Full Name
Catherine Lang-Cline
Job Title
President/CEO
Company
Portfolio Creative, LLC
Speaker Bio
Catherine Lang-Cline is a highly accomplished CEO, entrepreneur, and C-Suite executive who brings an innovative vision and design thinking to a broad range of sectors including consumer products and services, financial services, and technology. Catherine has a proven track record in creating high-value business models such as marketplaces and digital platforms, and deep expertise in entrepreneurship, strategy, marketing, and human resources. She also brings a deep background in board governance through her extensive experience serving as a board director for non-profit and industry boards.
With 18 years of experience as the CEO of Portfolio Creative, Catherine Lang-Cline is heralded by her peers as a top executive with 5 consecutive years as Columbus CEO - Most Admired CEO, Smart Woman - Progressive Entrepreneur Award, Smart 50 Award, Business First Influential Women to Know, Small Business Leader Award - Finalist, NAWBO Visionary Award - Finalist, 6 years honored as an Inc. 500-5000 Fastest Growing Privately-Owned Companies, WELD "Women You Should Know", Columbus Chamber Entrepreneur of the Year, Business First Best Temporary Employment Agency, 6 years awarded the Business First Fast 50, E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist.
Catherine brings 15 years of experience in marketing for Fortune 500 companies and small to mid-sized businesses prior to starting and scaling her own business in 2005, Catherine contributed her expertise in marketing and design in the category of retail consumer goods, personal products, banking, travel, and more.
As a business leader, public speaker, and thought leader, Catherine is also an expert in entrepreneurship, strategy, marketing, human resources, and culture building making it possible to assist in large-scale changes within organizations that include affecting the bottom line. Catherine’s thought leadership can be experienced in blogs, articles, her podcast Illumination Bureau and her podcast The Secret Art of Business. She has also been invited to speak at The Ohio State University, The Fisher School of Business, The American Staffing Association, and the WSBA Women’s Leadership Conference.
Catherine earned and maintains a Staffing Professional Certification with the American Staffing Association for over a decade. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Northern Illinois University.
With 18 years of experience as the CEO of Portfolio Creative, Catherine Lang-Cline is heralded by her peers as a top executive with 5 consecutive years as Columbus CEO - Most Admired CEO, Smart Woman - Progressive Entrepreneur Award, Smart 50 Award, Business First Influential Women to Know, Small Business Leader Award - Finalist, NAWBO Visionary Award - Finalist, 6 years honored as an Inc. 500-5000 Fastest Growing Privately-Owned Companies, WELD "Women You Should Know", Columbus Chamber Entrepreneur of the Year, Business First Best Temporary Employment Agency, 6 years awarded the Business First Fast 50, E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist.
Catherine brings 15 years of experience in marketing for Fortune 500 companies and small to mid-sized businesses prior to starting and scaling her own business in 2005, Catherine contributed her expertise in marketing and design in the category of retail consumer goods, personal products, banking, travel, and more.
As a business leader, public speaker, and thought leader, Catherine is also an expert in entrepreneurship, strategy, marketing, human resources, and culture building making it possible to assist in large-scale changes within organizations that include affecting the bottom line. Catherine’s thought leadership can be experienced in blogs, articles, her podcast Illumination Bureau and her podcast The Secret Art of Business. She has also been invited to speak at The Ohio State University, The Fisher School of Business, The American Staffing Association, and the WSBA Women’s Leadership Conference.
Catherine earned and maintains a Staffing Professional Certification with the American Staffing Association for over a decade. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Northern Illinois University.
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