About Us

Investment Committee

Timothy J. Keating

President

  • 1997 Founded Keating Investments
  • 1994 – 1997 Managing Director of Bear Stearns International Limited (London) responsible for proprietary trading
  • 1990 – 1994 Founder of European Equity Derivative Products department at Nomura International plc (London)
  • 1985 – 1990 Proprietary trader and institutional salesman at Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. in New York and London
  • 1985 AB in Economics, Cum Laude, from Harvard College

 

Kyle L. Rogers

Chief Investment Officer

  • 2001 Joined Keating Investments
  • 1999 – 2001 Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York and Chicago
  • 1999 BA in Government, Captain of varsity football team, Dartmouth College
  • CFA Charterholder

 

Frederic (Rick) M. Schweiger

Chief Operating Officer

  • 2010 Joined Keating Investments
  • 1999 – 2010 Founded Garisch Financial, Inc., which provided business and financial consulting services to private companies with a going public strategy
  • 2004 – 2006 Registered representative of Keating Securities
  • 1993 – 1999 CFO of Old World Industries
  • 1991 – 1993 Chief Acquisition Officer of The Boucher Group, Inc. in charge of business acquisitions, corporate finance and risk management
  • 1987 Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University
  • 1985 – 1990 Corporate attorney with concentration in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, tax planning and employee benefits
  • 1985 JD, Magna Cum Laude, from Marquette University Law School
  • 1982 B.B.A. in Accounting, Magna Cum Laude, from University of Notre Dame

 

Origination

Jaran T. Burt 

  • 2010 Joined Keating Investments
  • 2009 Summer Associate  at Keating Investments
  • 2005 – 2008 Manager at U.S. Synthetic
  • 2010 MBA from the University of Denver
  • 2008 BA from Brigham Young University

 

Rexford A. Darko

  • 2008 Joined Keating Investments
  • 2004 – 2007 Founder of Griffen-Rose LLC, a boutique equity research firm in New York
  • 2002 – 2003 Due diligence analyst at Prospect Street Ventures, a New York venture capital firm
  • 1993 – 2000 Founder of Goldline Entertainment Services
  • 2001 MBA, Dean’s List, from Columbia Business School
  • 1991 Masters in Law from University of London

 

Daniel T. Morris

  • 2011 Joined Keating Investments
  • 2004 – 2011 Director of Semiconductor Research at Oppenheimer & Co.
  • 1998 – 2002 Senior Research Analyst at Analysis Group, Inc.
  • 2004 MBA from University of California, Berkeley
  • 1998 AB in political science, Cum Laude, from Princeton University

 

Christine M. Neusen

  • 2009 Joined Keating Investments
  • 2008 – 2009 Accounting Associate at Private Advisors, LLC in Richmond, VA
  • 2004 – 2008 Doctor of Chiropractic, practicing in Oregon, Colorado, and Virginia
  • 2004 Doctorate in Chiropractic, Magna Cum Laude, from Western States Chiropractic College
  • 2001 Dean’s List, University of Wisconsin – Madison

 

Corporate

 Margie L. Blackwell

Investor Relations Director

  • 2000 Joined Keating Investments
  • 1993 – 2000 Consultant for specialty physicians practice in Denver
  • 1982 – 1993 Plan Manager for Tele-Communications, Inc.’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • 1978 – 1981 Special Projects Assistant for Director of Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Pacific

 

Ranjit P. Mankekar

Chief Financial Officer

  • 2006 Joined Keating Investments
  • 1999 – 2006 Manager, Audit and Assurance Services with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
  • 1999 Recipient of the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants Gold Medal for earning the highest score in Colorado's May CPA Exam
  • 1999 MS in Accounting and BS in Business Administration, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Colorado at Boulder

 

Amber L. Wilbers

  • 2010 Joined Keating Investments
  • 2010 Executive Assistant to President/CEO and COO at Rocky Mountain Health Plans
  • 2009 Various administrative support positions within Insurance, Staffing and Healthcare companies
  • 2008 – 2009    Administrative Assistant to VP of Finance at OnPoint Underwriting
  • 2007 – 2008    Data Analyst at Telwares