Michael Stein

Stealth AI Startup

Partner / CMO 

TIPPINGPOINT Inc.

TIPPINGPOINT Inc. is a global firm, comprised of consultants who occupy that unique space between brand development and larger business needs. This structure ensures that we can quickly deliver the right team, with the right experience and expertise, to every client, anywhere in the world. The quality of our people is the cornerstone of our ability to get unmatched results. For this reason, we invest tremendous resources in identifying exceptional people, developing their skills, and creating an environment that fosters their growth as leader.

We study markets, trends, and emerging best practices, in every industry and region, locally and globally. All of our consultants contribute time and expertise to developing these insights, because they are integral to our ability to help clients achieve their goals. They are people who have done and still do the work. 

Our personal histories are the product of the companies we have founded and worked for and the tremendous success of the companies themselves as well as their brands.

THE TIPPING POINT 
is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.  Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed best-seller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, has already changed the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.

Chief Marketing Officer

The Lambesis Agency

The Lambesis Agency is a brand development agency specializing in the creation of iconic brands by establishing a deeper emotional and cultural connection with consumers. For the past two decades, Lambesis has applied a style-based approach to branding across prestige and mass prestige products ranging from fashion and spirits, to electronics and travel, to fitness and music, gaining the company international recognition. The agency has a reputation for building iconic style and design based brands, having extensive knowledge of cultural and consumer insights, and a mission to “raise the general aesthetic.” 

Malcolm Gladwell wrote an article entitled “The Coolhunt”, published in The New Yorker, which focused on Lambesis’ L Report and its ability to predict fashion, music, and other cultural trends. Inspired by the tremendous response to his article, Gladwell made it the foundation for his best selling book, The Tipping Point. In the book, he dedicates an entire chapter to Lambesis’ work on the Airwalk Footwear campaign, which he examines the “epidemic spread of trends” among youth culture and the power of word-of-mouth influence. The research methods and techniques the agency used to brand clients pioneered the development of less traditional marketing methods, including the creation of buzz, viral marketing, and the use of short films online (for Airwalk and SKYY Vodka).

Outsourced CMO

ONE+K

Acquired by Space 150 in 2015

ONE+K, a subsidiary of the digital agency space150, is a full-service creative agency that helps companies engage and interact with customers. We develop campaigns, products and experiences that integrate the best of Film & TV, Game Console, Web, Mobile, Social, Live Event and other media channels.

We are creatives, strategists, technologists and industry specialists who have come together to dream up and create the next big things.

VP Marketing/Business Development

Darkstrand, Inc.

As a Founder/CEO of Darkstrand, Inc, a technology start-up, formed with the explicit purpose of commercializing the next generation digital network - National Lambda Rail (NLR), a 12,000-route mile digital network linking 33 major cities and numerous high –performance computing centers with users including NASA, NOAA, Media and Telecommunications industries.  I successfully incorporated Cloud/Grid Computing & Storage strategies into the network architecture to create a very distinct business model with the utilization of network topology.  I have an extensive background in digital marketing/branding/communications, technology and process optimization, with specific focus on the utilization of marketing and technology to gain a distinct, competitive advantage.

Founder/CEO

Digital Kitchen

I was Vice President – Marketing/Business Development for DIGITALKITCHEN,  a cutting edge, Emmy award winning, Digital Marketing/Design Agency working exclusively with top Studios, Corporations, Advertising Agencies and Production Companies.  I was intimately involved with all aspects of strategic positioning from market research, Business development, competitive analysis, concept strategy, marketing/branding, implementation and execution.  DIGITALKITCHEN is the most Emmy award nominated firm in its category of Main Title Design and has garnered multiple top awards.

VP - Marketing/Business Development

BOS Systemhaus Consulting

Launched Zurich, Switzerland based consulting firm into the US marketplace.

Director - Marketing/Business Development

Engineering Consulting Firm

Launched CAD/CAM service company from start up to multimillion dollar enterprise.

Executive Accounts Manager

CMO + Innovator + Strategist + Disruptor

A highly innovative, creative & accomplished strategist with extensive experience in marketing, branding, digital and media campaigns with more than 20 years of experience in marketing &  technology fields.  A former CEO, CMO and COO with Board level experience.

A demonstrated track record of driving substantial growth and business development, improving operations, and successfully creating solutions for complex business problems at both Fortune 500 and start-up organizations in domestic and global markets - a Disruptor 

Featured in Fast Company Magazine, Inc., Entrepreneur Magazine as well as a finalist for the  Chicago Innovation Awards and a panelist at FORTUNE Magazine BRAINSTORM – TECH Conference.  A regular speaker & panelist in both the advertising & technology industries
  
Selected as one of the 400 most creative people invited to the Google – ZEITGEIST – Thought Leadership Conference and Winner of Always On - Global 250 Hottest privately held companies – Stanford University

Certified USA Football Coach
Certified SCUBA

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