Keith M. Metzger

Keith M. Metzger is managing director of California based Equator Associates and an active Special Advisor of Madison Alley.

Previously at aQuantive / Microsoft, Mr. Metzger led worldwide M&A and Strategic Corporate Development for Razorfish. In this role he established a significant presence for Razorfish outside the U.S., creating the expansion strategy, sourcing, negotiating and closing acquisitions in China, the UK, Germany, France, Japan, Spain and Australia. This resulted in an overseas footprint for Razorfish of ten wholly owned offices in seven countries throughout Europe and Asia Pacific (plus two offices in Japan owned jointly with Japanese agency giant Dentsu).

Mr. Metzger was part of the executive management team at aQuantive?s Razorfish that (along with sister company Atlas) guided the company to the point of acquisition by Microsoft in 2007 for $6 billion (approximately 29 times aQuantive's 2008 anticipated earnings and the largest acquisition ever for Microsoft.)

For two years during his time with Razorfish, Mr. Metzger also had responsibility for the combined Europe and Asia Pacific P&L, with 500+ employees and annual net revenue over $70 million.

An early pioneer in the digital services industry, Keith founded a California-based agency in 1990, serving clients that included IBM, Apple, HP, and Motorola. He later moved into consumer software where he conceived of and guided the creation of a successful line of educational software published by Pearson and called an "outstanding achievement" by Business Week, and computer games published globally by Time Warner. Earlier, he began his career in agency public relations in San Francisco, worked for former U.S. Congressman and Majority Whip Tony Coelho in D.C. and served in the U.S. Department of Commerce.