Who Is Keith Parnell?
30+ years building and scaling businesses. Now spending that experience translating tech decisions for the people who actually have to make them — parents, small business owners, and anyone helping a parent stay safe online.
Keith spent 30+ years in marketing and technology before any of this. In 1997 he founded JASE Group, a creative advertising and technology agency, and ran it as CEO until selling the company in 2018 — guiding clients through million-dollar growth along the way. From 2016 to 2020, he served as a Virginia Governor-appointed Commissioner on the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads, Hampton Roads Transit's governing board. More recently, he led marketing for Ghent Eats, a Norfolk, Virginia restaurant group behind Cogans Pizza Ghent, Cogans Pizza North, Craft on Colley, and Hank's Filling Station.
None of that is really what kp. is about, though. Keith is a husband, a father of two daughters, and a grandfather of three — and family comes before all of it. kp. exists because the same questions kept showing up at the dinner table and in text messages from his own parents: is this text a scam, is this screen-time limit reasonable, is this AI tool actually worth paying for. Three decades of building and marketing real businesses turned into a habit of cutting through noise to find the actual answer — this is that same habit, aimed at the questions his own family and friends keep asking him.
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What's Keith Parnell's background?
30+ years in marketing and technology. He founded JASE Group, a creative advertising and technology agency, in 1997 and sold it in 2018. He was appointed by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to serve as a Commissioner on the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads (Hampton Roads Transit's governing board) from 2016 to 2020, and led marketing for Ghent Eats, a Norfolk, Virginia restaurant group.
Why did Keith start kp.?
Because he kept getting the same questions from his own family — his kids asking about screen time rules, his parents asking if a text was a scam, other business owners asking which AI tool was actually worth paying for. kp. is that same plain, direct advice, written down for anyone else asking the same things.
Does Keith still do consulting?
Yes. Alongside this site, he offers growth and infrastructure consulting for founders and small teams — the same strategic thinking behind three decades of building and scaling businesses, applied directly to yours. Details on the Consulting page.
Is kp. written by Keith personally?
Yes. Every Article reflects his own judgment and voice, not a ghostwriting team or a generic AI output pretending to be personal advice.