His [Keith’s] leadership provided an effective and healthy forum for the discussion of cultural challenges, operating needs, and efficiencies along with the necessary opportunity amalgamation … Keith was mindful of the challenges involved in change and the human needs and legacy structures that the teams encountered and worked to journey through.

He was highly attentive to the needs of both organizations and their people throughout the process and contributed in no small way to the final product and the merged entity that exists today.