Tyrone Keys

Tyrone E. Keys, Jr. is the principle in the Maryland based strategic and legislative consulting firm, Arc Adaptus, LLC. Mr. Keys has an extensive background in state and federal regulatory and legislative policy. He's represented some of the world's best known brands, including Verizon Communications, before the Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, and various State Public Service Commissions and federally empowered auditing entities such as Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and Price WaterhouseCoopers.

Mr. Keys served as a legislative assistant in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1994-1997. In Maryland's 2002 gubernatorial election he was elected to the Maryland Democratic State Central Committee and was instrumental in working, with then Governor Robert Erlich, to fill vacancies in the House of Delegates seats vacated upon the deaths of former Appropriations Chair Delegate Howard '..."Pete' Rawlings and Delegate Tony Fulton. Mr. Keys was then elected, by his peers on the Central Committee, to chair the Legislative Matters Committee of the Baltimore Delegation.

Mr. Keys was instrumental throughout Verizon's state and federal 271 Long Distance approval process. Having prepared witnesses and witness testimony for delivery before the state public service commissions of Maine, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington DC and Virginia.

Mr. Keys has represented Verizon's corporate interests in Paris, London, and Mexico City. He has also served as a board member of the Maryland Salvation Army and the University of Washington DC. Tyrone served as a member of the Board of Directors for Keller Williams Realty Centre and chairman of the Profit Committee. In this role he implemented process enhancements designed to ensure long term sustainable profitability, even in tumultuous economic times.

Mr. Keys earned a Masters in Project Management from The George Washington University in 2001.