KTEC Pipeline: PIPELINE Mentors

David A. Forsee is the President and Founder of Brookside Capital LLC, an advisory firm providing business development services, primarily to renewable energy companies with an agricultural focus. Brookside additionally is providing acquisition and development services for selected technology and services companies. Forsee’s role in agriculture development has included advising and evaluating companies as diverse as regional agricultural equipment dealerships and wheat straw fiber plants for particleboard production.

Forsee was Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of MachineryLink, Inc. from its initial incorporation in 2000 until April 2006. MachineryLink’s Innovation™ Equipment programs provide farmers the latest, most efficient equipment through a shared leasing network. Under his direction, the company grew to the largest fleet of agricultural equipment in North America, serving farmer customers in 31 states and Canada. The venture backed company is a leader in innovative logistics and in outstanding service to demanding customers.

Forsee also served as an executive with Child Health Corporation and Baxter Healthcare. Responsibilities included venture investing, new business development and national
account sales.

He has a MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the University of Missouri, and he is also a CPA. Forsee is currently an executive board member of the 107 year old American Royal, the nation’s largest annual agricultural festival. He also serves on the board of the Enterprise Center of Johnson County, the only business incubator in the Kansas City area and is a founding member of the Mid-America Angels investment group. He was an Executive in Residence at the University of Missouri and is a past executive board member and current elder of his local 3000-member church. He served as a board member of the New Uses Council, a national university and governmental group evaluating and developing new technology in the plant sciences area.