Keith Bergelt
| Keith Bergelt | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 11, 1958 New York, NY |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Alma mater |
Duke University, AB 1979 Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, JD 1982 Theseus Institute – International Management Institute, MBA 1995 |
| Employer | Open Invention Network |
| Title | CEO |
| Website | Management at openinventionnetwork.com |
Keith Daniel Bergelt (born September 11, 1958) is an American corporate executive and former U.S. Diplomat. A pioneer in intellectual property consulting and finance, he is now CEO of Open Invention Network where he is responsible for coordinating the establishment and maintenance of a patent ‘‘no-fly” zone around Linux. As such, he is responsible for safeguarding an open and competitive landscape in key technology markets such as back-office transaction processing, mission critical IT applications, mobile communications/smartphones, and desktop computing.
Bergelt was born in New York City and was raised in the village of Bayville, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. He attended St. Boniface Martyr School in Sea Cliff, New York and is a graduate of Locust Valley High School. He was a high school classmate of Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
Bergelt holds degrees from Duke University’s Trinity College (AB), the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University (JD), and Edhec Business School (Theseus MBA). In addition, he has studied management at INSEAD and Institut National des Telecommunications (INT) in France and economics and technology policy at University of San Francisco’s McLaren Graduate School of Business.
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