Keith Larson, Group Publisher/Vice President of Content

Keith Larson is editor-in-chief group of Control and group publisher responsible for Endeavor Business Media's Industrial Processing group, including Chemical Processing, Control, Control Design, Food Processing, Pharma Manufacturing, Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Processing and The Journal. He holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois-Urbana and worked as a research engineer for Amoco Chemicals before joining Putman. He holds several U.S. and international patents and led the Putman editorial team that in 1997 received the prestigious Jesse H. Neal award for editorial excellence from the American Business Press, the highest journalism award given by the business-to-business press community.