Stephen Klein
CEO, ActiveBuddy, Inc.
As Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Klein is responsible for establishing
and implementing the overall strategic vision of ActiveBuddy, Inc. Klein
has extensive experience launching and supporting various Internet ventures
in capacities such as founder, marketing consultant and board member, and is
a noted pioneer in bringing marketers to the Internet.
In 1997 Klein founded iballs, a pioneer of Internet ad placement and
tracking. After two profitable years he sold the company to Avenue A Inc.,
but still maintains the title of Chairman of iballs (now called
AvenueA/NYC). Klein is a co-founder of Wattage Monitor Inc., a company
dedicated to intermediating price and service options for consumers and
businesses in deregulated utility markets. He is also a founder and Venture
Partner for Dawntreader Funds LP, a venture capital fund dedicated to
early-stage Internet companies. He sits on the boards of a number of
companies, public and private.
Klein began his career in the advertising industry, first at Grey
Advertising in planning and research roles and later as Managing Partner of
kirshenbaum bond & partners, where he helped grow the agency from 15
employees to over 400 in 10 years. Klein built and ran kb&p's media
department, interactive services unit and IT department, and managed
accounts including Snapple, Netscape, theglobe.com, uBid and DLJDirect. His
team's work on Snapple's first Web site (one of the earliest consumer brand
sites) earned him high praise as a brand marketer who "got the Net."
Klein is a graduate of Columbia University.
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