Networking Night GR

Speaker: Keith Brophy

Keith Brophy, a long-time future business trend pundit, has built a variety of national-reach, tech transformation-focused businesses from West Michigan. Keith is a past Ernst & Young Michigan Entrepreneur of the Year, and Keith’s companies have received national accolades in areas including growth and innovation.

Keith is currently COO at ADHD Online, a leading mental health telehealth provider.  Prior to this, Keith launched and served as Director of the Business Lab product innovation group at Emergent Holdings (BCBSM Subsidiary), served as State Director of the Michigan Small Business Development Center, CEO of Ideomed, and CEO/co-founder of Sagestone, among other endeavors.  Sagestone worked with many financial institutions and organizations in the early days of emerging digital finance models.

Keith has been a speaker on future trends in many venues, including testimony before state and national government bodies on business innovation.  He also teaches the “Emerging Trends” class at the Grand Valley Seidman School of Business for the Executive MBA program.

Keith has been on a range of for-profit and nonprofit boards for some of the region’s leading organizations, including Choice One Bank and the City of Grand Rapids Local Development Finance Authority Smartzone.

Keith has a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan, and an M.S.I.S. degree from Strayer University.   In his spare time, Keith keeps busy with family activities, long-distance running, and travel. Keith is one of a handful of individuals who have completed ultramarathons in their teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s.