Full Name
Adam Kleinberg
Title
Co-Founder & CEO
Company
Traction
Bio
Adam and his partners founded Traction in 2001 (in the spare bedroom of his apartment) on the principle that doing great work is easier with talented people you like and admire. Twenty great years of collaboration with some of the world's greatest brands have borne out that philosophy.
In 2019, he led the transformation of Traction into a marketing accelerator to better serve the needs of brands in today's fast-paced, data-driven environment. He plays a hands-on strategic role with Traction's clients to help ensure that their business objectives are aligned with the needs, desires and behaviors of their customers.
A prolific writer, Adam has spoken at dozens of industry conferences around the world and published over one hundred articles in industry publications such as Adweek, Ad Age, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Mashable, and others. In 2013, he was a MediaPost All-Star, an award given to the three most influential digital creatives in the US each year. In 2024 Traction was named the best talent management team in America in the Campaign Agency of the Year Awards and they are currently a finalist for that same award in 2025. He is an amateur bonsai artist and can occasionally be found at Lake Merritt in Oakland practicing tai chi.
In 2019, he led the transformation of Traction into a marketing accelerator to better serve the needs of brands in today's fast-paced, data-driven environment. He plays a hands-on strategic role with Traction's clients to help ensure that their business objectives are aligned with the needs, desires and behaviors of their customers.
A prolific writer, Adam has spoken at dozens of industry conferences around the world and published over one hundred articles in industry publications such as Adweek, Ad Age, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Mashable, and others. In 2013, he was a MediaPost All-Star, an award given to the three most influential digital creatives in the US each year. In 2024 Traction was named the best talent management team in America in the Campaign Agency of the Year Awards and they are currently a finalist for that same award in 2025. He is an amateur bonsai artist and can occasionally be found at Lake Merritt in Oakland practicing tai chi.
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