Keith Dunne

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About me ...

Keith Dunne is an entrepreneur with solid experience in identifying business opportunities, developing strategies, and executing plans to increase sales, profits and operating efficiencies. For example, in the 1990s, he was an early pioneer in identifying an emerging, secular change in the electronics industry that led to a new line of business for a leading investment bank that resulted in over $90MM in revenues as the company, Robertson Stephens, assisted clients in raising over $8 billion in expansion capital and completing numerous acquisitions. Coupled with his efforts in analyzing and understanding industrial and commercial markets, Keith developed a national reputation for his integrity in estimating earnings potential, recommending equity investments, and servicing clients as has been recognized in surveys by leading publications including The Wall Street Journal, Institutional Investor, Forbes and The.Street.com. In addition, Keith has been a guest speaker on financial newscasts and at institutional investor seminars and trade association meetings including for CNBC, CNNfn, ROBtv in Canada, and The Economist in the United Kingdom, among others.

More recently, Keith supplemented his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation with a Real Estate Broker’s license and has turned his attention to the real estate industry, which he believes is creating attractive investment opportunities due to turmoil in credit markets. Previously, Keith earned a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Southern California and Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration at San Diego State University with an emphasis in finance. He has also taught finance at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, California.


My thoughts on ...
EMS companies I have worked with
As a securities analyst at Robertson Stephens, I founded the EMPS (Electronic Manufacturing Products and Services) practice at RSCO and met or worked with most every material EMS Company in the business from 1996-2002.

What I think about low-cost manufacturing
Efficient supply chain management skills have helped redefine the meaning of "low-cost" manufacturing to help ensure that delivered products are affordable to a wider range of potential users.

One of my favorite quotes
Don't give up, give back.

Some of the countries I have visited for work or play
US, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, China, Malaysia, Korea, Singapore, S. Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Swaziland to name a few.

A favorite electronics gadget
My blackberry