Keith Kreuer

Keith Kreuer has over 30 years of experience in starting and building innovative, customer-oriented information technology companies. As a Principal with RedHouse Associates, Keith specializes in helping early stage companies create their business plans, define product roadmaps and build processes that scale. In his role as a co-founder or investor, Keith has assisted startup teams in achieving a dozen positive exits, with returns of over $1.5 Billion in value to their founders and investors. Keith is an active Angel Investor in the Houston and Austin Startup Ecosystems and has participated in over 90 private investments. He is a mentor and advisor to the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, Capital Factory, Station Houston, as well as the Rice University OwlSpark and University of Houston Red Labs Accelerator programs. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Goodwill Industries Houston, Lemonade Day and is a past board member of Target Hunger. Keith was an early investor in idera and served on the Board of Directors until it was acquired by TA Associates in 2014. Keith co-founded PentaSafe in 1997 and served as its Director of World-Wide Services & Support until its acquisition by NetIQ in 2002. Prior to that, Keith was co-founder and President of Penta, Inc., a Houston-based software consulting firm which was acquired by VeriCenter in February 2000. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kreuer served in various positions as Director of Operations for Generator Systems, Consulting Manager for Ernst & Young, and Software Development Project Manager for Exxon, U.S.A. Mr. Kreuer is a graduate of Iowa State University, where he received a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Computer Science.