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To: AD who wrote (828)	3/30/1998 11:46:00 AM
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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. -0- 03/30/98