Web One, Inc
Founder & CEO
1997-1999
I started a website development firm and expanded into hosting and internet dial up, eventually selling the company
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Marc DeForest
Chief Executive Officer
Marc is responsible for AHI’s overall company strategy and execution, municipal final negotiations and terms, and the development of standardized structure and processes across the business. He also oversees executive team management, strategic planning, and the AHI OS technology platform.
Role at AHI
What this role covers.
Marc is responsible for AHI’s overall company strategy and execution, municipal final negotiations and terms, and the development of standardized structure and processes across the business. He also oversees executive team management, strategic planning, and the AHI OS technology platform.
Serial entrepreneur and lifelong Kalamazoo resident, Marc supplies the seed capital and big-picture vision behind AHI. He keeps the team focused on one North Star: delivering truly affordable, high-quality homes without compromise.
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At a glance
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer
- marc@ahigroup.org
- Phone
- (269) 207-6556
- Background
- Expanded public background
What Marc owns at AHI
Overall Company Strategy & Execution
Major Deal Term Sign Off
Standardized Structure & Processes
Current responsibilities
Executive Team Management
Strategic Overview & Planning
AHI OS Tech Platform Development
Relevant experience
Background that feeds the work today.
Innovative Ideas, Ltd.
Founder & CEO
1999-2005
Created a massive online traffic aggregation and reseller platform before the existence of Google Adwords or Double Click. Successfully became one of the biggest traffic aggregators before selling.
S2 Games, LLC
Founder & CEO
2002-2017
Started a PC video game studio producing 6 titles. Our inaugural title, Savage: The Battle for Newerth won Audience Choice Award as well as Technical Achievement Award. Our 3rd game Heroes of Newerth became a global success and eventually was sold to our SEA operating partners.
DMA Food Group, LLC
Founder
2001-2004
Started an operating group that owned 6 restaurants before eventually selling the stores to an investor backed management team.
D&T Analytics, LLC
Founder & CEO
2018-2019
Created and operated an enterprise scale cryptocurrency company mining Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies.
Integra Auto Capital, LLC
Founder & CEO
2019-Present
Started and operated an indirect, subprime auto financing company. Developed a proprietary software platform for dealer integration for automated customer approvals as well as the loan servicing side. Initially provided all funding for capital distribution before negotiating a multimillion dollar structured finance deal. The company stopped originating new accounts in 2025 so I could focus on the start of AHI Group, LLC.
Kongor Studios, LLC
Founder & Executive Director
2024-Present
Started another video game studio and re-acquired S2 Game's behemoth of a title Heroes of Newerth. The game is currently in Open Beta and will release later in 2026.
Why they are suited
Marc is suited to lead AHI because his background combines company building, operating discipline, and platform development across multiple sectors. As founder and CEO of several businesses, he has experience taking organizations from formation through growth, transaction, and transition, including developing software platforms, structuring operations, and negotiating finance arrangements. That mix aligns directly with his role overseeing AHI’s overall strategy and execution, municipal final negotiations and terms, standardized structure and processes, executive team management, strategic planning, and the AHI OS technology platform.
How this improves AHI
Marc improves AHI by combining company-building experience with direct responsibility for strategy, execution, and operating structure. His background includes founding and leading businesses in software, online platforms, gaming, restaurants, cryptocurrency, and auto finance, with experience developing proprietary technology, building standardized processes, managing executive teams, and navigating growth, sales, and transitions. At AHI, that translates into tighter operational alignment across the company, more disciplined decision-making in municipal negotiations and terms, and stronger execution of the AHI OS technology platform and broader strategic plan.
Why this matters to partners
For municipalities, lenders, and other partners, Marc is the executive responsible for final negotiations and terms and for aligning those commitments with AHI’s overall strategy, operating structure, and execution. His background includes founding and leading businesses across software, online platforms, gaming, restaurants, cryptocurrency, and auto finance, including building proprietary technology, standardizing processes, taking companies through growth and sale, and negotiating a multimillion dollar structured finance deal at Integra Auto Capital. That matters to partners because they are working directly with a decision-maker who has experience translating negotiated terms into disciplined operations, executive accountability, and platform-supported execution through AHI OS.
Background
The longer view.
As Chief Executive Officer, Marc DeForest is responsible for AHI’s overall company strategy and execution, municipal final negotiations and terms, and the development of standardized structure and processes across the business. He also oversees executive team management, strategic planning, and the AHI OS technology platform. Marc’s background includes founding and leading businesses across web development, online platforms, gaming, restaurants, cryptocurrency, and auto finance. He founded Web One, Inc., a website development firm that expanded into hosting and internet dial-up before being sold, and Innovative Ideas, Ltd., an online traffic aggregation and reseller platform built before Google AdWords or DoubleClick that later became one of the larger traffic aggregators in its market before being sold. At S2 Games, LLC, he founded and led a PC game studio that produced six titles, including Savage: The Battle for Newerth, which received Audience Choice and Technical Achievement awards, and Heroes of Newerth, which became a global success and was later sold to the company’s Southeast Asia operating partners. He also founded DMA Food Group, LLC, D&T Analytics, LLC, and Integra Auto Capital, LLC, where he developed a proprietary software platform for dealer integration, automated customer approvals, and loan servicing, initially provided all funding for capital distribution, and later negotiated a multimillion dollar structured finance deal. In 2024, he founded Kongor Studios, LLC and re-acquired Heroes of Newerth, which is currently in Open Beta and scheduled for release in 2026. That mix of company building, operating discipline, platform development, and transaction experience aligns directly with his role at AHI. For municipalities, lenders, and other partners, Marc is the executive responsible for aligning negotiated commitments with AHI’s operating structure, executive accountability, and platform-supported execution.
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