Keynote Address

Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 8:30 - 9:00 am

“Innovate and Prosper”

Robert J. Keegan is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. He was elected chairman effective July 1, 2003, and chief executive officer January 1, 2003.

Prior to joining Goodyear, Mr. Keegan was president of the Consumer Imaging business and an executive vice president of Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, N.Y.

Mr. Keegan began his Kodak career in 1972 with distribution and marketing staff assignments in Rochester. He held a series of positions in finance and marketing in the United States and Europe before being named general manager of Kodak New Zealand in 1986. Returning to Rochester in 1987, he was named director of finance for the Photographic Products Group. In 1990, he was named general manager of Kodak Spain. In 1991, he was named general manager of Consumer Imaging for Kodak's European, Middle Eastern and African Region. In November 1993, he was elected a corporate vice president.

In 1995, Mr. Keegan left Kodak to join Avery Dennison Corporation, in Pasadena, Calif., as executive vice president and global strategy officer.

In July 1997, he returned to Kodak as president of Kodak Professional and was elected a corporate vice president. In October 1997, Mr. Keegan was appointed president of Consumer Imaging and elected a senior vice president. He became an executive vice president of Kodak in January 2000.

Mr. Keegan received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, N.Y., and a master of business administration degree in finance from the University of Rochester.

Mr. Keegan and his wife Lynn have two children.