Brian Forth is the CEO of SiteCrafting a company that is
involved in website design and web application development. He developed a website for KBTC to help give
them a new look and focused on developing a healthy website that kids can
navigate through. He was awarded Small Business Leader of the Year by the UW
Tacoma Milgard School of Business for excellence in leadership.
In high school he played basketball and during these years he
had high hopes of being first baseman for the LA Dodgers. He has been developing websites since
1995. He went to Maramount college on a
scholarship and won the college world series.
While attending Maramount he had asperations of being a film maker. Brian graduated from Gonzaga University. At this time he switched to theology and
philosophy and he decided to teach at St Charles elementary school’s 5th
grade. After this he worked as an intern
at Disney during his first year
attending Gonzaga.
Brian worked on the development of one of the first widely
distributed Learning Management Systems for Knowledge Universe during the late
nineties for which the project was nominated the Codie Award for Best Online
Product in 2000. He founded SiteCrafting
while Technology Coordinator at St. Charles Borromeo School in Tacoma where he
made only $17,500. SiteCrafting has
chosen Spokane as its new expansion site.
In 2010 they expanded into Seattle.
The company opened more offices to meet employee’s needs. His company was named one of Puget Sound
Business Journal’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies in 2011.
His
secrets to success are: the risk, invest yourself in the current project, trust
your team, deliver more, make and keep bigger promises and leverage your
experiences and connections.
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