Stuart Kliman

About Stuart Kliman

I have had a long, successful and on-going career where I have been privileged to work across a variety of industries and contexts to do what I enjoy most - help people, groups and organizations work better together through more effective collaboration. That work includes driving and enabling partnerships and partnership capability building, leadership development, and culture creation. Contexts have included my founding and running a successful consulting and training organization (Vantage Partners) and - quite differently - as a co-founder of a private equity organization (Building Industry Partners) devoted to bringing true ownership - and importantly an ownership culture - to our holdings in the lower and middle market of the building industry.In addition to the above I have been lucky to work with various start ups, including PrescriberPoint (a health care firm focused on helping HCPs get and keep patients on needed therapies) and Our.Love - a firm that was focused on creating a new tech platform supporting happy and healthy relationships. I am also proudly on the Strategic Advisory Board of the Simmons Institute for Inclusive Leadership.Finally, I am working on a leadership book with two incomparable co-authors. It is called \"All the Difference.\" My co-authors and my point of view is that \"all the difference\"(across all dimensions) in today\'s workforce is the source of incredible advantage if and as leaders can purposefully tap into it - and if they can\'t they and their organizations will fall behind those that can and do. Across these and other ventures I have been lucky to work with wonderful, collaborative and brilliant colleagues, thought leaders, operators and investors. To a one they have enhanced my life and practice.If you are interested in talking about any of the above, feel free to reach me at s••••••@vantagepartners.com or s••••••@buildingip.com. I am always up for discussing these and related issues!

Experience

1. Partner Emeritus & Senior Advisor

   Vantage Partners

   Mar 1997 — Present · Boston, MA, US

   As a founding partner of and now Senior Advisor to Vantage Partners, I provide thought leadership, complex facilitation, and project oversight to senior managers as they work to solve their most challenging business problems. While fluent in multiple business disciplines, I specialize in biopharma and other groups within the healthcare ecosystem.In a time of tremendous marketplace flux, globalization, and digital transformation, companies are increasingly reliant on partnerships and alliances to drive innovation, growth, and efficiency.Combining 30+ years of cross-industry knowledge, Vantage Partners provides consulting and training that address these issues for global enterprises ranging from technology, financial services, and life sciences, to name a few. I am a frequent speaker on the topic of partner management and have worked with hundred’s of organizations and groups to transform their culture to be more innovative and collaborative. I also have: Advised and facilitated the restructuring of board governance to meet new needs and optimize operations Advised on and supported the implementation of 20+ R&D alliances in the life sciences, realizing $100B + in investment, many of which were FDA approved Advised 80% of the Fortune 500 life sciences companies on partnering capability build out Remediated and reset operating models of multiple partnerships that were not meeting operating milestones Set up and supported the management of a real-world, evidence data partnership between a major biopharma and an AI (artificial intelligence) evidence generation firmMy clients tell me that I’m thoughtful and collaborative in creating solutions that lead to real change and real impact. It’s greatly satisfying to contribute to their success.I am also profoundly grateful for the ability to enable the alliance capability efforts that effectively bring numerous drugs to market for clients and patients.Please view the multimedia below to learn more

Education

• Franklin & Marshall College

  Bachelor's degree

• Harvard Law School

  Doctor of Law - JD