Jason E. Klein

Jason E. Klein is an experienced media CEO and builder of digital and traditional businesses who has led two successful turnarounds. He is founder and CEO of On Grid Ventures, an advisory and investment firm in digital media, marketing, and information; a member of New York Angels and Harvard Business School Alumni Angels; and a mentor at several NYC-area incubators. He was most recently President and CEO of NNN, the leading national network for local media. NNN is a limited partnership with Tribune, Gannett, Hearst, Advance, McClatchy, MediaNews, New York Times and the Washington Post. Mr. Klein led its expansion from a focus on daily print newspapers to a full line provider of scalable, integrated marketing solutions encompassing web, mobile, and tablet formats.

He was CEO of Times Mirror Magazines where he helped turn around publication losses to be the most profitable magazines in the company. Mr. Klein is a founder of MDconsult.com and Healthy Living Media. He is a former management consultant with McKinsey where he developed growth and turnaround strategies for media and consumer goods companies with television networks, consumer packaged goods companies, magazine publishers, and department stores as his clients.

Mr. Klein holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an AB from Dartmouth College, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude in computer science. He serves on the board of the American Advertising Federation, and is a past board member of the Magazine Publishers of America. Mr. Klein was recognized by Media Magazine as one of “100 People to Know” in the media industry.