in Executive Marketing Management Program from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1998. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Wayland University in the years 1989 to 1992.
Allied Telesis
Our world is increasing in complexity. Organizations are changing at an ever-increasing rate. Businesses face an uphill battle to adapt to change and to stay ahead of the competition. At the same time, our cities are increasingly becoming more populated; and with this growth, issues such as demand on resources and public safety become a key focus for government and civic leaders. Today, more than any other time, you need a technology partner that has both the vision and the capability to take your network communications to where you need them to be. Allied Telesis has been supplying network communications solutions for over 30 years. Today we are engaged in some of the most advanced and innovative next-generation network research, focusing efforts on development and production of more intelligent, autonomously controlled and managed systems that will be required to meet the demands of a world of Internet Things and smarter everything. The capabilities and performance of next-generation networks will be defined by the software that configures, secures, manages and automates the infrastructure. Our R&D investments are putting us on the main stage in the exploding era of IoT. As cloud computing uses servers, applications and other resources linked via a network, the infrastructure of that network and the ability to autonomously discover, manage, troubleshoot and resolve network issues will become fundamental to network operations. We also take advantage of our position as a network specialist to provide software solutions needed for network administration. These range from administration and monitoring of network equipment to authentication of connected devices and network status analysis. Our world-class global professional services organization offers unsurpassed support together with network design recommendations, project consultation, staging services and post-installation support.