Founder and CEO
Tom Keating, Ph.D. is founder and CEO of Cognitopia, home of the Cognitopia Platform for Self-Determination, a suite of web-based tools for person-centered planning, self-direction, goal management, task analysis, and support coordination.
Keating has been focused for the past 30 years on research and development of applications for self-management, employment, and community living for individuals with cognitive disabilities and has been principal investigator on over 25 federally-funded technology
development projects.
He is also a Courtesy Research Associate in the Computer and Information Sciences Department of the University of Oregon. Dr. Keating’s perspective in all of his work has been strongly influenced by his experience of 31 years as a primary supporter for a brother who experienced autism.