Ron Keith

Ron Keith is chief operating officer at Riverwood Solutions (RWS), a provider of outsourced operations support and supply chain management services based in Menlo Park, California and Shenzhen China. RWS provides assessment, implementation and ongoing management services to its OEM clients that helps them to maximize the value of their outsourced supply chain. Prior to joining Riverwood, Ron was a founding partner of Oreamnos Partners, an operations focused consultancy in Windsor, CA. Ron also worked for more than eight years as a vice president and general manager at Flextronics where he ran a number of different divisions including multinational operations with annual sales in excess of $1B.

Ron writes for VentureOutsource.com leveraging his previous EMS executive experience, providing sound guidance for OEMs in his articles.

Before joining the EMS world, Ron worked for some of the world's largest electronics OEMs including Westinghouse, Rockwell International, and Alcatel. Ron has undergraduate degrees in both engineering and manufacturing as well as a masters degree in international management and an MBA in operations.

In addition to his other responsibilities, Ron is an independent director of privately-held Clear-View Technologies. He lives with his wife Judy and their dog Gilligan, splitting their time between their boat in Redwood City and a small vineyard in Healdsburg, CA.