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Keane attended Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts and received a degree in economics in 1979. He went on to Emory University getting his MBA immediately after college in 1981.
Keane had a strong interest in marketing and worked at General Mills where he spent eight years. In 1989, he joined National Foods to apply his classi Blue Chip training in a less traditional environment. THis company owned the highly regarded Hebrew National business (now part of ConAgra�s Refrigerated Group). In 1992, Keane was promoted to Vice President of Marketing and Sales for the core $250 million Hebrew National division, about the same time that ConAgra acquired the company. Keane�s last role at National Foods was as Vice President and General Manager for their poultry business where he had a $30 million P&L and a team of 200 people in sales, marketing, manufacturing, R&D, and purchasing.
In 1995, Keane was recruited to Playtex Products Company and managed the P&L responsibility for their Canadian operation with $55 million in revenues, 220 people, and a production operation.
In 1999, Keane joined Minami International, which was a private equity venture that produced, manufactured, and marketed seasonal lighting and d�cor using the Westinghouse and Sylvania licenses. Keane came in as Chief Operating Officer with full P&L responsibility for this $300 million operation selling to 45 major retailers.
In 2001, Keane was recruited to Schieffelin & Somerset as Executive Vice President of Marketing. Schieffelin & Somerset was a joint venture between Diageo and the spirits operation of LVMH to market and sell premium spirits products. The company has $1.5 billion in revenues and $600 million in operating profit from selling 15 primary brands.
In 2004, Keane joined Nice Pak Products, a $1 billion leader in pre-moistened wipes (the optimum dispensing system for liquids across a broad spectrum of applications including Consumer, Institutional and Healthcare) as President in December 2004. Keane joined Noble Biomaterials, Inc. in September 2005. | 