Fulcrum Ventures | Advisory Board

Fulcrum Ventures’ Advisory Board provides ongoing advice and guidance to the Partners. The Board also reviews each transaction of the Fund prior to closing. Each member of the Board is an investor in the Fund and represents the quality of our investors which includes more than forty CEOs or former CEOs of significant enterprises in a very diverse range of industries.

Dennis Crumpler

Dennis Crumpler has over 25 years of experience in building and managing successful technology companies. Mr. Crumpler founded XcelleNet, Inc. which became the IT industry leader in systems management for large-scale remote and mobile systems. During his tenure, XcelleNet executed its initial public offering in 1994 and was later acquired by Sterling Commerce in 1998.

Prior to XcelleNet, Mr. Crumpler co-founded Sales Technologies, a successful pioneer in field sales automation software that was acquired by Dun & Bradstreet in 1989. Subsequent to business school and four years of service as a U.S. Army Officer, he began his career as a Consultant with McKinsey & Company in 1982.

Since 1998, Mr. Crumpler has been General Partner of CIMCO, LLC, a private investment management company in which he has led investments in and advises Catalysta Ventures (Raleigh), Hatteras Biocapital (Raleigh), Chatham Capital (Atlanta), and Fulcrum Venture Partners (Atlanta). He also serves as General Partner of TechDiscovery LLC and Chairman of both Silas Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Atlanta) and Optima Management LLC (Raleigh).

Mr. Crumpler is a trustee of the Southern Environmental Law Center in Charlottesville, VA, the UNC Institute for the Environment in Chapel Hill, NC, and the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University in Durham, NC. He is also founder and co-Chairman of the Boys & Girls Club Cycling Challenge in Charlottesville, VA.

In 1994, Mr. Crumpler was named Technology Entrepreneur of the Year, an award sponsored nationally by Ernst & Young, Inc. In 1992, he was named High-Technology Entrepreneur of the Year by Atlanta Business & Technology Alliance.

Mr. Crumpler holds a BS from MIT and a MBA from Harvard Business School. Additionally, he has completed PhD coursework at the University of Edinburgh (UK) as a Rotary International Scholar.

Bradley Currey, Jr.

Retired Chairman and CEO of Rock-Tenn Company, a manufacturer of packaging and recycled paperboard products with over $2 billion in sales.

Brad Currey grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He graduated from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1951. After service as a U.S. Army enlisted man and commissioned officer, he joined Trust Company of Georgia in 1953, rising to Executive Vice President and Director of the bank holding company in 1974. In 1976, he joined Rock-Tenn Company, having served as a director since 1967. He was named President and Chief Operating Officer 1978, Chief Executive Officer in 1989 and Chairman of the Board in 1993.

Mr. Currey served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Rock –Tenn Company and Genuine Parts Company, and currently serves on the Board of Brown & Brown, Inc. He was Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 1984-1989. He served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the American Forest & Paper Association and of its predecessor the American Paper Institute for many years. Mr. Currey was a founding member of the Paper Recycling Coalition. He served as a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Paperboard Packaging Council and as Vice Chairman and Chairman.

Mr. Currey is an Emeritus Trustee of Emory University, having been an active member of the Board of Trustees from 1980 to 2000. He was Chairman from 1994-2000. He served on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and as Chairman in 1974, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Currey was a trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the Woodruff Arts Center and is an Honorary Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He was a Trustee of the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation at Callaway Gardens and served on the Board of Directors of the Commerce Club.

Mr. Currey is an active member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta. He is married to the former Sally McClellan, and they have four children, ten grandchildren.

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Scott Dorfman

Scott Dorfman is the Founder, Chairman, & CEO of Innotrac Corporation (NASDAQ: INOC), a full-service provider of customized, technology-based marketing support services to large corporations, primarily in the telecommunications industry. In this role, Mr. Dorfman manages the executive committee and sets the planning, long-term marketing, financial, sales and production goals for the company.

Prior to founding Innotrac in 1984, Mr. Dorfman was employed by Paymaster Checkwriter Company, Inc., an equipment distributor, where he developed and managed Paymaster’s mail order catalog and developed proprietary software to track and analyze marketing programs. Mr. Dorfman founded and served as President of Features Mail Order Catalog, where he gained experience in distribution, tracking and inventory control.

Mr. Dorfman is a member of the Board of Directors of Market Velocity, Inc., The Lake at Northpoint and the Partnership against Domestic Violence