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Committed to Success
The Frontier Capital team has a long history of working together and delivering results for both our portfolio companies and investors. We pride ourselves on being thoughtful and hard working. Our success is guided by a set of principles we refer to as the “Frontier Values”. We manage to these values and seek long-term business relationships with partners who share them. To learn more about our team check out our blog.
Frontier Values:
- Maintain a reputation for integrity, thoughtfulness, and hustle
- Recruit and reward great performance
- Foster honest communication
- Use common sense and focus on the basics
- Lead balanced lives
- Be humble
- Choose business partners who share our values
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Been There Done That!
The Frontier Team is complemented by a group of successful former CEO's and Senior Executives who serve as our Operating Partners. These individuals bring a wealth of former operating experience and relationships to our portfolio companies. They serve as valuable mentors and coaches helping to solve issues regarding growth plans and organization structure typically facing our Management Partners.Click on each operating partner below for a short bio:
Edward Crutchfield
Mr. Crutchfield brings extensive operating experience to Frontier as the former CEO of First Union Corp. (now Wells Fargo). He has been an active advisor and investor in a number of Frontier's portfolio companies, including LURHQ, RYLA, Viverae and Anodyne Health. Mr. Crutchfield actively assists Frontier in evaluating financial services and other related investments. He received a BA in Economics from Davidson College and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mark Wilson
Mr. Wilson brings 25 years of experience to the table as an entrepreneur, investor and business leader focused on nurturing business innovation. Building on the knowledge he gained from 15 years with Dun & Bradstreet, Wilson created Ryla, Inc in 2001 and sold the company in 2010. Mr. Wilson is preparing to take on a role as Entrepreneur in Residence at the MDBA Business Center with Georgia Tech's Enterprise Innovation Institute where he will serve as a high-level resource for business leaders interested in imporving profitablility and sustainability. Mr. Wilson earned his degree in Business Administration and Management at Wilberforce University.
Tim Lamb
Mr. Lamb held various leadership positions at Automatic Data Processing ("ADP") for nearly 20 years, eventually retiring as president of the National Accounts Division supplying HR, benefit and payroll services to large employers in the United States. Prior to his tenure at ADP, he began his career at IBM and became manager of National Account Marketing. Mr. Lamb assists Frontier with software-as-a-service companies and is currently on the board of DAXKO and Social Solutions.
Tony Prince
Tony Prince has over 15 years experience operating business service and IT security companies. He was the founder and CEO of LURHQ, which grew into one of the premier IT security companies in the United States and was aquired by SecureWorks. Mr. Prince helps Frontier in evaluating and operating high growth, managed services companies. He received a BS in Computer Science from the University of South Carolina.
Brian Handly
Mr. Handly has over 15 years of technical, operational and executive management experience. He was founder and CEO of Accipiter, which grew into one of the industry's premier online ad serving solutions and was acquired by aQuantive. Subsequently, Mr. Handly spent three years with aQuantive and Microsoft as General Manager of Publisher Solutions and Business Development. He assists Frontier in evaluating and operating software-as-a-service companies. Mr. Handly received a BSBA in Marketing from the University of Missouri.
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Celergo’s CEO knows everyone — everywhere — needs to get paid. In fact, she built her business on it. May 13th, 2013
Michele Honomichl is in the business of making sure people get paid. Nine years ago, she launched international payroll service provider Celergo from her home with one client. Today the Deerfield-based company is on track to do $21 million in sales this year and employs 102 people with offices in the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Budapest, Hungary.
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HIMSS 2013 May 7th, 2013
Frontier attended HIMSS 2013 in New Orleans, which is Healthcare IT’s equivalent to the Super Bowl. The power didn’t go out like it did for the real Super Bowl, but a day-long ban on running water put 40,000 attendees in an “are you kidding me New Orleans” frame of mind.
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An Hour With Ed Crutchfield Apr 18th, 2013
Retired First Union Corp. CEO Ed Crutchfield remembers a time when a front-page headline about him proclaimed, “Young lion stalks banking’s frontier.”
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FrontierFIT Team Gets Spartan Tough Apr 1st, 2013
The ancient Spartans were a notoriously brutal race. If a baby boy was judged too weak to become a soldier when he was born, he was left on the side of a hill to die. If he was "lucky" enough to be spared, he was subjected to a lifetime of rigorous battle training and relentless, simulated war exercises.
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Frontier Supports the 2013 SEVC Mar 19th, 2013
Frontier was proud to be a part of last week’s 7th annual Southeast Venture Conference, held here in Charlotte for the first time. We’ve been supporters of this event and cause for many years but were particularly pleased to see the conference come to our hometown and highlight the successes of the local entrepreneur and private equity community.
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JobApp CEO Will Present at Premier Growth Equity Conference Mar 5th, 2013
JobApp CEO will Present at Premier Growth Equity and Venture Capital Conference to Strategic Players, Investors, and Best-in-Class SaaS, Technology, and Media Companies. The 10th Annual Montgomery Technology Conference will host over 1,000 senior-level private equity, venture capital investors, and corporate industry executives.
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Meet the Boss: Daxko's Dave Gray Feb 20th, 2013
Gray recently took time to speak with the Birmingham Business Journal about his business philosophy and Daxko’s unique corporate culture.
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B2B Software and Service Trends for 2013 Feb 6th, 2013
As we enter a new year, the team at Frontier wanted to take some time to reflect on several trends that we witnessed in 2012 and believe will continue to be prominent themes in the marketplace this year.
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FrontierFIT Gets Festive Dec 17th, 2012
Saturday marked our second race as part of the new FrontierFIT initiative!
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HR Tech Talk Dec 4th, 2012
Frontier Capital spent several days in the Windy City this past October to attend the 15th Annual HR Technology Conference & Exposition.
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Frontier Announces FrontierFIT Program Dec 3rd, 2012
FrontierFIT is a program that promotes the education, culture, and practice of health and fitness. Its main goal is to incorporate proper exercise along with proper nutrition to maximize physical and mental well-being. When you feel better, you live better!
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Who is Social Solutions? Nov 30th, 2012
We’re often asked about this Baltimore-based, mission-oriented SaaS business, so in this Portfolio Spotlight we’ll cover Frontier partner Social Solutions.
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The Daxko Nation Nov 8th, 2012
Frontier portfolio company Daxko has long been known for its strong corporate culture and great work environment. The company’s mission is to provide technology and services that contribute significantly to the success of its customers and to provide Daxko team members with rewarding careers.
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Healthx Family Continues to Grow Oct 23rd, 2012
Healthx announced several new appointments to new positions fueled by continued double digit growth in its core healthcare portal business and its emerging mHealth solutions.
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Frontier Family Races For The Cure Oct 9th, 2012
The FrontierFIT Pink team set out shortly after 6:00am on Saturday, October 6th to meet up for the Charlotte Race for the Cure.
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Great Takeaways from CED Conference Sep 17th, 2012
The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) once again did an excellent job showcasing North Carolina's most innovative entrepreneurial companies at their annual Tech Venture Conference last week.
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Welcome All! Sep 12th, 2012
Frontier opened its doors recently for an evening with colleagues and friends.
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Daxko Wins Most Admired Tech Company in Birmingham Aug 8th, 2012
Daxko is at it again! Daxko won 1st place in the Birmingham Business Journals “Most Admired Companies” award in the technology division.
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Venture Capital Fundraising Jumps in 2Q Jul 9th, 2012
Thirty-eight U.S. venture capital funds raised $5.9 billion in the second quarter of 2012. That’s a 12 percent increase by dollar commitments, but a 22 percent decline by number of funds, compared to the first quarter of 2012, according to Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association
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Frontier Co-Sponsors ACG Event in Tampa Jul 2nd, 2012
Frontier was proud to co-sponsor an event hosted by ACG Tampa Bay last week on “Capital Alternatives for Growth Stage Companies.” Members of the panel included our own Richard Maclean and friends Dale Kirkland of Silicon Valley Bank and Drew Graham of Ballast Point Ventures.
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Baseball at Wrigley Jun 20th, 2012
Hard to beat beers, brats and baseball at Wrigley with some of our closest friends in Chicago.
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Celergo CEO Recognized as Outstanding Entrepreneur May 30th, 2012
Celergo CEO, Michele Honomichl, was named a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 program. We always knew she was outstanding! Good Luck Michele!
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Frontier is Focused Apr 26th, 2012
Over the last twelve years, we’ve built a track record specializing in partnerships with tech-enabled business services companies. These companies leverage technology, information assets or a unique business process or strategy to deliver value to their customers.
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Frontier Expands! Apr 17th, 2012
No, Davy Crockett has not come back to scout virgin land for settlement, but Frontier’s office space did expand into new territory this month.
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The HIMSS Experience Mar 22nd, 2012
Frontier spent the last week of February at the healthcare IT industry’s main event, HIMSS. For us, HIMSS is a great opportunity to deepen our domain expertise and meet with management teams in the industry that could benefit from a capital partner to accelerate growth.
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Back from the O-Bowl! Jan 13th, 2012
My son and I joined once WVU football legend; now portfolio company CEO, Tobin Geatz of Inclinix, Inc., and some of his friends in Florida for the 2012 Orange Bowl Classic last week
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A Frontier Family Thanksgiving Nov 28th, 2011
This Year's Frontier Capital family holiday dinner was a Thanksgiving Feast.
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Frontier Team Visits Charleston, S.C. Nov 3rd, 2011
The entire Frontier team made the short trip to Charleston, SC for our annual offsite meeting last month.
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Michael Ramich Participates in Entrepreneur's Series Event Oct 24th, 2011
Frontier Partner Michael Ramich recently visited the Research Triangle to serve on a panel titled “Building a SaaS Company from Funding through IPO.”
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