Jerome E. Ball

JEROME E. BALL is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Forward
Industries, Inc. Prior to joining Forward, his career was in
textiles. Through business expansion, merger and consolidation,
he grew a $7 million family business into a $92 million company.
He was operationally involved in all segments, and served as
President for many years. In 1992, Mr. Ball and his partners sold
the business to a Canadian company and stayed on for an
additional four years. He then took a break from the working
world until Forward approached him in early 1998. After six
months of extensive due diligence, he joined Forward, where he
now serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.