Overview

Gender

male

In high school, Keith was a rising star in martial arts with a second place showing at the annual North American Bok Fu Championships. When overtraining led to knee problems, he healed himself by paying intense attention to and reprogramming his movement patterns. This began a lifelong fascination with the effects of attention and awareness on well being that manifested in a PhD in experimental psychology from University of Washington (studying how beliefs about oneself affect oneself), guild certification as a Feldenkrais movement practitioner, and publications in top ranked psychology journals.

In addition to having fists of fury, Keith also harbors an inner nerd. Upon seeing a Pong video game in his local bowling alley, he began teaching himself assembly programming and bit mapped graphics so that he to could create games. This ultimately led to a Math/CS degree at Stanford, numerous tech patents, senior positions at both failed and wildly successful startups, and approaching two decades in technology spanning software engineering, usability, statistics and machine learning. He pinches himself every morning to make sure that he really does work for Lively, a technology platform designed to increase well-being and connection through awareness.