At Forward, we believe art and creativity is a vital part of what makes us happy, mentally healthy, and inspired. Over the past hundred years, technology has done an incredible job at providing new opportunities and avenues for creators to make all our lives more creative, fun, and filled with art.
We believe that as consumers adopt new technologies like XR, gaming, AI, and web3, this trend is going to increase exponentially. As it increases, ‘entertainment’ is going to become even more embedded in our daily lives and influence how we educate, inspire, connect, and have fun.
We’ve personally spent millions of hours listening to music, watching movies, going to shows, playing video games, building software, making funny face filters, communing in NFT discord servers, fine tuning stable diffusion, immersing in VR, and reading lots and lots of sci fi.
Through all of this we’ve built up a deep understanding of how emerging technology is going to move the entertainment industry forward. So, our mission is simple: use technology to help our clients be more successful so we can highlight and help the humans that do the creating.
Pioneering Responsible Progress
With great power, comes great responsibility. While we view technology as a catalyst for human and creative progress, we also recognize that we have a part to play in guiding the next iteration of the internet conscientiously.
We have shaped our approach to be inclusive of four key areas of focus:
Human Experience
We build experiences that foster positive relationships, safe spaces, and non-addictive experiences for users.
Inclusivity
We test experiences for unintended biases and we design with input from diverse communities.
Safety
We match industry leading standards for data safety and privacy.
Value Equity
We ensure that value is distributed fairly from creator to consumer.
The Forward Team
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Sam Schoonover
Founder
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Rachel Noonan
Chief Strategy Officer
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Kevin McMahon
Chief Business Officer
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Alex Rowan
Senior Creative Producer
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Eliott Sanchez
Executive Producer
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Kristian Kruse
Director, People Operations
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Ella Lin
Lead Researcher
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Ryan Cenicola
Senior Producer
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Eric Wagliardo
Creative Producer
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Andreea Magdalina
Community, Strategy & Partnerships
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Jameson Thomas
Producer + Talent Partnerships
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Reed Matthews
Creative Producer
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Daniel Kelly
Creative Producer