He was a board member of Hewlett-Packard who was asked to step down in light of the controversy surrounding disclosure of sensitive information to the media.

[7] He worked as a liaison between TV Answer and Hewlett-Packard which eventually led to a manufacturing and marketing partnership between the two companies that was designed to speed the development of the first national interactive television system.

[2] In February 2005, Fiorina left the company and Patricia Dunn, non-executive chairwoman, continued the investigation.

[2] As part of a larger scandal, a subcontractor used pretexting to expose Keyworth as the source of an alleged additional leak to CNET, and he was outed in a May 18, 2006 board meeting.

HP board chairman Patricia Dunn expressed regret for the intrusion into his privacy.