Forward Industries, Inc. appointed Douglas Matthews as Senior Vice President /Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective May 15, 2019. From February 2015 until May 2019, Mr. Matthews was the President and Founder of the 4E Project, Inc., a private corporate redevelopment firm engaged in leading organizations assessment, refinement and implementation of strategic business expansion, acquisition /divestiture and market expansion activities. During this period, Mr. Matthews served as interim president for Group III International (April until October 2018) an industry leader in the luggage & travel good sector, and as chief operations officer for Covalent Collective Inc. (November 18 until May 19), a Canadian corporation in the emerging cannabis industry. From January 2014 until February 2015, Mr. Matthews was the general manager of Sherpani International, a privately held developer and marketer of women’s handbags with a focus on outdoor, active lifestyle female consumers. Prior to this experience, Mr. Matthews served as president and held various other senior management roles at Thule Organization Solutions, (dba, Case Logic, Inc.), a global manufacturer of bags and storage cases for cameras, laptops, tablets, drones, CD/DVD, and other cases (2001-2013). He is 53 years old.