David Keegan

David Keegan

Builder & Entrepreneur

I am a builder, designer & serial entrepreneur.

I make complicated things feel simple.

I've reinvented industries once seen as complex and unapproachable, transforming them into experiences that people love and use every day.

I build intuitive products within highly regulated industries.

Now, I am helping banks modernize with AI.

2025 - Present Fin Tech

Stealth FinTech Startup

Helping banks modernize with AI.

Building innovative products to transform the financial services industry.

2023 - 2025 Health Tech

Healthy Together

VP of Product

Modernizing health and human services to make our government the best run organization in the world.

2022 - 2025 Fin Tech

Max Travel (acquired)

Co-founder & CEO

Acquired in July 2025, Max Travel was the first rewards program with points that grow in value over time. Our unique reward points grew 3% annually and could be earned and redeemed at over 800,000 hotels worldwide.

2014 - 2022 Fin Tech

Acorns

12th employee, helped scale the company from 0 to over 5M paying subscribers and a $2.2B valuation.

VP of Product Experience 2020 - 2022

  • Ran Acorns Earn rewards program ($12M ARR)
  • Led redesign and integration of acquired (Vault) IRA product
  • Created Augmented Reality activation experience for the Acorns debit card

VP of Design 2015 - 2017

  • Grew Design team to 12 designers, and 5 user researchers

Director of Design 2014 - 2015

  • Designed Acorns app and branding, winning multiple awards: 2014 Better Futures App Design, 2015 SXSW Innovation Award, Crunchies runner-up
2013 - 2014 Health Tech

Intuitive Surgical

Contractor

Developed the iPad app for the launch of the Da Vinci XI surgical system.

2012 - 2013 Business

SignNow (acquired by Barracuda Networks)

Lead iOS Design & Development

Digital document signing & notary. Lead iOS design and development, helping scale to millions of customers and aquision.

2007 - 2012 Entertainment

Blizzard Entertainment

Senior Software Engineer - Cinematics

StarCraft 2, Diablo 3, and three World of Warcraft expansions (Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, and Mists of Pandaria).

2005 - 2007 Entertainment

Nickelodeon

Software Engineer

Worked on the Barnyard movie and television show, contributing to animation and production pipeline tools.

2002 - 2004 Health Tech

Xvivo

Intern

Medical animation studio, creating visual content to communicate complex medical and scientific concepts.