OUR TEAM

Elias Clarke

CEO and Founder

CEO and Founder of Forge Modern,
Visual Musician for 1500 Sound Academy
Current member of the CHLA Digital Health Lab
CHLA Gamifying Pediatrics Hackathon Semi-Finalist

Forge Modern was founded as a direct response to the need for more engaging, easily monetized, premium content in the soon to be $80 Billion Market. Forge Modern develops products and services that will shape and expand that market potential.

My work over the course of the last 5 years has spanned the Education, Entertainment, Healthcare, and B2B industries where I have consulted, developed, directed, and produced a number of innovative and revolutionary projects in Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Interactive Media, and Game Development.

Previous clients in my consulting and production background includes the FDA, The US Army, A+E Networks, Fox, Fox Sports, Deloitte, History Channel, Interscope Records, Universal Music, Sony Music, Puma, Volkswagen, UNC Hospitals

Awarding winning partners – The Arsenal Film and Creative, Join the Org, and Cogito Creative.

Panels –

2018 Morehead Cain Alumni Forum,
Mid Atlantic Venture Association 2018 C-Suite Summit,
UCLA School of Film, Theatre, and Television.

Demos/Presentations
Children’s Hospital of LA Demo Day at Google
Health 2.0 VR/AR in Healthcare at Cedars Sinai
Recharge The Culture Meetup – Co-Founder
Mixed Reality Marketing Summit – Special Guest
Family Medicine Educational Conference
XRLA Demo day
GDC 2019

Irvin Castillo

Lead Developer

Irvin is a passionate gamer turned gamed developer who enjoys the creative challenges that comes with creating great games.

Irvin is also a musician and guitarist, he enjoys strumming away on the chords in between programming sessions.

Irvin is passionate about bringing his lover for music and game development together to create all new ways to consume music.

Kwabene Keene

CFA and Founder of Blind Acrylic

Kwabena is a color-blind illustrator and fine Artist whose works center around the juxtaposition of movement and dynamic color. His works are featured in public and private collections globally. Kwabena is also an experienced Sales, Business Development and finance professional who leverages his varied interests to bring unique and creative perspectives to new projects. Kwabena is passionate about leveraging technology to solve complex problems and inspire creativity. Kwabena graduated with bachelors degrees in fine arts and economics from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2012; and a Masters of Finance and Accountancy degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2014. Kwabena continues to create dynamic works that explore the boundaries on color, technology and dynamic movement. He brings a unique combination of creative ingenuity and business acumen to the team.

Marcus Williams

CFO, COO

Marcus Williams is an experienced Sales and Business Development professional who has been working in Tech for the past 10 years. He has led and managed teams at private and public companies of various sizes, advising numerous startups. Marcus graduated with a degree in Communications with a focus in Mass Media from The University of Arizona in 2011. Marcus continues to work in the software industry where he works with some of the largest technology brands in the world. He brings his energetic and thoughtful business acumen to the team. He is beyond excited to combine his love of technology with his love of entertainment

Enhancing your perspective, Forge Modern is the first entertainment company to bring world class visual music and story telling to healthcare and education through its line of revolutionary incidental learning and healing products.