Mr. Keith A. Wilton has been President of Heritage Commerce Corp. since April 7, 2017 and its Chief Operating Officer since February 18, 2014. Mr. Wilton has been President of Heritage Bank of Commerce at Heritage Commerce Corp since April 1, 2017. Mr. Wilton served as the Executive Vice President at Heritage Commerce Corp. since February 18, 2014 until April 7, 2017. Mr. Wilton served as Chief Operating Officer and President of Heritage Bank of Commerce since February 18, 2014 and April 1, 2017 respectively. He served as the Executive Vice President of Heritage Bank of Commerce since February 18, 2014. He served as Managing Director of The Alta Group, LLC since March 4, 2013. He served as an Executive Vice President at Pacific Capital Bancorp in Santa Barbara, Calif., since 2010. He served as an Independent Consultant assisting private equity firms in exercising due diligence on potential investments in financial services firms and assessing the turnaround plans of existing management of portfolio companies. He served as the Head of Specialty Finance at Greater Bay Bancorp. From 2002 to 2007, he served as the President of Specialty Finance Group and Corporate Executive Vice President at Greater Bank Bancorp of East Palo Alto, Calif., where he drove the development and implementation of business plans focused on improving the performance of the bank's struggling health care practice financing, equipment leasing, asset-based lending/factoring, resident mortgage lending, international trade finance and Small Business Administration lending units. He served as Senior Vice President and Division Manager of the National Automobile Leasing Division, also as President of the Pacific and Atlantic Regions for Wells Fargo Bank's Auto Finance Group. He also has held management positions with AT&T Capital Corporation and American National Leasing Corporation/Foothill Bank, driving improvements in credit management, portfolio quality and asset management. Mr. Wilton graduated from the Stanford Executive Program in 2006, received a Masters Certificate in Internet Marketing from the University of San Francisco's School of Management and a Bachelor's degree in Urban Land Economics and Finance from the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business.