Mike Forster

Working with a great team to make Mississippi a technology leader via the Mississippi Coding Academies, MS CodeWorks, and Innovate MS.

Louisville, Mississippi, United States

About

Experience

  • Briye (7 yrs 7 mos)
    • Board Chair
      Jul 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

    • CEO
      Jan 2019 - Jul 2019 · 7 mos

      Briye provides preventive care services and software that helps clinicians streamline Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs) and corporations deploy Employee Wellness Programs. It’s a brighter way to get better together.

  • Innovate Mississippi (12 yrs 3 mos)
    • Member of the Board of Directors
      May 2014 - Present · 12 yrs 3 mos

    • Chairman Of The Board Of Directors
      May 2016 - May 2019 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • President at ForMing AgRotors, Inc.
    Feb 2014 - Present · 12 yrs 6 mos

    ForMing Ag provides its services through its subsidiary, Custom Air LLC. ForMing is a Forster family business and our goal is to become the high quality, most reliable and trusted provider of aerial herbicide application. We provide our services in timber, rangeland, aquatic and row crops in the south, southwest and midwestern states.

  • President at Louisville-Winston County Airport Authority
    Jun 2012 - Present · 14 yrs 2 mos

    The local airport board oversee the growth and development of our airport, working closely with City and County government. Our board has garnered nearly $10M in new investment since 2013, building a 9,600 sq ft Corporate Hangar, a completely renovated and expanded ramp area, and we are completing an upgrade of our airside facilities. The latest project includes an extension and resurfacing of our runway to 4,700 feet, new LED lighting and striping, and improved drainage and safety features.

  • Managing Director at Internet Capital Group
    Jun 1998 - Jun 2006 · 8 yrs 1 mo

    One of a small group of senior executives in the company, evaluating investment opporunities and providing oversight to portfolio companies. Served as CEO and Chairman of CommerceQuest, Inc., Tampa, FL, from 2004 until 2006, and orchestrated its merger with MetaStorm, a privately held business process managment company.