Summary
Keith Donald is a founder and software entrepreneur with 14 years of experience building products and organizations that tackle social and technical challenges. He co-founded SpringSource, led development of core projects like Spring MVC and Spring Web Flow, and helped scale the company from consultancy to a multi-million dollar acquisition. For over a decade he has shifted focus from enterprise developer platforms to mission-driven work through Steadytown, applying engineering discipline to homelessness, affordable housing, environmental restoration, and community development. His background includes systems and network software for government and telecom clients, demonstrating a deep comfort with both low-level systems and high-level frameworks. Keith combines hands-on product architecture with convening and research skills—he not only builds software but also designs programs and events that educate and mobilize communities. Based in Melbourne, Florida, he blends entrepreneurial grit with a long track record of shipping widely used developer tools and training thousands of engineers.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Management Information Systems, B.S., Management Information Systems at University of Alabama