After completing his MBA in 1989, Keith joined Oracle and worked as an AE in their DMD Direct Marketing Division, at the time run by Marc Benioff, where Keith became one of the leading sales reps.

In January 1992, Keith acquired a small equipment brokerage in the semiconductor industry. Keith reconceived the business from a brokerage to an arbitrage model and created CAE (Corporate Asset Exchange), the first used equipment marketplace in the Semiconductor industry. At the heart of the trading system were data and contact management systems that gave CAE the most accurate contact information in the industry, which was critical to enabling the arbitrage model. Arbitrage and the underlying systems and methodologies became CAE’s key advantage in the space. The company grew to approximately 70 employees and over $100 million in gross merchandise sales. CAE became adept at facilitating complex International transactions. Keith sold the business in January 2014.

Since that time, Keith co-founded a boutique integration and distribution company in the data storage space. While operating that company, he returned his focus to contact management and technology to facilitate communication with prospective clients. Keith’s prior experience with CAE gave him a unique insight into the need for timely and accurate contact data and this became the genesis for Modigie.

David Pauli is a cofounder and COO/CTO at Modigie. In this capacity, David oversee’s platform architecture, engineering, operations and finance.  As a member of the executive committee, he drives Modigie’s technological vision & strategy and aligns them to the business problems to be solved.

David has over two decades of startup, middle-market, and Fortune 500 experience in multiple industries, including technology (software and hardware), consumer packaged goods, industrial products and manufacturing, insurance, investment banking, asset management, and other diversified industrials. David has worked with global firms such as Salesforce, Oracle, IBM, Capgemini, and other notable firms, developing and implementing enterprise solutions. As an entrepreneur, David has been a founder or early-stage advisor to multiple firms in CPG and professional services.

David holds a master’s degree (M.S.) in computer science and has earned advanced certificates from Stanford University and Cornell.