Robert Gehorsam has over 20 years of management experience in the online games and entertainment world. In recent years, he has applied that experience to leveraging commercial game technology for national security, medical and corporate applications through Forterra Systems. Robert has participated in several government studies on this subject and speaks frequently on the topic. Robert joined Forterra in 2002 and serves as President, leading the company's evolution into the leading virtual world platform provider.  Forterra's customers include the US Army, a range of medical clients and Makena Technologies, the operator of There.com and MTV's Virtual Laguna Beach.  Prior to Forterra he served as Senior Vice President, Programming and Production at Viacom's CBS Internet Group and prior to that, as Senior Vice President for Programming and Production at Sony Online Entertainment (SOE). At Sony, Robert oversaw the creation of a robust, highly scalable game platform that supports millions of customers of dozens of online games including, Everquest, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! Online. Earlier on, Robert founded and led Prodigy's games and educational divisions, launching the first large-scale subscription-based sports simulations and nearly two dozen other online titles. He held management positions at Scholastic Inc. and consulted on entertainment and broadband strategy to Microsoft, America Online, CNET, Ziff-Davis and Children's Television Workshop.

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