Keith Myers co-founded Mainline Ventures in 2023 to deliver elevated sourcing and negotiation
strategies to the Energy and Industrial sectors. With over a decade of Oil & Gas leadership,
from engineering & operations to commercial roles before transitioning to management
consulting, Keith found a need to enhance negotiation science best practices with analytics and
macroanalysis to deliver strategic sourcing models designed to meet the industry's greatest
needs; Driving cost improvement, increasing access to innovation and ensuring supply chain
resiliency.
Prior to launching Mainline Ventures, Keith served as Senior Managing Director for a boutique
strategy firm specializing in high stakes negotiations. At the firm, he was responsible for
managing and growing the consulting practice - specializing in leveraging a systematic
application of behavioral & negotiation science to enhance strategic sourcing & partnerships,
GTM strategy, and M&A efforts for Fortune 500 and large private clientele across the energy,
industrial & manufacturing, technology, and healthcare sectors.
His expertise in leveraging analytics and engineering precision to inform strategic and
commercial execution has consistently improved bottom-line performance in highly competitive
& ‘low’ leverage situations.
Keith delivers a cross-functional perspective to supply chain & sourcing engagements, having
previously held engineering and operations roles at ConocoPhillips and several private E&P’s as
well as executive sales in the OFS sector.