Advisory Board

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.