faculty

Lieutenant General Keith Walker
(USA, Retired, USMA 1976)

Expertise:
Leader development, team building, problem solving, change management, strategic planning, capability development, business development

Experience:
Keith began his Army career as an armored cavalry Second Lieutenant and rose through the ranks to Lieutenant General. He most recently served as the Director of the U. S. Army Capabilities Integration Center. As the “architect of the Army,” Keith developed, evaluated, and integrated concepts and requirements for Army equipment, training, leader development, and organizational design for worldwide operations. He validated research and development priorities for key Army science and technology needs and developed integrated architectures for operations.

Keith has extensive senior executive experience through the strategic level. His assignments include senior leadership and management positions in U. S. Army and Joint and Combined Forces, and thirteen years of overseas operational assignments with U. S. partners in Iraq, Kuwait, Kosovo, Bosnia, Germany, and Belgium.

Keith has served as the Chairman of the West Point Society of DC and as a Director for Stark Aerospace and Dedrone Defense. He currently is an Associate Director at Strategia Worldwide, a Strategic Advisor for Cerego and serves on the Advisory Board of Flashback Technologies. In addition to his Army and Industry experience, Keith has conducted world class leadership training for the top executives of many of the Fortune 500 companies.

Scholarly Work/Publications/Awards:

Keith has published several articles: “Engaged Leadership” (February 2023); “Gaining and Maintaining Access: An Army-Marine Corps Concept” (March 2012); “The US Army Functional Concept for Engagement” (February 2014); “The US Army Human Dimension Concept” (May 2014).  He has also received numerous military awards.

Education:
MBA, Harvard University School of Business, Boston, MA
U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS
BS, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY 

Organizations:
Association of the United States Army