Jeff Forsythe
Senior Consultant

Mr. Forsythe has more than nine years of experience in site location consulting and economic development. As a Senior Consultant with MSC, Mr. Forsythe’s experience predominantly includes location consulting in the United States and Mexico for manufacturing, distribution, and office projects. Responsibilities have included performing detailed site / infrastructure and community evaluations, labor market assessments, tax and incentive research, comparative financial analyses, and strategic real estate and incentive negotiations.

Some of Mr. Forsythe’s recent location consulting experience includes serving as the project manager on PACCAR’s first United States engine manufacturing plant, multiple Dollar General distribution center projects, an Austal shipbuilding facility, an Oreck household appliance manufacturing plant, a Trex Company composite lumber fabrication facility, and several confidential manufacturing and office projects.

Mr. Forsythe’s economic development consulting experience has included a site evaluation and certification program for the Western Michigan Economic Development Partnership; a tax and incentive comparison and financial analysis for the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee; and assisting with the Tennessee Valley Authority mega-site identification and certification program.

Prior to joining MSC, Mr. Forsythe was employed as a consultant with Fluor Global Location Strategies. During his tenure with Fluor, Mr. Forsythe was engaged in economic development and site location consulting. Noteworthy project management experience includes executing tax and incentive analyses for the states of Arkansas and Mississippi, and formulating a local economic development strategic plan for the Arkansas Valley Alliance. In addition, Mr. Forsythe participated in a nine-country competitiveness analysis and site identification for a biopharmaceutical client.

Mr. Forsythe joined Fluor after serving as project manager for the Cabarrus Economic Development Commission in Concord, North Carolina, where his primary role was to aid national and international firms considering Cabarrus County for new or expanding operations. Responsibilities varied from identifying and proposing available sites and buildings to incentive negotiations. Additional tasks included performing research to track the economic prosperity of the county, developing marketing materials to aid prospects considering the county, and conducting targeted marketing missions.

Mr. Forsythe holds a Masters of Public Administration and a Bachelor of Science from East Carolina University. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute, a member of the International Economic Development Council and South Carolina Economic Developers Association, and maintains a South Carolina real estate license.