Forte Interactive

After working with clients like Boeing, Ford Motor Co., Karsten Industries, IBM and Analog Devices, he joined IBM as part of their rapid product development initiative.

Later Clay looked to the aerospace industry for a new challenge, and he spent eight years as a champion of rapid product development and process improvement efforts at United Technologies Corporation.

Clay honed his project management skills on several multi-national space propulsion projects before leaving to start a network systems integration company, which he sold in 1999 to begin a new software development company, Forte Interactive.

Clay holds a BS in Engineering from Boston University and  has completed extensive graduate work at the University of Florida and Boston University.

Clay is a 2006 graduate of Leadership Palm Beach County. The mission of Leadership Palm Beach County is to identify and unite leaders from diverse backgrounds and perspectives in order to increase their understanding of countywide issues and improve their ability to lead effectively in order to meet the many challenges facing Palm Beach County. 

Robert began his career in business after graduating in 1994 from Palm Beach Atlantic University with a double major in International Business and Communications.

Robert started his own marketing products and advertising firm and built it into a successful business.

Realizing the Internet was an emerging market, Robert switched gears and joined Telegraph New Technologies in the late 90's where he managed accounts for clients such as Rexall-Sundown, Motorola and PGA National Resort and Spa. After the sale of Telegraph in 1999, Robert co-founded Forte Interactive.

CommunityRobert has been involved in many nonprofit organizations and currently serves on the board of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, is a graduate and active participant in Leadership Palm Beach County (2002) and is on the Alumni Board of Palm Beach Atlantic University. Past involvement includes a board member post of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Palm Beach County, the United Way Young Leaders Circle and the Rotary Club of Palm Beach.

Sport
For recreation, Robert is an avid endurance athlete. He is a veteran of 10 marathons, two half-ironman races and in October 2008 he competed in his third Ironman Triathlon at the mecca of Ironman - The Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.

PhilanthropyRobert uses some of his endurance events for a greater purpose: to increase awareness and raise money for charity. His first significant endeavor was a $50,000 challenge grant to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  The second challenge grant was awarded to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for $25,000 in January 2005.These were the first steps in Robert’s vision to help build better communities through the challenges and triumphs of sport and philanthropy.

In 2005 Robert established the “Pursuit of Life Foundation”, whose mission is to raise funds for cancer research through sport, challenge grants and a feature film project. In April 2007 Rob's TEAM POL raised $35,000 while successfully completing the TREK East Coast Relay. Ten runners ran approximately 15 miles per day for twelve days with the first day running the B.A.A. Boston Marathon and continuing south, finishing in West Palm Beach.