Chuck Kleiner, Ed.D., Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Chuck is responsible for leading the sales and marketing efforts of SMARTHINKING.
Chuck is an award-winning, high performing sales professional with more than 20 years experience in the education market. During his career, Chuck has been in sales positions at Wasatch Education Systems and Jostens Learning. He was the Western Regional Vice President at Riverdeep and National Vice President of Sales for Academic Systems. Before coming to SMARTHINKING he was president of Kleiner & Associates where he advised companies in the areas of strategic planning, sales management, new product launches and business expansion.
Not only is Chuck a successful sales professional, he is also an accomplished magician, having practiced the art since he was 11. Chuck has worked as a magician in Cleveland, Ohio as well as in Hollywood, California. He has been awarded with the Order of Merlin from the International Brotherhood of Magicians.
Chuck received his Doctorate of Education and Master of Arts in Education from USIU (now called Alliant University) in San Diego. He graduated from Hiram College in Ohio with a BA in English.