Jeff Kauflin

Management Consultant

United States21 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led fintech coverage and edited prestigious lists at Forbes.
Co-founded Business Journalism Task Force for Latino journalists.
Over a decade of experience in marketing consulting and journalism.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Media professional with extensive experience in journalism and marketing consulting.

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Data AnalysisJournalismWritingMarket ResearchManagementQuantitative ResearchMarketing StrategyResearchMarketing ResearchLeadershipAnalyticsCustomer InsightQualitative ResearchTalent AcquisitionTalent Management

About

I lead our fintech coverage at Forbes. I edit our annual Fintech 50 list and 30 Under 30 list for fintech, and I’ve written frequently about leadership and corporate diversity. I also co-founded and am co-chair of the Business Journalism Task Force for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), which is dedicated to supporting, inspiring, and educating Latino journalists about the power and breadth of business journalism. Before Forbes, I worked for ten years in marketing consulting, in roles ranging from client consulting to talent management. Have a tip, question or comment? Email me at jkauflin@forbes.com, reach me on Signal at jeff.273 or direct message me for my phone / Whatsapp number. Follow me on Twitter @jeffkauflin.

Experience

Forbes

4 roles

Senior Editor

Promoted

Jun 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

Associate Editor

Promoted

Dec 2020 – May 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

I lead our fintech coverage at Forbes and also write about blockchain technology and investing.

Staff Writer

Sep 2016 – Nov 2020 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Covered two beats: leadership and the workplace, followed by fintech, blockchain and investing.

Intern Reporter

Jun 2016 – Sep 2016 · 3 mos

Wrote feature stories for the entrepreneurs section of Forbes.com
Managed two weekly newsletters

Marketing evolution

3 roles

Associate Vice President, Talent Management

Promoted

Aug 2012 – Aug 2015 · 3 yrs

Led talent acquisition
Designed and implemented retention strategy
Managed end-to-end performance-review system

Director, Operations

Aug 2010 – Aug 2012 · 2 yrs

Designed a new training system for all new hires; built a training portal to standardize the training process
Led effort to standardize research methodology across entire company; rolled out new research designs, which achieved 80% adoption by client service teams
Researched, coordinated, and rolled out new shared file server that will save an estimated 500 labor hours per year

Director, Client Services

Nov 2006 – Aug 2010 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Served as client lead on consulting projects with the goal of optimizing marketing strategies of Fortune 500 companies
Led CPG client to increase research engagement with Marketing Evolution by 206% over an eleven-month period
Managed all aspects of Return on Investment (ROI) research delivery, including proposal writing, study design, client relationship, data interpretation, deliverable creation, generation of recommendations, and presentation of results

Freelance

Business Journalist

Sep 2010 – May 2016 · 5 yrs 8 mos · New York, NY

As a freelance business journalist, I focused on technology and startups. I wrote for Entrepreneur, Fast Company, and Business Insider.

Nielsen

Senior Research Analyst

Sep 2004 – Nov 2006 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Westport, CT

Market Research Analyst at BASES, a new-product marketing consulting division of Nielsen. Primary responsibilities were to create sales forecasts, write research reports, and consult with clients on how they could make their products more broadly appealing.