Archive for January, 2010

Bill Forquer

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Bill Forquer is a principal at Priiva, a boutique consulting firm specializing in applying game theory to simulate market outcomes and optimize acquisition and exit strategies. Previously, Bill led a variety of strategic, marketing, alliance, and go-to-market initiatives at Open Text Corp as the company grew from $60M to $1B in revenue. This included applying game theory to market and competitive analysis. Bill began his career at Battelle Labs developing library and litigation software that subsequently spun-off to become Information Dimensions where he ultimately became CEO. Information Dimensions was acquired by Open Text in 1998. Bill received a B.S. degree in Mathematics Education and a M.S. degree in Computer & Information Science, both from The Ohio State University. Bill is an active angel investor with The Ohio Tech Angels Fund. @billforquer


Josh Hernandez

Monday, January 18th, 2010

As the Co-Founder of Tap.Me, Josh Hernandez represents an extraordinary fusion of creativity and passion for community development and interaction. A seasoned leader, designer and developer, Josh has formal training in the video game development pipeline from Tribeca Flashpoint Academy in Chicago, IL. and has transitioned years of experience to become a strong producer of talent.

In 1999 Joshua founded SectionZ.com a peer-to-peer musicians community branded the “Original Electronic Music Underground” where musicians would swap music projects with each other, collaborate and review iterations. Over time the quality of the community spawned SectionZ Records and helped launch the careers of some very well known electronic musicians including Deadmau5. In 2006 Joshua launched a PlayStation 3 and Wii gamer ID card service called TripleTags which at it’s peek catered custom gamer cards to over 2.5M gamers around the world.

His previous experience includes 10+ years working in the advertising and marketing industry serving clients like @properties, Bayer, Caterpillar, Radio Flyer, True Value and more. Joshua also attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.