ABOUT US

Steve Klinenberg
Princpal Consultant

Steve Klinenberg has more than 30 years’ experience as a COO, CFO and Senior level Executive in Entertainment, Advertising, Technology & Start-up companies. Most recently, Steve spent 9 years as President and GM of Gravillis Inc., an Entertainment Marketing Agency. Steve spent 12 years as SVP, Technology & Operations and Chief Operating Officer for 1K Studios (acquired by Cinram), a digital agency working with major studios, gaming and technology companies. Steve has also served as COO & CFO of Production Company start-up PhilmCo Media and CFO for start-up Connecting America. Earlier, he served as General Manager for a start-up data mining SaaS provider at the Internet incubator eCompanies. He also served as Vice President, Operations for the publicly traded Internet services company Rare Medium Inc. after it acquired DigitalFacades, where he was General Manager. He earned his MBA from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA and his BA in Political Science from Brown University.

"Steve is the rare person who is equally skilled in both Financial and Operational issues. While working together, Steve did everything from building financial models for start-ups, to managing day to day Finance and Operations as a Fractional CFO & COO for an Amazon product business. Steve gets things done."

Ben Smith
Managing Partner, Chancebending Ventures, Inc

Three people are in a meeting room. One person is standing and pointing to a whiteboard filled with diagrams and flowcharts, while the other two are seated at a table with laptops and notebooks. The atmosphere appears focused and collaborative.
Three people are in a meeting room. One person is standing and pointing to a whiteboard filled with diagrams and flowcharts, while the other two are seated at a table with laptops and notebooks. The atmosphere appears focused and collaborative.

★★★★★

"I worked with Steve in both smaller environments and much larger multi-national corporate environment and he excelled in both situations. He is able to bring the same clarity and perspective to the CEO, legal counsel, finance or the receptionist with effective communication. That kind of cross-vertical capability and MBA clarity makes Steve an asset to any team and a pleasure to work with.

★★★★★

Joe Gill
Director, Editorial and Information Technology, Cinram 1K Studios

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Bright living room with modern inventory