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Internet entrepreneur to meet with students during visit to IU's Johnson Center
Oct. 18, 2000
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University's Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation will host a luncheon Oct. 27 with Gayle Crowell, founder of RightPoint.com and the center's master entrepreneur-in-residence.
RightPoint.com was acquired earlier this year by E.piphany.com, and Crowell serves on that company's board of directors. She will speak to IU students, faculty and community business people from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Room 111 of the Kelley School of Business.
Betsy Gatewood, director of the Johnson Center, described Crowell as "a veteran Silicon Valley executive who defines her success by both the value she delivers to the companies she leads and the personal development and growth she experiences.
"She has built a reputation as a strong and savvy executive who can develop and execute a plan, create a vision for growth, and hire and retain world-class teams," Gatewood said. "Not only is she a business success, but also she is consumed with a strong sense of service and a heartfelt need to share the wisdom and experience she's garnered.
"She can often be found in the role of mentor, empowering men and women with practical advice and guidance to navigate and achieve personal satisfaction, growth and success in their careers."
Crowell leads E.piphany.com's privacy efforts and has become the industry's "voice of reason" regarding this very complex issue by providing guidance and balance around the viewpoints of the consumer, the corporation and the technology community.
In addition, Crowell is a director on the company boards of eGroups, Outcome.com and EchoPass, and is active in a number of industry privacy initiatives and standards organizations. She serves as the secretary and treasurer of the Personalization Consortium, and she is a member of the Women in Technology Advisory Board as well as a number of Internet start-up advisory boards.
Prior to her current focus at E.piphany.com, Crowell's skills as a turnaround wizard were put into play at RightPoint.com. Within two years, she successfully grew the company from a vendor of data mining technology to an industry leader in real time personalization for the Internet and call center markets.
The Entrepreneur-in-Residence program is made possible by a grant from Richard and Ruth Johnson of Columbus, Ind. The Johnsons are successful entrepreneurs who built their businesses from scratch. They own the Johnson Oil Co. and the Bigfoot gasoline station and convenience store chain. The Johnsons fund the program to provide IU students with an opportunity to interact with successful entrepreneurs, to increase the relevance of classes on entrepreneurial issues, and to foster increased awareness of entrepreneurship among IU faculty members.
For more information about the luncheon, contact Tammy Orahood, the center's student services program manager, at 812-855-9659 or torahood@indiana.edu
(Sue Artmeier, 812-855-4248, artmeie@indiana.edu)