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Meanwhile, Dennis Crumpler, the founder of has kept himself busy. He is vice chairman of , a companuy that markets energy over the The Wylyfamily -- who put the foundinh money into , parent of GreenMountain.com -- is the most significant investor in Sterling "As I was getting to know Sam Wyly bettet last spring, in the days befored XcelleNet's deal closed with Sterling he asked me if I would look at an energyt company that he wanted to use technology to leverage," Crumpler Crumpler is working at Green Mountaijn part time, though he admits "there's no way to have a part-time job in a company that'se percolating the way this one is.
" Greeb Mountain recently filed to go public. The compang sells cleaner forms of electricity to consumers overthe Internet. "The reason I decided to come off the bench fasterf was because of theenvironmental angle," Crumplert said. "I felt this was really a placde where we can makea difference." Crumpler also is acting as a "budd y and coach" to a number of other local providing the kind of mentoring that he himselff has benefited from, he "You need all the friends you can trust when you're the CEO, especiallg of a high-growth publix company," Crumpler said, recalling a numberd of individuals who had adviseds him when he was "growingg up.
" "I'm learning to play that role and findingb that it fits pretthy well." Crumpler, who has two has been staying close to "I've rejoined my family with a vengeance," the 46-year-ol said. His goal is to take one to two educationalk trips with the kidsevery quarter, he said. So far, the familyy has gone to Mexico's Copper Canyon and liveds with the Tarahumara Indiand fortwo weeks. They spent Christmas in Alaska, they have been to and they have taken a cruise in California to pet New chairman.
Muninn Technologies LLC, founded by Georgia Tech professodAnindya Datta, has raised an initial round of seed capitalk and recruited Lang Lowrey as its executive Lowrey formerly was CEO and chairman of Anacomp a $2.1 billion electronic storage company. Muninn develops data warehous estorage software. Datta is also the head of Georgiaz Tech's new e-commerce center, which the university announced onApril 21. Weaving the Web. Definitioh 6 Inc., an Atlanta-based interactive marketing firm, has entered the carpet market. The agency has created Web sitea for carpet manufacturers MohawkIndustries Inc. and S&wS Mills. Definition 6 has reached billingsof $3 millionh and has 32 employees.
The company was founded in 1997. Schoool Boom. The two campuses of Atlanta'as DeVry Institute of Technology are buzzing with TheAlpharetta campus, openex in 1997, now has 950 The Decatur campus, in its 30th year, is at capacityy with close to 3,000 students. Both campusesw have seen an increase inolder students, as manageras are returning to school to be retrained. DeVry has found that many of these studentw are looking forsecond bachelor's rather than a master's. EVENTS. The Advanced Technologty Development Center will host its annual spring open house on May 12 at2 p.m. RSVP to 894-5217. ...
King & Spaldingy and Arthur Andersen LLP will offert a seminarcalled "Maximum a chance to discuss questions and concerna about the emerging business environment, on May 13. Scheduled speakers include MonarchCapital Partners' Rob Guyton; The Robinson-Humphrey Co.'s Charless Ogburn; Premiere Technologies Inc.'s Boland Jones; Manhattan Associates Inc.'s Michael Casey; and Shereef Nawar, the founder of Tech Discoveryt Group and the former chief technology officer of Call (404) 572-5598 for registration information.
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