Technology Executive Eric Forst Joins alliantgroup as Director of Education & Awareness

HOUSTON, Feb. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- alliantgroup is proud to announce the addition of Eric Forst, a former executive for several technology based startups, as the firm's new Director of Education & Awareness. In his new role, Forst will be leading the firm's strategic and digital outreach initiatives, with the goal of spreading the message on the valuable tax credits and incentives available for the benefit of U.S. businesses.

"I am excited to be joining alliantgroup. I personally connect with their mission of supporting American innovation and job creation," said Forst. "As someone who has worked for social media and technology startups for several years, I have seen firsthand the importance of supporting and enhancing innovation in creating a successful business. By educating American companies and making them aware of tax incentives that reward everyday problem solving and ingenuity, alliantgroup is doing its part in creating a more competitive U.S. economy."

An executive with more than two decades of media experience, Forst has served in a variety of marketing roles. From 2007-2012, Forst was a business development executive for Visible Technologies, a social media analytics company. While there, Forst worked with both middle market and Fortune 1000 companies and built partnerships with some of the world's largest advertising and media agencies, including Saatchi & Saatchi and Mindshare. He has also held executive marketing positions with two different staffing firms, serving as Director of Marketing for Roth Staffing Companies from 2006-2007 and as Vice President of Marketing with ACT·1 Group from 1999-2005. During his tenure with both firms, Forst directed all strategic communications and outreach initiatives, developing the strategies he hopes to implement at alliantgroup so that U.S. businesses can become educated on the fantastic government-sponsored credits and incentives available to them.

"Having worked in both communications and business development roles, I am looking forward to supporting our technical directors and educating middle market businesses on the value of these various credits and incentives," said Forst. "The U.S. economy is at a pivotal moment and the work we do at alliantgroup is essential to helping American business remain at the forefront of an innovation-based economy."

"I am thrilled to have Eric on our team," said Dhaval Jadav, alliantgroup CEO. "I look forward to the direction he will bring to our firm in our outreach to small and mid-sized businesses. His expertise in social media and experience working for software and technology companies will be vital to our next phase of growth."

alliantgroup's mission is one of education and awareness – we exist to help industry organizations, U.S. businesses and the CPA firms that advise them, take full advantage of all federal and state tax credits, incentives and deductions available to them. Our government has legislated these powerful incentive programs to help businesses grow and successfully compete both in the U.S. and abroad. We are proud to have helped over 15,000 businesses claim more than $3 billion in tax incentives!  alliantgroup's headquarters is in Houston, Texas, with offices across the country including New York, Boston, Chicago, Orange County, Sacramento, Orlando, Indianapolis and Washington, D.C.

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