Cindy Steiner

Cindy Steiner

Cindy Steiner is a 15-year veteran international presentation coach (fluent in French, Spanish, English, with working knowledge of German) who has been quite successful in working with CEOs and their management teams on their presentations for investors, mergers & acquisitions, analysts, VCs, the Media, Board of Directors, clients, and channel partners. She has helped her clients successfully raise money from seed funding all the way through to completed IPOs. At present, most of her clients are in the San Francisco Bay Area, though she also works in Europe and on the East Coast.

Particular strengths include

Adapt a corporate presentation to a specific audience - i.e., convert a technical presentation into an effective, attention-grabbing presentation that attracts investors
Take a not-so-effective presenter and turn him/her into a powerful, convincing presenter who gets results – i.e., funding!
Fine-tune the presenter’s skills for Media interviews
Create keynote speeches for clients and coach them on effective delivery
Present keynotes on various subjects herself – i.e., “European American Business Cultures” and “Present with Punch”
Conduct group presentation training in-house (i.e. sales & marketing)
Conduct mini-programs of 2-4 hours for off-sites, quarterly sales/executive staff meetings, etc.

Representative Accomplishments

Performed lead role in startup and growth of international consulting firm providing marketing, communications, and cross-culture training to American and European businesses.

Successfully manages client relations, marketing, program development, and account management activities for Steiner International Communications

Coached a COO who replaced the CEO at the last minute on a critical presentation to a group of investors. She obtained $3 million in funding two days later!

Coached a CEO from New York on his investor presentation. He received $11 million in funding immediately after our sessions

Coached a CEO, co-founder, and CFO on their successful IPO road show

Taught European executives how to give business and sales presentations to succeed in U.S. markets. Did the same for American executives addressing European markets

Conducted group presentation programs in French in Paris for GEMS (GE Medical Systems) for several years and helped them address their American management more effectively

Assisted European bankers in the U.S. on their presentation to potential clients. Enhanced sales presentations resulting in sharp increases in new business

Coached scientists of several bio-tech firms on their presentations for medical conferences which resulted in much improved peer evaluations

Performed media coaching for editor of a leading business magazine which led to much more polished and “in control” image (as per media feedback)

Recognized as professional speaker on European-American business cultures

Created and developed investor presentation from scratch (from their Business Plan) for start-up medical device company

Representative Clients:

Ernst & Young, SoftBank, Symmetricom, Wofex, TrueSpectra, Deloitte & Touche, GEMS (Paris, France), HP, Company 51, ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inhale Therapeutic Systems Inc., Allegis Capital …

Education

University of California, Irvine, MA Spanish

California State University, Long Beach, BA English

University of California Berkeley, La Maison Francaise, BA French

Certificate, Instituto Mexicano-Norteamericano de Relaciones Culturales, Mexico City

Completed courses towards PhD at University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Professional Experience

Principal of international consulting firm specializing in presentation/media coaching (1987 – present)

Taught International Business Communications in MBA program at UCI (1991)

Assistant professor of English at University of Lausanne, Switerland (1988-90)

Taught advanced level classes in “International Business Communications” and English for senior-level business people and MBA students at Business School Lausanne and other colleges and universities in Switzerland (1985-90)

Assisted in organizing and producing international congresses and seminars for universities, businesses, and non-profit organizations (1985-92)

Worked as journalist in Paris, France for Mexico City newspaper (1975)

Taught high school English, French, Spanish in Newport Mesa Unified School District in California (1971-85)