Keith Krach is an entrepreneur, former U.S. diplomat, and civic leader who has built companies, institutions, and global alliances at the intersection of technology, trust, freedom, and transformational leadership. Krach currently serves as CEO of Freedom 250, the national initiative helping lead the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. He is also Chairman and Co-Founder of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, where he helped create the discipline of Tech Diplomacy to align governments, companies, and international partners around trusted technology that advances freedom, security, and prosperity. Krach serves as Chairman of the U.S. Taiwan Business Council, working to strengthen trade, investment, technology cooperation, economic security, and trusted commercial relationships between the United States and Taiwan. He also serves as Co Chairman of the Global Tech Security Commission.
From 2019 to 2021, Krach served as U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment after being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. He led American economic diplomacy and developed the Clean Network, an alliance of trusted countries, companies, and organizations formed to secure critical technology infrastructure from authoritarian influence. His work helped establish trust as a foundational principle of international technology policy and economic statecraft.
In the private sector, Krach served as Chairman and CEO of DocuSign, where he led its transformation into a global digital transaction platform and built the DocuSign Global Trust Network. Earlier, he co-founded and served as Chairman and CEO of Ariba, creating what became the world’s largest business commerce network. He also co-founded mechanical design software company Rasna and, at age 26, became the youngest Vice President in General Motors history.
Krach has spent much of his career developing and applying a leadership model centered on trust, team building, innovation, and transformational change. His work has spanned technology, manufacturing, diplomacy, education, philanthropy, economic security, and civic leadership.
As America marked its 250th anniversary, Krach continued to write and speak about the ideas that have shaped his career, including innovation and America’s freedom to fail and the importance of trust as a source of national strength. His recent work has also explored leadership, freedom, and America’s next chapter, as well as the role of trusted technology in expanding economic opportunity.
Krach earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Purdue has awarded him an honorary Doctorate in Industrial Engineering. For additional biography, speeches, interviews, and institutional resources, visit KeithKrach.com.
