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Robert Keane is the president and CEO of VistaPrint, the company he founded in 1995 to develop technology which delivers high-quality, low-cost graphic design and printing to small businesses and consumers with premium customer service. A veteran of the small business market, Robert’s vision for VistaPrint emerged from his experience with the development of a retail kiosk design and printing system and from his in-depth knowledge of the small business desktop publishing software market.
Bringing knowledge in direct marketing, desktop publishing, manufacturing operations and strategy, Robert has led VistaPrint to the success it has achieved to date. With more than 10 million customers, VistaPrint regularly receives an average of over 22,000 orders per day and more than 850,000 new customers were added in the quarter ending June 30, 2007.
Robert previously served as an external consultant to Microsoft with the Microsoft Publisher desktop publishing product team for whom he researched and advised on the graphic design and printing needs of small businesses in Europe. He earned his B.A. in Economics from Harvard University (1985) in Cambridge, Mass. and his M.B.A. from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France (1994). Robert founded VistaPrint in January 1995. | 