Steven Berns
Former Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Steven Berns served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of TripleLift, an advertising platform where creative fits seamlessly into every experience across desktop, mobile and video from May 2020 to December 2022. Previously, Mr. Berns was the Chief Financial Officer for GTT Communications, Inc., a global cloud networking provider for multinational clients from April 2020 until January 2021. Prior to that, Mr. Berns was the Co-Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Shutterstock, Inc. from September 2015 until June 2019.
Previous to that, Mr. Berns was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tribune Media from July 2013 through August 2015. Prior to that time, Mr. Berns served in roles of financial and operational leadership at several companies including Revlon, Tradeweb, MDC Partners and Interpublic Group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Berns worked at Viacom and Deloitte & Touche.
Mr. Berns currently serves as a director of Forum Merger IV Corp. and has previously served as a director of Forum Merger Corp., Shutterstock, Inc., and LivePerson, Inc.
Mr. Berns received a B.S. from Lehigh University and an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University.