Rolf Kleiner


Rolf E. Kleiner is Founder and Principal of Renatus Partners LLC, a consulting and facilitation practice focused on embedding the capacity for effective change in organizations with an emphasis on business model change in the HR Solutions marketplace.
Prior to founding Renatus, Kleiner was senior vice president and Chief Innovation Officer at Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA, KELYB). Kelly is a leader in providing workforce solutions headquartered in Troy, Michigan. A veteran outsourcing and staffing professional, Mr. Kleiner was responsible for creating a new foundation of workforce solutions for the evolving workplace. Named to the position in 2012, Mr. Kleiner was responsible for Kelly’s efforts in developing an open and collaborative innovation practice, focused on disruptive business model development. He has been a presenter at several innovation venues, including the Center for Innovation Management Studies at North Carolina State University, where Kelly was a member company. In 2014, Staffing Industry Analysts named Mr. Kleiner to their annual Staffing 100 list.
Prior to his role as the company’s Chief Innovation Officer, Kleiner previously established and oversaw the development of Kelly Services Outsourcing and Consulting Group - KellyOCG, serving as its Senior Vice President and General Manager from 2008 to his appointment as CInO in 2012. From 2001 to 2008, Mr. Kleiner was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the International Division at Kelly Services. He also served as Senior Vice President of the Science and Healthcare Group at Kelly.
Mr. Kleiner joined Kelly Services in 1995 and launched the Kelly Scientific Resources® business unit. This represented the first introduction of dedicated scientific staffing into traditional staffing services. Today, Kelly employs more than 400 clinical research professionals and 4,500 scientists throughout more than 100 locations in North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim.
Prior to joining Kelly, Mr. Kleiner had 19 years of experience in providing innovative products and services to the scientific community. He held a technical sales position at IBM and was one of seven principles that pioneered the concept of providing temporary scientific professionals through the launch of Lab Support, Inc. in 1986.
Mr. Kleiner holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in natural sciences from the Department of Natural Sciences’ Water Resources and Water Pollution Control Department at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland.