Elliot Klein | Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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Mr. Elliot Klein
Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Elliot Klein is a leader in implementing business and consumer technology with senior management positions at American Express Company, America Online, Tribune Company, leading advertising agencies and start-up organizations.

Until January 2005, Mr. Klein was Chief Executive Officer for Opticality Corp. As CEO of the world's leading 3-D technology company focused on developing, marketing and licensing broadcast quality 3-D holographic-style displays and content production services to the advertising, retail, entertainment and scientific visualization markets, he:

  • grew the firm from 15 to 72 employees with offices in New York and Jena, Germany
  • raised over $40 million in equity
  • established a joint venture with the government of China to launch a 3-D ad display network throughout China.

Mr. Klein specializes in new technology market awareness programs for development and emerging stage high technology companies. Since graduating from New York University with a Masters in Interactive Telecommunications and an M.B.A. in 1978, he has held numerous senior management positions in traditional and emerging companies from travel related credit card services to leading the division at America Online to create the "You've got pictures" service.

Mr. Klein has experience in financial reporting, sales, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, shareholder and investor relations programs. He also serves as a member of the U.S. Postal Services Innovation Initiative Task Force and is the recipient of a 2003 medal of honor from The Mayor of the City of New York for his technology contributions to New York City.