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Meanwhile, Dennis Crumpler, the foundet of XcelleNet, has kept himself busy. He is vice chairmamn of , a company that markets energy over the The Wylyfamily -- who put the foundinb money into , parent of GreenMountain.com -- is the most significant investor in Sterling Commerce. "As I was gettinf to know Sam Wyly better last in the daysbefore XcelleNet's deal closed with Sterling he asked me if I woul look at an energy company that he wanted to use technologyu to leverage," Crumpler said.
Crumpler is workinb at Green Mountain part though headmits "there's no way to have a part-timre job in a company that'z percolating the way this one Green Mountain recently filed to go public. The companyg sells cleaner forms of electricity to consumers overthe "The reason I decidedx to come off the bench faster was because of the environmentak angle," Crumpler said. "I felt this was really a place where we can make a Crumpler also is acting asa "buddyh and coach" to a number of other locall companies, providing the kind of mentoringg that he himself has benefited from, he "You need all the friends you can trustt when you're the CEO, especially of a high-growth publi company," Crumpler said, recallingg a number of individuals who had adviseed him when he was "growing up.
" "I'jm learning to play that role and finding that it fits pretty Crumpler, who has two children, has been stayingy close to home. "I've rejoine my family with a the 46-year-old said. His goal is to take one to two educationakl trips with the kidsevery quarter, he So far, the family has gone to Mexico'se Copper Canyon and lived with the Tarahumaraq Indians for two weeks. They spent Christmasa in Alaska, they have been to Hawaii, and they have takehn a cruise in California topet whales. New chairman.
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and S&S Definition 6 has reached billingsof $3 millionm and has 32 The company was founded in 1997. School The two campuses of Atlanta's DeVry Institute of Technologu are buzzingwith activity. The Alpharetta opened in 1997, now has 950 students. The Decatur in its 30th year, is at capacithy with close to 3,000 Both campuses have seen an increase in older as managers are returning to school tobe Interestingly, DeVry has found that many of these students are looking for second bachelor's degrees, rather than a master's. EVENTS. The Advancefd Technology Development Center will host its annual spring open house on May 12 at2 p.m. RSVP to 894-5217. ...
King & Spalding and Arthurd Andersen LLP will offer a seminarcallec "Maximum Opportunities," a chance to discuss questionse and concerns about the emergintg business environment, on May 13. Scheduled speakers include MonarchCapitao Partners' Rob Guyton; The Robinson-Humphrey Co.'se Charles Ogburn; Premiere Technologiex Inc.'s Boland Jones; Manhattann Associates Inc.'s Michael Casey; and Shereer Nawar, the founder of Tech Discovery Groulp and the former chief technology officeer of XcelleNet. Call (404) 572-559u for registration information.