Biography – Jonathan Klein

Jon is the founder and general partner of The Topline Strategy Group, a strategy consulting firm focused on emerging technology markets. He is an authority in the field of emerging market strategies and has unique insights into strategy development and growth planning. Over the last five years, Jon has worked with the portfolio companies of the nation’s leading venture capital firms to develop winning business strategies that created hundreds of millions of dollars in market capitalization.

Jon brings a unique blend of strategy consulting and hands on operating experience to The Topline Strategy Group. Prior to founding Topline, Jon was Vice President of Marketing at Promptu, a venture-backed CRM software company. He also served in senior marketing roles at Documentum (IPO 1996) and Docent (IPO 2000). Jon also worked as a Case Leader in the Chicago office of The Boston Consulting Group advising Fortune 500 clients in a range of industries on corporate growth.

He holds an MBA from The Kellogg School at Northwestern University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. He is on the Advisory Boards of http://epe.cornell.edu, Cornell University’s campus-wide entrepreneurship program, and ID Analytics.

In his spare time, Jon enjoys distance running and spending time with his family. He also has an active interest in alternative energy and the fight against global warming as a member of E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs and as a member of the board of Sunlight Electric, a solar electricity company based in San Francisco, CA.