Our executive team

Ron SheklinManaging Partner

Ron brings to Ironcliff Partners more than 20 years of experience building businesses both as a consultant and as an operator. As a consultant, he has been a Managing Director at strategy boutique Silver Ridge Advisors for 10 years, having previously worked at Corporate Decisions, Inc. (a Bain spin-out, now part of Oliver Wyman) and systems integrator American Management Systems. As an operator, Ron was General Manager of the Financial Services practice at digital insights provider Compete (now Comscore), and previously led a series of corporate development initiatives at Capital One.

Over the years, Ron has assisted Fortune 500 clients as well as smaller, high-growth ventures in financial services, health care, retail, digital media, consumer products and services, industrials, and private equity. His functional expertise covers strategic planning, operations, product and market development, analytics, and innovation.

Ron graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology. He holds degrees from Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and The Wharton School.

Cliff RosenManaging Partner

Cliff is a technology veteran with over 20 years of experience applying emerging technology to develop B2B an B2C applications. He has held C and VP level positions with numerous software companies, including sixdegrees.com, where he was co-founding CTO and led pioneering work on one of the Internet's first social networking platforms.

With expertise spanning system design, software development, product management and process development, Cliff is adept at identifying the intersection of business needs with technological capabilities.

Cliff holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

How we work

Collaborative

We work closely with clients, making sure that we are aligned on objectives and expectations from the beginning and throughout our engagements. We view ourselves as a complement to or an extension of our client teams.

Creative

We have a long history as problem solvers in a wide range of domains. We use obvious solutions when it’s appropriate, but we are never afraid to explore outside the box and be clever when it’s right for our client. We seek to identify underlying principles and root causes of the challenges we’re working to solve.

Pragmatic

We believe that the success of any solution ultimately depends on its practicality and usability. We understand that our clients are seeking solutions that not only solve their immediate challenges but also work well within their existing systems and processes.