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Mr. Forde has been a pioneer in the Internet industry developing interactive multimedia applications for IBM, AT&T, MCI, NASA, and various other Fortune 500 companies since 1988. He has developed a highly evolved capacity to translate business concepts into elegant, attractively designed and effective Internet products. Mr. Forde has created and operated numerous Internet businesses that have been proven in the competitive marketplace. These include: ImageCafé (Founder), Forde’s pioneering first generation homepage builder, currently generates 500 to 600 e-commerce web sites per day at www.imagecafe.com. This product provided more features than competitive offerings and provided end-users with the ability to create remarkable, professional-quality web sites in minutes for a very low cost. His company was acquired by Network Solutions, Inc., (NSI) a VeriSign, Inc. company (NASDAQ: VRSN), in Nov. 1999 for $25 million dollars). Personal Portals Online (Co-Founder), an enterprise formed by Mr. Forde and William Mobley in January 2001 and launched its first product HotHomepages, a personal website builder system. This was followed by various private label solutions of the product for numerous organizations globally. Mr. Forde facilitated offshore development of PPO’s products in Bangalore & Chennai, India and Belerus, Russia. Personal Portals name changed to Global Portals Online, Inc. to best reflect the company’s international depth. Utilizing these resources, the PPO product base has expanded to target cottage industry merchants seeking a simple, low-cost means of setting up their online storefront and professional service firms seeking distinctive brochure websites. Global Portals Online, Inc. was successfully merged with 110 Media Group in December of 2005 and is in the process of launching a number of new products. IBM Corporation - Provided technical and marketing support for IBM's Application Solutions Marketing Initiative. Responsible for marketing and promoting IBM Solution Seminars and Product Training to IBM Business Partners and mainframe customers on a national level. Also provided independent multimedia design and consulting services to IBM's Multimedia Division. Mr. Forde attended Morgan State University in Baltimore and was sponsored by NASA to study Electrical Engineering, but found the profession didn't allow him to be artistically creative. He changed his major to Mass Communications so he could hone his abilities in interactive design and communications, and balanced his creative abilities with a minor in Physics and Math.
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