About Us

CFORTH’s CEO and co-founder. Fredrik has been the CEO of no less than eight international and fast growing companies.

He was the CEO of Evoke Gaming Ltd, a Maltese company he turned around and then sold to Mr Green (in 2018). He has since then run his own Maltese consultancy company (Tindra).

Fredrik has also been the CEO of the Metro newspaper in the Czech Republic, Eastern Europe, Spain and Portugal.

Between 1998-2001, Fredrik was part of the Swedish .com revolution: as the COO (and acting CEO) of LetsBuyIt.com, he grew sales to € 30M in the year 2000, shipping 1 million parcels across the EU.

In 1996-98, Fredrik was the CEO of Interactive Television in Spain. Between 1993-96, he was the Country Product Manager for EF Language Travel (EF Education) in Sweden and Mexico.

Fredrik has lived in 13 countries and stock-listed 2 companies.

Mark Seyforth is CFORTH’s Chairman and founder. He is a serial entrepreneur and a network marketing expert. He has also received a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Florida.

In the 1970’s Mark founded Seyforth Laboratories where he, among various products, was the inventor of the Diet Milkshake. Seyforth Laboratories and the diet milkshake came to grow into the founding pillars of what is today known as Herbalife. Mark grew Seyforth Laboratories to over $100 million in revenues during its second year, with over 130,000 distributors and +1 million monthly customers.

Mark has continued to develop and sell his own companies over the past 40 years.

His latest venture is TechnologyTRNDS, a travel portal and booking-engine. Mark has retired several times (after selling successful companies that he’s started), the first time when he was only 28 years old.

Working as a Board Member, the business division of the eGigStores will be headed by Oscar Bjers.

As the CEO of Apple in Sweden during the past 20 years, under Oscar’s leadership, Apple Sweden grew to have Apple’s highest iPhone market share (47%) world-wide, while the Pad landed at #2 globally with a 55% market share. Oscar had the pleasure to have many meetings with both Steve Jobs and Tim Cook. During his many years with Apple, Oscar was regarded as one of the heavyweights in Apple’s European organization.

During the .com era, Oscar was also one of the Directors and in-charge of sales at Icon Medialab (an internet consultancy company with 3000 employees around the world).

Between 1988-96, Oscar started his career at Nokia in Sweden and Spain, where he was instrumental in turning the company around, growing Nokia’s distribution business division to USD 120M as Vice President Sales in Sweden.

Bo was until recently the Managing Director of PokerStars Casino and part of the Stars Group Management Team.

Bo was until recently the Managing Director of PokerStars Casino and part of the Stars Group Management Team. In less than 3 years , Bo took the PokerStar’s Casino business division from an annual revenue run rate of $250M to $550M. By year end 2019, Poker Stars Casino had grown to become the world’s largest online casino. Bo has also been CEO of stock-listed Mr. Green, one of Europe’s most famous and recognized online gambling brands.

Bo was also the CEO of Sweden’s first ISP (Algonet) as well as the CEO of Lenseway.com.

Bo has held countless senior management positions throughout his extensive career. He is one of CFORTH’s most experienced and versatile managers and has held countless positions and job titles since the end of the 1980’ie, such as: CONTROLLER, CFO, COO, CMO, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, as well as numerous CEO positions.

Ricard is a design professional with over 20 years experience, who has been working in industries such as Gaming, Advertising, Online Retail & Video Production.

He has a solid background working with some very notable clients both as part of a team on many projects and while running his own business. Some of these are: IKEA, Volvo, Orkla, SonyEricsson, EA Games & More.

Ricard, due to his vast experience has often been part of the core management team applying his knowledge and skills for a holistic approach on many projects, leading teams of designers and other creators towards outstanding and top quality productions.

Dan is our Chief Technical Officer. With an extensive technical background, he has excelled as CTO, Software Architect, Senior Tech Lead and Agile expert in a multitude of international software development projects for more than 25 years.

Dan has worked in sectors like banking/fintech, telecom, travel, e-commerce, logistics and space industry, for companies such IBM, France Telecom, Ericsson, Banco Santander, BBVA and Swedish Space Corp.

He has a special interest in Software Design Principles and Design Patterns, Blockchain technologies, DevOps, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and IoT, and has been a speaker at several IBM Cloud/Blockchain events, e-commerce conferences, and various other occasions.

He also speaks 3 languages fluently and is conversational in a few more.

Pontus has over 25 years of experience from sourcing top class products/services. Pontus is also a highly skilled negotiator and experienced leader with an excellent ability to structure and run product operations methodically.
 
Having worked for Swedish multinationals like IKEA, TeliaSonera and Atlas Copco, Pontus also possesses a vast expertise from high level positions in the fields of retail, telecom, and construction.
 
Some highlights from Pontus’ successful career:

Head of Supply Chain at Eltel Networks Infranet AB (2018-21); Partner of Scandinavian Purchasing Group (2010-17); Founder & CEO of Engy Service AB (2008-10); Sales Manager at IBX AB (2005-08); Business Development Director of TAC (2010-17); Chief Product Officer – LetsBuyIt.com (1999 – 2001). At TeliaSonera (1993-97), Pontus held 3 senior positions: Director of IT Procurement (Telia); Purchasing Manager (Telia IT Services) and Purchasing Manager of Telia Network Construction).

David Pyke is a business visionary and advertising specialist. David has also been a college professor and is known as an excellent educator and mentor. David got his start in Advertising Design in 1989 and was so accomplished that the college asked him to teach graphic design, which led to a 20-year successful teaching career.

David is a great communicator, and he currently educates new CFORTH members and assist in the company’s training programs to get the most out of our membership.

He currently hosts CFORTH’s weekly calls, interviews our guests, provides news and information and answers membership questions. David presents a positive and very understanding rapport with members to make them feel that they are getting Transparency, Security and Value with every question asked.

David has 14 years employment with a national advertising agency as a production artist in print and digital materials featuring clients such as Kentucky Fried Chicken, World Wrestling Entertainment, HBO, and various cable television networks.

David has also worked with live onsite promotions during “Spring Break” events in Daytona Beach, Florida with clients such as Playboy, Lagerfeld, Ocean Spray and others. David is based in Orlando, Florida.

CFO and investor, Greg Schantz, brings a wealth of talent to CFORTH.

Greg obtained his CPA license in New York State. He has operated a successful Home Improvement

Greg is an Accountant and obtained his CPA in New York State in 1986, a year when he was employed by Deloitte, one of the “Big 4 Accounting” firms, and engaged in audits of companies such as Xerox.

Greg later joined a boutique real estate investment firm: The Shoptaw Group in Atlanta, GA and designed and programmed the software systems and reporting for all holdings.

He subsequently joined his family business Schantz Homes, and later established his own venture Schantz Home Improvement Company which Greg successfully operated for 21 years.

Greg is a leader at Northpoint Community Church and has been active with Habitat for Humanity since 1990.

CFORTH’s COO, with 17+ years within healthcare technology operations and leadership.  Frank has operationalized global departments and that led initiatives within strategy, data exchange, revenue cycle management, patient care improvement (data), and customer service excellence.  
 
Between 2004-21, Frank was proficient with leading organizations and participating within many high-profile national committees (IHE, eHI, IHE, HL7 international, Argonaut Project, EHRA) and the federal government (Office of National Coordinators) to advance the United States in healthcare data exchange.  
 
In 2010, he led the first longitudinal healthcare data exchanged between two electronic health records in the United States that was recognized by the federal government.  
 
In 2015, he was one of the original members and key contributor to the Sequoia Project, a data exchange repository that is used by the federal government today. 
 
Frank has consistently built lean and successful departments for large healthcare orgs. ($9 billion +) to advance operations and delivered on many complex projects some that are valued up to $88 million. 
 
Frank currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia (USA).