Greg DeYonker, Principal & CEO

Greg joined Forte over 16 years ago and has over 35 years of professional experience providing business advisory services, managing international operations and joint ventures, establishing global sales and distribution teams, supervising creative project teams, and leading mergers and acquisitions. Greg was one of the principals involved with orchestrating and managing the purchase financing of a large training and security services firm, together with several subsequent acquisitions over six years, which resulted in over $1 billion in collective financing and significant operational growth worldwide.
Prior to Forte, Greg was a Vice President at Lear Corporation and managed the global sales effort for a $4 billion automotive OEM division, as well as $875 million division with operations in ten countries, and lived in Tokyo, Japan for several years managing a joint venture with a Mitsubishi company. Greg is an 8-year veteran and was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and Chief Electronic Warfare Officer for the Air Force Special Operations Command.

Greg has a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors from Michigan State University, majoring in Finance with additional emphasis in Economics. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Business Management from Troy State University.