2x founder
Brian Forde
CEO + Co-Founder at Numero. Recovering Congressional Candidate.
Experience
Career
2019Numero
Co-founderCEO + Co-Founder · San Francisco Bay Area · 2019 – Present
- 2017
United States Congress
Candidate CA-45 · Orange County, California · 2017 – 2018
2016MIT Sloan School of Management
Senior Lecturer · Greater Boston Area · 2016 – 2017
2015MIT Media Lab
Director, Digital Currency Initiative · Greater Boston Area · 2015 – 2016
2011White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Senior Advisor for Mobile and Data Innovation · Washington D.C. · 2011 – 2015
2005Llamadas S.A.
Co-founderPresident + Co-Founder · Managua, Nicaragua · 2005 – 2010
2003United States Peace Corps
Business Technology Volunteer · Jinotega, Nicaragua · 2003 – 2005
2002OMD USA
Assistant Interactive Media Strategist · Los Angeles, CA · 2002 – 2003
Bio
Brian Forde is the CEO and co-founder of Numero, a start-up building FinTech software for political campaigns. He ran for Congress in 2018 and was one of the top ten fundraisers in the country for first-time candidates. Prior to his run, Brian served as a Senior Advisor in the Obama White House, was the Director of the Digital Currency Initiative at the famed MIT Media Lab, and founded one of the largest phone companies in Nicaragua after serving as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer.