# Chris Foreman

> Chris Foreman is the co-founder and CEO of Marketplace.city, a Chicago-based govtech platform that helps local governments find, validate, and buy new technology with the help of real pricing, contract, and outcome data. Before building Marketplace.city, he scaled AvePoint's Americas business from a small team to more than 1,200 employees across 15 countries and launched its public-sector subsidiary, where the company won three straight Microsoft Partner of the Year awards. A Northwestern political science graduate, he has spent 15-plus years in enterprise software and now spends his days trying to drag government buying out of the PDF era.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Marketplace.city
- **Organizations:** Marketplace.city, AvePoint, AvePoint Public Sector, Nutech Integrated Systems
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A. with honors, Political Science and International Affairs, Northwestern University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Marketplace.city, a govtech platform serving local governments, Grew AvePoint's Americas business to 1,200+ employees across 15 countries, Launched AvePoint Public Sector and served as its CEO and Chairman

## Career timeline

- **—** — Oversaw enterprise sales at Nutech Integrated Systems, focused on healthcare, archiving, e-discovery, and records management
- **—** — Served as CEO of the Americas for AvePoint, growing it from a small team to 1,200+ employees in 15 countries
- **—** — Founded and led AvePoint Public Sector as CEO and Chairman; the company won three consecutive Microsoft Partner of the Year awards
- **2016** — Launched the Marketplace.nyc beta with NYC's Mayor's Office of Technology and Innovation
- **2017** — Spun out Marketplace.city as an independent company headquartered in Chicago
- **2021** — Marketplace.city raised an additional $1M seed round

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Marketplace.city, a govtech platform serving local governments
- Grew AvePoint's Americas business to 1,200+ employees across 15 countries
- Launched AvePoint Public Sector and served as its CEO and Chairman
- Helped win three consecutive Microsoft Partner of the Year awards
- Graduated with honors from Northwestern University

## Latest updates

- **2021-03** — Marketplace.city raised an additional $1M, bringing total funding to roughly $1M at the seed stage.

## Links

- Website: https://marketplace.city
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisforeman
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/followforeman
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj_46kjmwow

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Last updated: 2026-06-25