Bill Forquer

Bill Forquer is a Principal at Priiva Consulting Corporation. Bill pays-forward as an advisor, investor, and board member to startups and deserving organizations. He is board chair of the non-profit IAm Boundless, Ohio’s largest service provider to the IDD community. As CEO, Bill launched RealWeld Systems to disrupt the welding education market which was acquired a short 2.5 years later. Previously, in an 11-year executive tenure at Open Text Corporation, Bill led a variety of marketing, acquisition, and new product initiatives as the company grew from $60M to $1B in revenue. This included applying Priiva’s methodology to market and competitive analysis. Bill began his career at Battelle Laboratories developing library and litigation software that subsequently spun-off to become Information Dimensions, Inc. where he ultimately became CEO.

Bill holds a B.S. degree in Mathematics Education and a M.S. degree in Computer & Information Science, both from The Ohio State University. Bill volunteers his time supporting Soap Box Derby racing and at the Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve.