ADM Timothy J. Keating, USN (Ret.)
CEO, Keating Global, LLC
Vice Chair, Board of Directors
Admiral Timothy J. Keating retired in December 2009 after serving for three years as the Commander of the United States Pacific Command, headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. His area of responsibility included over 3.4 billion people and half the surface of the earth. While in command, Admiral Keating visited over 30 countries, meeting diplomats, military officials, academicians and commercial leaders to emphasize active engagement with national and international partners in preserving the security and stability upon which the Asia-Pacific region’s success depends.
Prior to his tour at Pacific Command, Admiral Keating was Commander of the United States Northern Command, responsible for protecting the United States homeland and providing support to federal, state and local officials in time of crisis. Simultaneously, he was Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, providing aerospace warning, air sovereignty and defense for the United States and Canada.
Previous tours include service as the Director of the Joint Staff in the Pentagon; command of the United States Fifth Fleet and all naval forces in the United States Central Command, headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain; Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Plans, Policy and Operations) in the Pentagon; command of the USS Kitty Hawk Battle Group stationed in Yokosuka Japan; and Deputy Director for Operations (Current Operations) on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon.
Admiral Keating held command positions at the Naval Strike Warfare Center, a Carrier Air Wing and an F-18 Squadron. Admiral Keating is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and was a Chief of Naval Operations Fellow with the Strategic Studies Group in Newport Rhode Island. He has accumulated over 5,000 hours of flight time in tactical jets and has landed on Navy aircraft carriers over 1,200 times. In addition to numerous awards from the United States, he has received military decorations from Great Britain, Bahrain, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan and Singapore, and is a proud Honorary Master Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy.