Keith Schaefer

Keith Schaefer, Co‐founder, Chief Executive Officer and President of BPL Global^®, Ltd., plans, directs and manages all aspects of the company’s strategy, business development, operations, strategic partnerships and financing.

Over the past 24 years, Mr. Schaefer has held senior management positions with companies ranging from hyper‐growth start‐ups to Fortune 100s and a Global 500 company. He has co‐founded or led more than ten start‐ups and two buy‐outs, and was instrumental in completing two Initial Public Offerings and nine trade sales.

Prior to BPL Global, Schaefer was Senior Partner at Constellation Partners and previous to that Executive Partner and member of the Executive Committee at US Web/CKS. He served as Executive Vice President at Viacom and President of Paramount Communications Technology Group, where he established and successfully led the Venture Capital Group and set up early initiatives and strategic alliances with Microsoft, AOL, and Nickelodeon. Previously, Schaefer held presidential and CEO positions at Computer Curriculum Corporation and Worlds of Wonder, and was Executive Vice President at NEC Technologies. He began his career in sales and marketing at Procter & Gamble, followed by Clorox, and then achieved the position of Executive Vice President at Atari Corporation.

Mr. Schaefer earned a Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Pittsburgh. He is a past President of the Alumni Association and a current Trustee of the University of Pittsburgh, and is actively involved with the University’s $2 billion capital campaign. Schaefer serves as an Advisory Board Member of the Hesselbein Global Academy for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement. He was co‐founder of the Socrates Society at The Aspen Institute. Schaefer also co‐authored the best‐selling Internet marketing book Net Results, which has been used as a reference text at leading business schools.