KEITH KEMPH

President & CEO

Keith Kemph is President & CEO of BlackFin Group. He is a twenty-seven-year veteran of the mortgage banking, consumer lending, and financial services industry. Keith has dedicated his career to helping firms ensure successful execution of critical business and technology projects that will allow them to operate more efficiently and effectively. Keith's career includes progressive management and executive roles with Citigroup, Bank of America, Dime Bank, and Merrill Lynch. Keith began consulting in 2008, first as an independent and then spending seven years with a nationally recognized, top tier financial services consulting firm in the role of Managing Consultant, where he worked on multi-year, multi-million-dollar projects. Armed with years of financial services and management consulting experience, Keith developed a vision of bringing a new consulting model to market –one that provided transparent, fixed rate, project pricing. This was the impetus that birthed BlackFin Group. Keith has extensive experience working at lenders, banks, software vendors, service providers and consulting practices, which led to his gaining a broad level of expertise in business strategy, sales and marketing, operations, technology, training and cultural transformation. He is well-versed in arriving and implementing strategies that help both the top and bottom lines for businesses of all sizes. In addition, Keith holds significant experience with the latest technologies that effectively support enterprises and their partners. He has developed a vast, trusted national network of expert resources, which has quickly positioned BlackFin Group as a leader in business and technology consulting. As President & CEO, Keith is responsible for managing the day-to-day strategy, partnerships, and operations of BlackFin Group. Keith regularly attends both national and regional mortgage and financial services conferences, sits on panel sessions and roundtables, serves as a regular thought leader in the media, and is an active participant in his local community such as being Chairman of the Board for Umps Care Charity.