Mr. Keith Evans PhD

biography

Dr. Keith Evans founded Adaptive Advisors, Inc. in 1984 as a management consulting firm serving the senior housing industry, higher education as well as high technology and Internet companies. Services focused upon start up and growth organizations, organizational development, staff retention, operations and sales and marketing. Keith is an expert in re-engineering troubled companies, managing people and complex organizations, problem solving and identifying personnel strengths to build effective, collaborative work teams and successful organizations. He continues to provide hands-on consulting services to client companies nationwide and is currently providing marketing/organizational development services for a continuing care retirement community in California; developing the human resources infrastructure for a new upscale international-theme restaurant in Las Vegas and providing ongoing market research/market feasibility research expertise for national housing demographic company.

Keith also oversees Adaptive Advisors’ Internet presence and technology development. In 2003 Adaptive Advisors, Inc. developed an innovative website, MultifamilyJobs.com and SeniorLivingJobs.com, to provide targeted, cost effective job search services to both candidates and companies involved in the specialized fields of multifamily and senior living housing. The website fills the need for an industry specific job board with flexible services.

His early career included management of business affairs/operations in institutions of higher education and health care companies, followed by sales/marketing assignments in high technology software/hardware firms and in the full service retirement and senior care housing industry. Keith has decades of business experience working as both an internal and an external consultant. He understands the needs of customers, employees, and management.

Keith has held executive positions with Basic American Retirement Communities, Inc., Senior Resource Group, University of Colorado, San Diego City College, Marriott Senior Living Services, Ibis Systems, Inc., and International Tele/conferencing Company. Among others he has worked in a consulting capacity with Hostar International, a firm providing materials management and employee retention services for the lodging industry; Lucas Corporation, an operator of long term care facilities; and the National Farm Credit Council; Regis University; Meridian, Inc., a retirement housing and long term care operator; Beverly Enterprise’s retirement housing division; Evergreen Healthcare, Ltd., and operator of skilled nursing properties; Indiana Secondary Schools Association; Rocky Mountain Institute of Health and Performance; CommuniCare, Inc. and Grane Healthcare, both operators of assisted living communities, long term care centers and home health care; TidePointe, a 75 million dollar upscale, condominium-based continuing care retirement housing development; Mt. San Antonio Gardens, a lifecare community; and National Church Residences, an operator of full service retirement communities.

Keith holds a B.S. and a M.S. in Psychology from the Penn State University and a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan.