Joseph P. Keithley is Chairman of the Board President and Chief Executive Officer of Keithley Instruments Inc. in Cleveland Ohio. Mr. Keithley has served as the company's Chairman since February 1991 and President and CEO since November 1993. Keithley graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1971 and a Master of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering in 1972. He received a Master of Business Administration with distinction from the University of Michigan in 1976. Upon graduation from Cornell Keithley joined Eaton Corporation where he worked as a manufacturing engineer and later as a market research analyst in the Truck Component Group. Since joining Keithley Instruments in 1976 Joseph P. Keithley has held various positions in manufacturing sales marketing and division management. Keithley is a member of the Board of Trustees of Case Western Reserve University and the visiting committee of the Case School of Engineering. He also serves on the advisory council of Cornell University's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is a NorTech board member and Vice Chairman of the Board chairing the electronics cluster and OhioICE initiative. He is a member of the Ohio Aerospace Council (advocacy and strategy council for NASA Glenn) and is a director of The Cleveland Foundation. Keithley is a director of Brush Engineered Materials and Nordson Corporation and is an advisor to Early Stage Partners. |