CARPENTER NAMED TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF FORECROSS CORPORATION
SAN FRANCISCO, March 30 /CNW/ - Technology industry executive Richard
Carpenter has been named to the Board of Directors of Forecross(R) Corporation
(VSE-FRX.U), a leading legacy migration and year 2000 solution company.
Kim O. Jones, President, CEO and Chairman of the Board, commented, ''Our
mission is to expand the depth, knowledge, and experience of our Board, whose
counsel and guidance will be of tremendous value as we grow, committed to
achieving. We are especially pleased to announce Rich's addition and look
forward to the special talents he will contribute to our Company.''
Mr. Carpenter, who was educated in Electrical Engineering at MIT, has
been actively participating in the software industry for the past 29 years. He
began his tenure in the software industry as a co-founder of Index Systems in
1969. Index Systems is now CSC/Index. In 1983 he co-founded and served as
President and CEO of Index Technology Corporation until its merger with Sage
Software in 1991 to form Intersolv Software.
''The experience which Forecross has gained over the last 15 years in
automating the migration of software from one environment to another places it
in a strong position to provide high quality, rapid turnaround, automated year
2000 renovation services to its clients,'' observed Mr. Carpenter.
Currently Mr. Carpenter is president of Carpenter Associates, a small
consulting firm which provides strategic planning and product marketing
assistance to early stage software companies. His particular interests are in
custom software development tools, methodologies to improve the software
development process, software which leverages emerging hardware technologies
and the utilization of technology to facilitate the learning process. He also
serves as Chairman of the Board of two companies which he co-founded: Corex
Technologies Corporation and Healthcourt Technologies Inc.
Founded in 1982 as a high-technology software development laboratory,
Forecross Corporation is dedicated to the design and development of innovative
conversion software. Clients have included such leading corporations as IBM
Corporation, Aetna Life Insurance Company, Brown Brothers Harriman & Company,
Charles Schwab & Co., BDM Technologies, Inc., and Bank of America NTSA for its
migration software services. Teaming partners include BDM International,
Inc., NCR Corporation, SCB Computer Technology, Inc., and Electronic Data
Systems Corporation (EDS) for its Complete/2000(TM) offerings.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
Kim O. Jones
President, CEO and Chairman of the Board
FORECROSS CORPORATION
The Vancouver Stock Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this News Release, which has
been prepared by the Company.
Forecross is a registered trademark of the Forecross Corporation.
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