Venadar
Keith Cowan has a diverse and extensive work experience. Keith currently serves as the Chief Development Officer at Rivada Networks, where they oversee the transformation of wireless networks into markets. Prior to this, Cowan was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Venadar, a corporate growth firm that facilitates collaborations between corporate clients and emerging companies. Keith also founded and led Cowan Consulting Corporation as the CEO. During their time at Sprint Corporation, Cowan held the position of President - Strategic Planning and Corporate Initiatives and played a crucial role in strategic planning, corporate development, and joint ventures. Earlier in their career, they held various leadership positions at BellSouth Corporation, where they were responsible for strategic planning, corporate development, marketing, product management, and network field operations. Cowan started their career as a Partner at Alston & Bird LLP.
Keith Cowan attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1974 to 1978, where they earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Political Science. Keith then pursued their legal education at the University of Virginia School of Law from 1979 to 1982, obtaining a JD degree.
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Venadar
Corporate Growth. It's what we do by enabling corporate partnerships. Since 2005, Venadar has successfully helped over 40 Fortune 500 companies, along with countless other businesses across dozens of industries, expand and innovate their services, products and business models to generate significant revenue growth. We identify and evaluate potential external partners, often entrepreneurial and emerging companies, to accelerate the execution of your company’s strategic growth initiatives. We assist our clients in the vetting of the strategic, operational, contractual and even cultural alignment of potential partners -- all as necessary to increase the odds of a good partnership. We've proven that dedicated corporate venturing and partnership efforts focused on strategic value - not just financial value - can create powerful new growth engines that capture new markets, enable new business models, and attract new customers.