Forte Group Names Michael Makishima as Its Chief Financial Officer
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#CRM—Forte Group, a global digital engineering services company that collaborates closely with its clients to ideate and build the future of digital products and platforms, today named Michael Makishima as the company’s Chief Financial Officer.
Mikael Carlsson, Forte Group’s CEO, and Makishima are long-time business associates who successfully worked together and scaled businesses at Capgemini and Lohika. They will build on Forte Group’s success and continue its trajectory to the forefront of the industry, driving new service offerings, new technology capabilities, and wider integrated delivery platforms to clients across the U.S. and internationally.
“With Michael on board, we are ready for our next big steps as a company,” said Carlsson. “His broad experience and deep knowledge of how to grow and move a company forward organically and via M&A, along with his expertise in building excellent organizations, will help us develop a strong future.”
Most recently, Makishima has served as VP of Finance at Capgemini and he brings more than 20 years of business leadership in strategic management, corporate development, M&A, business analytics and modeling with a broad experience within the digital engineering services industry.
“I am very excited about the unique opportunity to work with Mikael and the team at Forte Group to grow and develop us into an industry leader,” said Michael Makishima, CFO, Forte Group. “With the strong culture and the deep technical expertise of our global team, I am very excited to continue building on our deep passion for creating digital products that users love, as we continue our vibrant growth.”
About Forte Group (www.fortegrp.com)
Forte Group is a fast-growing digital engineering services provider that collaborates closely with enterprise and high-growth companies to ideate, build, evolve, and scale digital products and platforms. With a deep passion for creating digital products that users love, Forte Group spearheads outcome-driven client partnerships built on unique engagement models, deep technical expertise, a digital-native culture, and a broad global delivery platform. Forte Group was founded in 2000. Forte’s over 900 specialists are headquartered in Chicago, IL and at offices and delivery hubs across North America, Europe, and South America.
For more information on Forte Group, visit www.fortegrp.com and find Forte Group on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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