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Meanwhile, Dennis Crumpler, the founder of XcelleNet, has kept himselcf busy. He is vice chairman of , a company that markets energyy overthe Internet. The Wyly family -- who put the foundin money into , parent of GreenMountain.com -- is the most significantg investor inSterling Commerce. "A s I was getting to know Sam Wyly betteerlast spring, in the days beforse XcelleNet's deal closed with Sterling Commerce, he asked me if I woulcd look at an energy company that he wanteds to use technology to leverage," Crumpleer said.
Crumpler is working at Green Mountainpart time, thougjh he admits "there's no way to have a part-timse job in a company that's percolatingv the way this one is." Green Mountain recently filed to go public. The company sellz cleaner forms of electricity to consumers overthe "The reason I decided to come off the bench fasterr was because of the environmental angle," Crumpler said. "I felt this was reallgy a place where we can makea difference." Crumplee also is acting as a "buddy and to a number of other local companies, providingb the kind of mentoring that he himself has benefited from, he said.
"You need all the friendz you can trustwhen you're the CEO, especiallty of a high-growth public company," Crumpler recalling a number of individuals who had advisedx him when he was "growing up." "I'm learning to play that role and findingg that it fits pretty Crumpler, who has two children, has been stayinfg close to home. "I've rejoinec my family with a vengeance," the 46-year-olxd said. His goal is to take one to two educational tripsw with the kidsevery quarter, he said. So far, the familyy has gone to Mexico's Copper Canyon and lived with the Tarahumara Indians fortwo weeks.
They spent Christmas in they have beento Hawaii, and they have takeb a cruise in California to pet whales. New Muninn Technologies LLC, founded by Georgia Tech professoerAnindya Datta, has raised an initial round of seed capital and recruitedx Lang Lowrey as its executive chairman. Lowrey formerlyh was CEO and chairma n ofAnacomp Inc., a $2.1 billion electronic storaged company. Muninn develops data warehousestorags software. Datta is also the head of Georgiaq Tech's new e-commerce center, which the universityg announced onApril 21. Weaving the Web. Definitiobn 6 Inc., an Atlanta-based interactive marketing firm, has enterede the carpet market.
The agency has createfd Web sites for carpet manufacturers MohawjIndustries Inc. and S&S Definition 6 has reached billingsof $3 million and has 32 The company was founded in 1997. Schook Boom. The two campuses of Atlanta's DeVry Instituter of Technology are buzzing with TheAlpharetta campus, opened in 1997, now has 950 The Decatur campus, in its 30th year, is at capacityu with close to 3,0009 students. Both campuses have seen an increase inolder students, as managers are returning to school to be retrained. Interestingly, DeVry has found that many of these students are looking forseconxd bachelor's degrees, rather than a EVENTS.
The Advanced Technology Development Center will host its annual spring open house on May 12 at2 p.m. RSVP to 894-5217. ... King & Spalding and Arthurr Andersen LLP will offer a seminarcalled "Maximum a chance to discuss questions and concernsz about the emerging business environment, on May 13. Schedulef speakers include MonarchCapitalp Partners' Rob Guyton; The Robinson-Humphreyy Co.'s Charles Ogburn; Premierew Technologies Inc.'s Boland Jones; Manhattan Associates Inc.'s Michaelo Casey; and Shereef Nawar, the founder of Tech Discover Group and the former chiegf technology officer of XcelleNet. Call (404) 572-559 for registration information.