T-IMPACT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Founder
- CEO of T - Impact
My name's Keith Stagner and I'm the CEO of T-Impact. I've been in the IT industry for three decades and in that time I've driven change in some of the largest organisations in the world.
People ask if I have always been so driven by the idea of change and progress. The truth is that growing up in the small town of Lynchburg, Virginia, with limited experience of the world, I only had very modest ambitions. I felt sure I would always be happy staying in that small community and living a simple and comfortable life, but that was all to change.
At twenty years of age I was shot in the back four times. I was still awake when they started operating to stop the internal bleeding, then spent a month in intensive care. It was only thanks to the incredible work of the medical team that I was kept alive. Lying in that hospital room surrounded by machines and cables, I think that was the first time that I appreciated the full power of technology when in the right human hands.
When I was discharged, I was a changed person. I felt like it was me against the world and I had limited time to achieve something with my life. As the years passed I became able to channel my anger and frustration more positively. My determination to show everyone that I wouldn't be put down increased my drive, and I became obsessed with making the most of every opportunity. I have since travelled to over 80 countries, worked with dozens of businesses, large and small, and learnt how to drive change successfully in all cultures. The challenges are seldom due to technology.
Thirty years have passed but the impact of that experience (along with two of the bullets) remains with me to this day. I have become obsessed with positive transformation, for individuals, companies and society as a whole, and believe that technology holds the key for us to unlock that potential, and make the best impact on this world that we can.
Job Titles:
- Head of Commercial, Talent Acquisition & HR