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Mike functions as a managing director at Internet Capital Group. Before retiring from IBM in 2004, Mike was vice president of corporate strategy and focused on IBM's On Demand strategy. Previous to this position, he was General Manager of Storage Software for the IBM Storage Systems Group. This position followed his post as Vice President of Emerging Business Development, reporting to the IBM Vice Chairman. Mike was also in the IBM Software Group and led IBM's entry into the knowledge management market and distributed learning market. Prior to that, Mike served as CEO of Lotus Development Corporation, shortly after Lotus was acquired by IBM. During his tenure at IBM, Mike served on the IBM Worldwide Management Council and the IBM Corporate Technology Council. Before joining IBM, Mike was Senior Vice President of the Lotus Communications Products Group. He joined Lotus in 1994 after the Company's acquisition of Soft-Switch, Inc., a software firm that he founded in 1979 and headed until that acquisition. Prior to founding Soft-Switch, he was a member of the faculty at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He is a trustee of Lehigh University, a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra Board of Directors , a member of the Main Line Health Board of Governors, an overseer of the Penn School of Engineering and Applied Science, and member of the Advisory Board of the College of Engineering at Lehigh. He also serves on the Boards of a number of ICG partner companies. Education: Lehigh University, BS, chemical engineering; University of Pennsylvania, MS, systems engineering and PhD, decision sciences.

As CEO, Michael drives the corporate strategy and vision for CommerceQuest. Michael has a unique industry perspective from both the large, established company, as well as from the entrepreneurial environment. With more than three decades of operational experience, he brings a pragmatic approach to problem solving. Presently, Michael serves as a Chairman of the Board for CommerceQuest, Inc. Additionally, he holds a board seat on 5 other entrepreneurial companies operating in the business to business sector of eCommerce. Mr. Forster is also a managing director at Internet Capital Group, headquartered in Wayne, PA. He has over 30 years of sales, marketing, and general management experience in the information technology industry, most recently as the senior vice president of Worldwide Field Operations for Sybase, Inc. Michael holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Mississippi State University.