John Keating is senior vice president of Tessera’s corporate development program. Keating has 25 years of business development and finance experience in new corporate ventures and early stage technology businesses. Since joining Tessera in 2003, he has played a key role in spearheading the company’s mergers and acquisitions, which have driven the company’s long-term growth strategy.

Prior to Tessera, Keating was chief operating officer for Santel Networks, Inc. and interim chief financial officer and vice president of Business Development at Novera Optics, Inc. At these two Silicon Valley start-ups, he raised equity funding, established partnering deals, and led business development and marketing teams. Keating was also a vice president at Amoco Technology Company, where he managed M&A and corporate ventures. Prior to joining Amoco, he was a founder of Simulaser Corp., a developer of military electro-optical systems.

Keating holds master’s degree in business administration and bachelor’s in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles. He serves on the education committee of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and is a member of the Silicon Valley chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth.