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EXECUTIVE CHANGES FOR Wednesday, May 30, 2001
TOP MANAGEMENT
? Enterprise Security Firm Solsoft Names New Chairman and CEO
? Real Media's Co-Founder Leaving To Start New Online Company
? Converged Switching Firm Gluon Names President & CEO
? InfoImage Appoints Thomas Niccoli as COO, President
? Knowledge Management Firm QED Solutions Names President
? Corechange Names Charles F. Kane President
? DigitalMoJo Adds Four to Executive Management Team
VC PERSONNEL
? Ex-Pequot Capital VP Joins Partech as Portfolio Manager
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
? Bitflash Appoints Manta Exec. Donna Ronayne to VP, Bus. Dev.
MARKETING & SALES
? Matt Camp Joins Pelago Networks as V.P. of Worldwide Sales
? Octopus Names eGain Exec. Veronica O'Shea as VP, Sales
? Riptech Appoints Senior VP of Sales and VP Operations
? Peter Slade Joins Axerra as Sr Director of Sales, EMEA
? Elagent Names Gavin Stener New Sales and Marketing VP
? Information Management Software Firm PurpleYogi Hires CMO
OPERATIONS
? OptiMight Adds Yuen and Ramakrishnan to Operations
? World Wide Packets Adds David Allen as VP for Europe
? Software Maker ChipData Appoints VP of Operations
FINANCE
? CryoCor Appoints Peter C. Wulff as New CFO
? OutStart Fills Out Executive Team
? Delphi Communication Systems Names Chief Financial Officer
? GiantLoop CFO Peter Phelps Becomes First CFO at Isovia
TECHNOLOGY
? Gary Franklin Joins Nerve Wireless as Dir. of Product Dev.
? Voice App Firm NetByTel Hires VP of Product Development
? CommerceFlow Names Deborah Jean Todd VP, Product Management
OTHER
? Converge Appoints Linkage Exec as Vice President of HR

EXECUTIVE SEARCHES
 SR. DIRECTOR, QUANTITATIVE ANALYTICS-NEW YORK
 VP MARKETING-CUPERTINO, CA
 VP MARKETING-SEATTLE
 DIRECTOR OF UK ADVERTISING SALES-LONDON
 VICE PRESIDENT-LOS ANGELES AREA
 DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT-ITHACA, NY
 CMO/EVP MARKETING-AMSTERDAM, NL
 CFO-SAN DIEGO, CA
 SENIOR VP SALES-NY OR CALIFORNIA
 CFO-SILICON VALLEY AND ELSEWHERE
 EVP SALES AND SERVICE-S! EATTLE, WA
 GENERAL PARTNER-SF OR NYC

TOP MANAGEMENT
Enterprise Security Firm Solsoft Names New Chairman and CEO
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 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Solsoft, a provider of a management
system for enterprise security, said it named Robert de Monts as chairman and
CEO. Mr. de Monts previously served as president and COO of BoostWorks, an
Internet infrastructure software company. He replaces Victor C. Langford, who
was promoted from  president and chief operating officer last October. A
company spokesperson said Mr. Langford has joined Avaya, a Lucent spinoff,
but remains a large shareholder of Solsoft. The company is backed by Carlyle
Internet Partners Europe, Intel Capital, Cita, Innovacom-Technocom, Societe
Generale Asset Management, Sofinnova Partners, Vantech, and Viventures.
http://www.solsoft.com

Real Media,s Co-Founder Leaving To Start New Online Company
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 NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Real Media, an online advertising firm, said David
Morgan, a co-founder and co-chairman of the company, will be leaving the
company on June 30 to start a new online company. Mr. Heinz Waegli, the CFO
of the PubliGroupe, will replace Mr. Morgan as co-chairman of the company.
The PubliGroupe holds a majority interest stake in Real Media. Mr. Morgan,
who said he was leaving to find another entrepreneurial challenge, also said
the new company would develop software tools to enable media companies to
capture and manage data about their audiences. For the moment Mr. Morgan said
he is financing the new venture by himself and has no plans for outside
funding. Real Media's other co-founders, CTO Gil Beyda and executive vice
president Charles Smith, will remain with the firm. Real Media said it
expects to reach profitability before the end of the year. The company has
raised more than $30 million from Advance Internet, Destination Group, and
PubliGroupe.
http://www.realmedia.com

Converged Switching Firm Gluon Names President & CEO
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 PETALUMA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Gluon Networks, a developer of converged
switching and management systems for local service providers, said it has
appointed Jo Anne Heywood Miller as president and CEO. Ms. Miller, who
officially joins the company on June 26, replaces George Hawley, who will
continue with the company as chairman of the board and will also serve as a
senior advisor to the company. Prior to joining Gluon Networks, Ms. Miller
was founding vice president of engineering for wireless and voice-over-IP
firm JetCell, which was acquired by Cisco Systems in May 2000. Gluon Networks
has a seven-member board which includes investor representatives David Britts
of J.P. Morgan and Tom McConnell of New Enterprise Associates. The company is
also backed by the Texas Pacific Group.
http://www.gluonnetworks.com

InfoImage Appoints Thomas Niccoli as COO, President
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 PHOENIX (VENTUREWIRE) -- InfoImage, which provides enterprise decision
software, said Thomas Niccoli has joined as president and the company's first
chief operating officer. CEO Randy Eckel had held those responsibilities
before Mr. Niccoli's appointment. Prior to InfoImage, Mr. Niccoli founded and
served as managing partner for the USWeb office in Phoenix. He also held
senior positions at Xantel and ComputerLand. He was introduced to Mr. Eckel
by a mutual associate. InfoImage has raised $38 million to date from Boston
Millennia Partners, Geo Capital, Global Technology Group, meVC Draper Fisher
Jurvetson, Microsoft, National Bank of Kuwait, and Tudor Investment
Corporation.
http://www.infoimage.com

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Knowledge Management Firm QED Solutions Names President
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 TYSONS CORNER, Va. (VENTUREWIRE) -- QED Solutions, which provides software
platforms that support data conversion, cleanup, coding, training, and
process development for drug safety information, said Richard B. Toren has
joined the company as its first president. Mr. Torens, who takes over some
duties from CEO and chairman Victor Gogolak, was introduced to QED by search
firm J. Robert Scott. As president, Mr. Torens will focus on business
development, product development, and expanding database capabilities. The
company is backed by Westport, Conn.-based Oxford Bioscience Partners.
http://www.qedrx.com

Corechange Names Charles F. Kane President
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 BOSTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Corechange, a provider of e-business access software
for deploying portals, said it named Charles F. Kane as president of the
company. Mr. Kane joined Corechange as COO and CFO, and will continue to
serve in those positions. He replaces Corechange founder and CEO Ulf Arnetz,
who has been named chairman of the board of directors and remains CEO. Mr.
Arnetz replaces Martin Hart as chairman, who will remain on the board. Prior
to joining Corechange, Mr. Kane served as vice president and CFO of Ardent
Software. Earlier this month, Corechange announced it raised a $25 million
Series C round led by UBS Capital Americas that included new investors Exelon
Capital Partners, Nortel Networks, and SG Cowen Ventures, as well as previous
investors ABN AMRO Private Equity and HarbourVest Venture Partners.
http://www.corechange.com

DigitalMoJo Adds Four to Executive Management Team
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 ATLANTA (VENTUREWIRE) -- DigitalMoJo, which provides information security
consulting, training, and management services, said it made several
appointments to its executive management team since February. Each position
is the first full-time appointment. COO Carl Humes joins the company from
Predictive Systems where he served as vice president of global operations.
Vice president of sales and marketing, Jim DeBald, formerly worked at
NorthPoint Communications where he served as vice president of sales for the
Eastern division. Ruth Lestina, the vice president of engineering and
operations, also arrives from Predictive Systems where she was the vice
president of global integrity information security. Vice president of
finance, Jennifer Cupit, worked at Security First Network Bank as vice
president of finance and treasurer before her appointment at DigitalMoJo.
DigitalMoJo is backed by Formational Ventures, Meyer Duffy Ventures,
Predictive Systems, and individuals.
http://www.digitalmojo.com

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VC PERSONNEL
Ex-Pequot Capital VP Joins Partech as Portfolio Manager
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 SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Partech International, a venture capital
firm, announced that Kevin Carrington has joined the firm as a portfolio
manager for its $130 million AXA U.S. Growth Fund. Prior to joining Partech,
Mr. Carrington was a vice president at Pequot Capital Management, where he
focused on enterprise software and technology services. Partech focuses on
expansion and later-stage investments in Web services, e-business
infrastructure software and services, communications software and services,
and collaborative vertical services and products.
http://www.partechvc.com

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Bitflash Appoints Manta Exec. Donna Ronayne to VP, Bus. Dev.
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 OTTAWA (VENTUREWIRE) -- BitFlash, an Internet and wireless software
developer for mobile platforms, announced the appointment of Donna Ronayne as
vice president of business development. Ms. Ronayne, who previously served as
vice president of marketing at Internet development firm Manta, will be
responsible for BitFlash's strategic partnering and alliances for mobile
applications. She is the first person to hold this position. Bitflash is
backed by BMO Nesbitt Burns Equity Partners, Canadian Fund, CBC Pension Fund,
MM Venture Partners, Skypoint Capital, VenGrowth Capital, Working Ventures,
and unnamed individuals.
http://www.bitflash.com

MARKETING & SALES
Matt Camp Joins Pelago Networks as V.P. of Worldwide Sales
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 MARLBOROUGH, Mass. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Pelago Networks, which develops
technology for local service providers to deploy enhanced voice, data, and
video services, said Matt Camp has joined the company as vice president of
worldwide sales. Previously, Mr. Camp was vice president of worldwide sales
for Ennovate Networks. Before Ennovate, he was vice president of worldwide
sales for Adicom Wireless. Pelago Networks is backed by Bessemer Venture
Partners, Brooktrout Technology, Charles River Ventures, and Columbia
Capital. He was introduced to the company through Prestonwood Associates, an
executive search firm based in Medfield, Mass. Founder and CEO of
Prestonwood, Diane Coletti, was the placement agent.
http://www.pelagonet.com

Enterprise Outlook 2001

Octopus Names eGain Exec. Veronica O'Shea as VP, Sales
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 PALO ALTO, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Octopus, which develops products to aid
Web navigation and content searching, announced the appointment of  Veronica
O'Shea as vice president of worldwide sales. Prior to joining Octopus, Ms.
O'Shea served as vice president of sales at eGain Communications, a provider
of customer relationship management software. She has also held positions
with Oracle, Vantive, and Dun & Bradstreet Software. Octopus' backers include
Amicus, Angel Investors, Redpoint Ventures, and unnamed individuals.
http://www.octopus.com

Riptech Appoints Senior VP of Sales and VP Operations
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 ALEXANDRIA, Va. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Riptech, which provides real-time managed
security services, said it has appointed Jim Charlton as the company's first
senior vice president of sales. Mr. Charlton had served as vice president for
Americas and Asia Pacific sales at Axent Technologies, and also held
management positions as Raptor Systems, Sun Microsystems, and Rulespace. He
was introduced to Riptech through an undisclosed executive search firm. Mike
Wells, who previously oversaw the company's government practice, has moved to
vice president of operations, the first such position at Riptech. Prior to
Riptech, he served as information assurance manager at Microsoft. Riptech is
backed by $23 million from Columbia Capital, Providence Equity, and
individuals.
http://www.riptech.com

Peter Slade Joins Axerra as Sr Director of Sales, EMEA
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 BOCA RATON, Fla. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Axerra Networks, which develops
multiservice-over-IP products for next-generation telecommunications service
providers and incumbent carriers, said Peter Slade is the new senior director
of sales for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Mr. Slade was
previously at Advanced Switching Communications where he was regional
director for Europe. He will work in the newly opened office in London that
will operate as its headquarters for business in EMEA. Established in
November 2000, Axerra Networks is backed by HarbourVest Partners, Morgan
Stanley Dean Witter Private Equity, TLcom Capital Partners, Jafco, and
Garage.com. The company has raised $16 million to date.
http://www.axerra.com

Elagent Names Gavin Stener New Sales and Marketing VP
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 DALLAS (VENTUREWIRE) -- Elagent, which develops enterprise applications,
said it named Gavin Stener as senior vice president of sales, marketing, and
field operations. Mr. Stener was previously a district manager for the
software firm Vitria and also founded and served as CEO for the technology
services firm Apsol. Elagent is backed by First Dallas Ventures.
http://www.elagentcorp.com

Information Management Software Firm PurpleYogi Hires CMO
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 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- PurpleYogi, a creator of distributed
information management software, announced it has named Bonnie Crater as its
new chief marketing officer. Ms. Crater was previously the president and
chief executive officer of Zelerate, an e-commerce software firm. Prior to
that she was vice president of solutions at Netscape Communications.
PurpleYogi has raised over $33.1 million in four rounds from At India, H&Q
Asia Pacific, Infosys Technologies, Intel Capital, Skyblaze Ventures,
Softbank Venture Capital, and individuals.
http://www.purpleyogi.com

OPERATIONS
OptiMight Adds Yuen and Ramakrishnan to Operations
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 SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- OptiMight Communications, which develops
coherence division multiplexing optical transport systems for sale to
carriers, said it added Josephine Yuen and P. 'Ramki' Ramakrishnan to its
operations division. Ms. Yuen joins the company as chief operations officer.
Previously, she worked at Lucent Technologies as director of product
management. Mr. Ramakrishnan joins the company as vice president of
operations. He recently served as vice president of operations at Campio
Communications. OptiMight is backed by Brentwood Venture Capital, Hook
Partners, Lucent Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Thomas Weisel
Partners, Venrock Associates, Vertex Management, and Worldview Technology
Partners.
http://www.optimight.com

World Wide Packets Adds David Allen as VP for Europe
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 LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- World Wide Packets, which provides hardware and
software for optical broadband connectivity, said it has appointed David
Allen vice president for Europe. The company is establishing a sales office
in London that will oversee operations in the U.K. and Europe. Mr. Allen has
served as vice president of Europe, the Middle East,  and Africa (EMEA) for
Nortel Networks; director of marketing EMEA for INS, later acquired by
Lucent; director of global services of Unisys; and vice president of global
marketing for Alcatel. He was introduced to World Wide Packets through an
executive search firm in London. World Wide Packets also expects to expand
into Japan, China, South America, and Canada. In January, the company raised
$44 million in its first venture capital round from Azure Capital Partners,
Corning Innovation Ventures, Koch Ventures Group, Millennium Technology
Ventures, and Rock Creek Capital.
http://www.worldwidepackets.com

Software Maker ChipData Appoints VP of Operations
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 DALLAS (VENTUREWIRE) -- ChipData, which develops electronic design
automation software for design engineers, announced John Clarke has joined as
the company's first vice president of operations. Mr. Clarke previously
served as vice president of engineering at Blue Wave Systems, systems
engineering manager at Convex Computer, and microcomputer components test
manager at Mostek. He was introduced to ChipData through investor CenterPoint
Ventures. ChipData has raised $10 million to date from CenterPoint Ventures,
InterWest Partners, and Sevin Rosen.
http://www.chipdata.com

FINANCE
CryoCor Appoints Peter C. Wulff as New CFO
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 SAN DIEGO (VENTUREWIRE) -- CryoCor, which develops new methods to treat
atrial fibrillation, said Peter C. Wulff is the new chief financial officer
and vice president of finance. He replaces acting vice president of finance
and CFO Michael R. Warford, who introduced Mr. Wulff to the company. Mr.
Wulff comes from San Marcos, Calif.-based Natural Alternatives International
where he was the CFO and treasurer. CryoCor, which recently opened its
headquarters in San Diego, also opened an office in Cologne, Germany, to
oversee clinical trials, European operations, and, eventually, sales and
distribution. Founded in the fall of 2000, CryCor is backed by Cambridge,
Mass.-based MPM Capital, which has invested $7 million in the company.
http://www.cryocor.com

OutStart Fills Out Executive Team
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 NATICK, Mass.  (VENTUREWIRE) -- OutStart, a provider of an e-learning
content management and delivery platform, announced the addition of Dan
Kossman as chief financial officer, Ellen Brezniak as vice president of
marketing, Patrick McHugh as vice president of sales, and Dave Janus as vice
president of professional services. Prior to joining OutStart Mr. Kossman was
the CFO at Servicesoft and Infinium; Ms. Brezniak was an executive at Be
Free; Mr. McHugh is the founder of Exchange Applications and was previously
an executive at EMC and Kendall Square Research; and Mr. Janus was formerly a
senior director at Versata Software and a partner at SQL Solutions. Earlier
this month, OutStart raised $10 million in Series A funding from Sigma
Partners.
http://www.outstart.com

Delphi Communication Systems Names Chief Financial Officer
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 MAYNARD, Mass. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Delphi Communication Systems, a provider of
digital communications technology and digital signal processing-based
applications, announced the appointment of Jeff Jonas as chief financial
officer. Mr. Jonas previously served as corporate controller at technology
accelerator 100xVentures.com. Delphi Communication Systems is backed by
Arcadian Venture Partners.
http://www.delcomsys.com

GiantLoop CFO Peter Phelps Becomes First CFO at Isovia
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 BOSTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Isovia, which provides mobile business applications,
said Peter Phelps is the company's first chief financial officer. Mr. Phelps
joins the company from GiantLoop Network where he was the CFO. At Isovia, he
will look over financial management, strategic investors, and investor
relations. Isovia is backed by Information Technology University, iSherpa,
and individuals.
http://www.isovia.com

TECHNOLOGY
Gary Franklin Joins Nerve Wireless as Dir. of Product Dev.
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 LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Nerve Wireless, which delivers wireless
collaboration applications for networked enterprise, said Gary Franklin is
the new director of product development. Mr. Franklin previously served as
managing director and engagement manager for telecommunications at Scient.
Nerve Wireless is backed by GorillaPark, a Pan-European business accelerator
for technology companies. The company's founder and CEO is Simon Williams and
has offices in London and Amsterdam.
http://www.nervewireless.com

Voice App Firm NetByTel Hires VP of Product Development
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 BOCA RATON, Fla. (VENTUREWIRE) -- NetByTel, which provides voice commerce
applications that connect online e-commerce systems and telephones using
speech recognition as the interface, announced it has appointed Gerard Cox as
its new vice president of product development. Mr. Cox was formerly with
ibooks, where he developed a downloadable text technology for the company.
Before ibooks, he was a senior manager of professional services group at
Trilogy Software. NetByTel has raised $25 million to date from Lazard
Technology Partners, Noro-Mosley Partners, Accenture Technology Ventures,
InCentive Capital Group, Chelsea Capital, Mesco Limited and T-Ventures.
http://www.netbytel.com

CommerceFlow Names Deborah Jean Todd VP, Product Management
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 SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- CommerceFlow, an online channel management
service provider for Internet marketplaces, said it has named Deborah Jean
Todd as vice president of product management. Ms. Todd most recently served
as vice president of IT-Internet applications and infrastructure for Banc of
America Securities. CommerceFlow is funded by Anam Cara Venture Partners,
Prism Venture Partners, and Sagus Ventures.
http://www.commerceflow.com

OTHER
Converge Appoints Linkage Exec as Vice President of HR
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 PEABODY, Mass. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Converge, which operates a collaborative
marketplace, announced the addition of Sally Conkright as vice president of
human resources. Ms. Conkright, who formerly served as director of innovation
and e-learning at Linkage, a provider of conferences, workshops, and
consulting, will oversee all international human resources operations for
Converge, including staffing, compensation and benefits, learning and
development, employee communications, and employee relations. Converge is
funded by Agilent Technologies, AMD, Canon, Compaq Computer, Gateway,
Hitachi, Hewlett-Packard, NEC, Quantum, Samsung Electronics, SCI Systems,
Solectron, Synnex, Tatung, and Western Digital.
http://www.converge.com

EXECUTIVE SEARCHES

Sr. Director, Quantitative Analytics - New York - Marketing Infrastructure
Services

Wheelhouse, which designs implements and manages strategic Internet marketing
systems, seeks a leader with a unique combination of solid quantitative
analytics, modeling, and business intelligence skills along with business
development skills. This position involves significant pre-sales and sales
involvement, billable client work, and participation in the ongoing
definition and development of analytic service offerings.
The candidate will be responsible for:
* Participating in the sales process to identify and articulate strategic
analytic solutions
* Determining appropriate statistical technique(s) to meet client needs
* Managing and potentially designing and programming SAS macros to expedite
modeling EDA process and accountable for ensuring quality on all projects
* Collaborating with the Service Development team to identify, prioritize,
develop and expand suite of analytic services and offerings
* Representing Wheelhouse in marketing/analytic forums
* Consulting on client and internal projects

Qualifications:
Education: Masters or MBA required; Masters or PhD in Statistics or
Econometrics strongly desired
Experience: 7-10 years of experience including extensive consulting
experience in database marketing, marketing analytics, Internet marketing
and/or e-commerce business issues. This individual should have significant
experience working with the following statistical techniques as they apply to
marketing:
* Logistic regression
* Factor analysis
* Decision Tree Modeling (i.e., CHAID, CART, C4.5, etc.)
* Cluster Analysis
* Segmentation

e-mail: HR@wheelhouse.com
company: Wheelhouse
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VP Marketing - Cupertino, CA - Edge Networking

entrisphere is a startup backed by two eminent venture-capital firms, Accel
Partners and Benchmark Capital. We're building the first carrier-class,
converged 'first mile' systems that are plug compatible with service-provider
infrastructure, finally providing economic service delivery of new
high-revenue broadband services.

By integrating several network elements, the entrisphere solution
revolutionizes service provisioning and management of edge networks, yet
enables service providers to leverage their investment in operations, Class 5
switching, and IP routing. Our system is based on a state-of-the-art hardware
architecture involving high-density and high-speed design driven by
innovative software.

You are responsible for our inbound product marketing and management
functions. You are articulate, have ties in the service provider community,
and possess a basic knowledge of the technology - ideally with a data
background and an understanding of the existing public switched telephone
network. Must be comfortable giving presentations at all customer levels.
Previous experience in a venture-backed start-up is desirable.

e-mail: careers@entrisphere.com
company: entrisphere
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VP Marketing - Seattle - Communications Lasers

nLight Photonics is seeking a seasoned executive with a successful record of
marketing and creating business relationships in the telecom industry, who
will drive the market penetration and sales success of nLight. He/she will be
responsible for directing all aspects of nLight's marketing and business
development activities, including product management, technical
specifications and marketing communications. This senior management position
reports to the CEO.

Primary Job Functions
Develop and implement the multiple-product marketing strategy for next
generation optical components based on nLight technology
Work closely with the VP of Engineering to refine the product marketing
strategy and to develop detailed documentation of product specifications
Perform competitive analysis, decide overall market positioning and influence
company direction accordingly
Identify strategic partners and business benefits, and propose and develop
advantageous relationships
Develop and maintain nLight's image and reputation in the marketplace,
effectively communicating and evangelizing the the 'company story' and
positioning to the industry, partners and customer groups
Build and develop a highly qualified marketing team
Negotiated pricing, NRE, and licensing deals with prospective partners

Knowledge & Skills Required
Engineering background with significant experience in marketing and product
development
Strong personal leadership skills and a proven track record of developing,
building and bringing new, sophisticated optical networking products to
market Experience and success in managing complex system engineering projects
requiring intense industry qualification
Thorough knowledge of fiber optic communication technology
Familiarity with long-haul optical transport technologies including EDFA and
Raman amplification technologies is desired
Familiarity with Telcordia qualification requirements
Thorough knowledge of potential partners and customers in the
telecommunication space

e-mail: hr@nlightphotonics.com
company: nLight Photonics
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Director of UK Advertising Sales - London - Search Engine

Work for a pre-IPO organization that has consistently been regarded as the
best search engine on the web! The award-winning Google search engine is
rapidly growing in popularity around the globe. Google is available in 26
languages and more than half our traffic comes from outside the United
States. Now we want more than half of our revenue to come from outside the
United States. We need to grow our presence in the UK and are looking for an
exceptional leader to drive the establishment of our London office.

Responsibilities:
* Acquire UK clients as well as establish strong relationships with
advertising agencies. Primary method of acquisition will be client
visits/presentations.
* Prospect, qualify, negotiate and close key accounts
* Achieve revenue goals
* Build a local sales force and drive the establishment of Google's UK
presence
* Increase Google brand awareness
* Manage UK sales force and day-to-day operations

Experience/Attributes:
* A minimum of 7 years sales experience with 4 years of management background
* 2-3 years of online advertising sales
* Established network of contacts with advertisers and agencies (online and
offline)
* Strong understanding of the Internet advertising space
* Outstanding presentation and communication skills
* Entrepreneurial spirit and instinct for revenue-generating activities
* Valid UK work permit required
* Continental languages ideal

e-mail: jobs@google.com
company: Google
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Vice President - Los Angeles Area - HW/SW Engineering, Microscale
Manfufacturing

We seek a highly-experienced, creative, and dynamic senior manager to assume
a key position as Vice President in charge of the hardware and software
design and development of sophisticated, high precision capital equipment for
microscale manufacturing. Candidates must have a track record in the
successful commercialization of automated capital equipment. Experience in
bringing to market equipment for semiconductor manufacturing or a related
industry is preferred. An extensive background managing large and complex
multidisciplinary projects is a strict requirement.

Duties and Responsibilities:
* Supervise and coordinate Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Engineering
departments.
* Assume responsibility for systems engineering and specification of new
products.
* Develop budgets and product plans.
* Work closely with V.P., Process and Materials Engineering to develop new
products and expand the capabilities of existing products.
* Interface with Manufacturing, QA/QC, Marketing customers.

Requirements:
* B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Physics; M.Sc.
desirable.
* 3+ years of experience as a V.P. Engineering or 6+ years of experience as
a, Project Manager, or Mechanical or Electrical Engineering department
manager
* Background in capital equipment.
* Solid track record in bringing to market successful products.
* Good working knowledge of mechanical and electrical engineering principles,
methods, and tools.
* Solid understanding of software development, including some software
development experience.
* Project management background.
* Systems engineering background.
* Demonstrated ability to manage others.
* Excellent organizational skills.
* Excellent interpersonal skills.
* Excellent oral and written communications in English.

Applicable Background:
* Semiconductor process tools or other precision, automated capital
equipment.

e-mail: box1078@venturewire.com
company: n/a
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Director of Product Management - Ithaca, NY - Optical Components

BinOptics is a pioneer in next-generation optical devices based on
leading-edge semiconductor innovations. The company's proprietary technology
places it in a unique position to address the challenges facing the rapidly
growing optical components industry. Founded in 2000, BinOptics is privately
held and funded by renowned Silicon Valley venture firm Draper Fisher
Jurvetson and Stanford University. The company is currently headquartered in
scenic Ithaca, New York and is seeking a Director of Product Management who
will report to the CEO.

The Director will be responsible for working with potential customers to
understand how the company's technology can meet their requirements; leading
the evolution of the company's products by determining the product
definitions and the planning process; being the main ambassador and
evangelist of the company's technology; building and leading the team that
will develop and deploy the company's next-generation products; and providing
product direction and guidance for the engineering team.

He/She should be a dynamic and high-energy individual with strong
presentation skills; have a very strong knowledge and understanding of the
telecommunication industry, DWDM, optical components, optoelectronics, and
photonics; have 8+ years of telecommunication industry experience; have at
least 5 years experience with product management or engineering management or
product development specializing in optical networking products; have
excellent written and verbal communication skills; be able to represent the
company in business as well as technical forums; and have an MBA and an MS or
BS in Electrical Engineering. A background from an optical component
manufacturer is preferred but not required.

The job requires a significant amount of travel.

e-mail: careers@binoptics.com
company: BinOptics
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CMO/EVP Marketing - Amsterdam, NL - Information Technology

THE CHALLENGE Establish Our Client, a $3 Billion global consultancy, as a
premier Global Brand that stands for a high quality, premier service and
Support global growth objectives from $3 Billion to $10 Billion.

CMO/EVP MARKETING(THE ROLE The EVP Marketing will be a member of the senior
management team and will report to the Board of Directors. The CMO/EVP
Marketing will Develop, communicate and drive the marketing strategy to
position our client as a Global brand and lead all marketing functions:
Public relations, Investor relations, Marketing plans, Brand development
strategy, Product and service development, Promotion and positioning
campaigns and Web based marketing strategies to include web site strategies,
e-news letters etc.

REQUIREMENTS: International Background: Implemented successful Marketing
Campaigns across multiple countries and regions, Multi-Lingual desired,
English Fluency required Educational background: BA/BS Required, MBA required
Experience with Marketing/Branding in a Service industry or B2B environment
highly desired

e-mail: toddg@1execstreet.com
company: 1EXECStreet
[top]

CFO - San Diego, CA - E-Marketing

Overview: An outstanding, immediate opportunity to join a team of experienced
professionals as they launch an exciting e-marketing application enabling
companies to extend their brand and communicate immediately with their
existing customer base.  The Company has proprietary software and contracts
in place and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a publicly traded company.

The Position: Reporting to the CEO, this individual will occupy a senior
management position and have total responsibility for all financial affairs
of the Company.

The Candidate: A professionally aggressive, experienced, entrepreneurial team
player with strong financing skills and contacts with the venture capital
community, investment banking firms plus enterprise and institutional
investors.  A proven track record and contacts a must.  Start-up and
hypergrowth experience preferred.  Experience with SEC filing requirements a
plus.  A college degree plus technology or internet industry experience
essential.  The ability to communicate effectively and a management style
that is flexible, fluid and reacts to a sense of urgency is highly valued.

The Opportunity: A competitive compensation package including options in both
the public company and the subsidiary company equating to significant equity
participation.

e-mail: box1071@venturewire.com
company: n/a
[top]

Senior VP Sales - NY or California - Dark Fiber Wholesale

Company will be deploying dense dark fiber networks in US Cities using
robotic technology to quickly deploy fiber in sewers and storm drains
quicker, more efficiently, and with less impact than current methods.

We need a proven dark fiber and bandwidth sales executive that has closed
deals with ISP, ASP, ILEC, CLEC, DLEC, wireless, large business, and
government customers.

Responsibilities: Presell fiber before build is started. Lease fiber during
construction process, and after the build is completed.Assist in ROW
acquisition with cities.Recruit and manage sales team and effort. Build and
manage local sales teams and effort. Report to CEO on all aspects of sales
and revenue responsibilities.

Qualifications: Prior experience working for a national provider of dark
fiber in metro areas. Knowledge and contacts with customer targets. Strong
proven experience on closing sales with carriers. Business and financial
educational background a plus.

e-mail: box1070@venturewire.com
company: n/a
[top]

CFO - Silicon Valley and Elsewhere - Venture-Backed Startup

Mayfield provides Venture Capital with IMPACT, creating next-generation
technology companies in communications and e-Business Software. We are
currently seeking seasoned Chief Financial Officers for our portfolio with
the following credentials:
* CFO experience in private and public technology companies
* CFO Experience in leading companies to profitability and successful
liquidity
* Style and attitude that thrives in either early or mature companies
* Strong financial and business modeling skills
* Strong leadership, management, operating skills and insights
* Deep relationships with analysts and Wall Street
* Strong financing skills and ties with technology venture community,
investment bankers, institutional and enterprise investors
* BA or MBA Degree
Current opportunities in Silicon Valley, So. California, Seattle, and
Washington, DC

e-mail: opportunities@mayfield.com
company: Mayfield
[top]

EVP Sales and Service - Seattle, WA - Online Learning

Growing K-12 teacher shortages, and difficulties in creating economic class
sizes in both urban and rural settings, create challenges in providing
students across the country with equal access to quality education in
important subject areas.  At the same time, increasing levels of funding are
available at local, state and federal levels for developing innovative
methods of using technology to enhance the delivery of education.  Virtual
Schools--offering highly interactive courses led by online instructors--are
growing rapidly across the country as a way for school systems to provide
choices to students that they otherwise wouldn't be able to offer in a
cost-effective way.  Virtual Schools are taking off across the country--18
states either operate or are building Virtual Schools.

Our Company is the leading builder and operator of virtual schools for the
K-12 education market.  We build private-label virtual schools for states,
large districts, and other institutional education partners.  We provide
technology, content, and services to allow our customers to reach students
they otherwise would not be able to serve.  We also act as an "added-value
content aggregator" for publishers, universities and others who seek to
transform their learning materials for delivery through the new Virtual
School channel.  We have built a market-leading position, with customer
agreements now covering over 30% of the nation's high schools and 4.3m
high-school students.

This individual will be a key member of the company's Executive Team,
participating in senior-level strategic activities.  This individual will
focus on creating a dynamic, effective team tasked with the following: direct
sales of our content, technology and services into the K-12 education market;
managing major account relationships and service; end-user services,
including driving end-user (student) enrollments, student services, tech
support; and development of new channels to supplement direct sales efforts.

e-mail: box1069@venturewire.com
company: n/a
[top]

General Partner - SF or NYC - Venture Capital

$280 Million global fund in formation phase with offices in the US, Europe
and Asia, focused on early stage companies within the wireless, optical and
distributed computing sectors, seeks a General Partner to reinforce the US
team. The current team includes experienced Venture Capitalists and
entrepreneurs. Candidates will have a solid and successful VC experience ) 10
years minimum ) with international experience to contribute to developing a
global fund.

The ideal candidate will be entrepreneurial and have a strong track record in
early stage investing and good technical background

e-mail: box1066@venturewire.com
company: n/a
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Hey check these out dude. The Smashing Pumkins song is Drown and I can't find it on any other cd. Whaz up??


---------------------- Forwarded by Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT on 08/17/2000
09:07 AM ---------------------------

Steven Leppard
08/16/2000 06:07 PM
To: Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT@ECT, Grant Masson/HOU/ECT@ECT, Stinson
Gibner/HOU/ECT@ECT, Zimin Lu/HOU/ECT@ECT, Olivier Herbelot/LON/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Real options article

Guys

Please find attached my submission to the conference proceedings, at which I
gave my recent real options talk.

The volume will be published by the American Institute of Physics in the new
year, as part of the volume on complex and disordered systems.

(If you don't have a postscript reader I'll need to send you a paper copy.)

Steve


Start Date: 4/13/01; HourAhead hour: 8;  HourAhead schedule download failed.
Manual intervention required.


Heard you were going to be back in the hot seat again today...how did it go?
was your audience as captivated as Judge Biren?


OK.  Pat how fast do you need it?

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Barta, Tammy
Sent:	Wednesday, September 26, 2001 2:46 PM
To:	Davis, Dana
Cc:	Johnson, Pat
Subject:	FW: Hanson

Dana,
Please make a copy of the Hanson deposit for Pat.

Pat,
We are just depositing it today.  Sorry, I got the check during my budget blitz and forgot to tell you.

Thanks,
Tammy
 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Johnson, Pat
Sent:	Wednesday, September 26, 2001 2:42 PM
To:	Barta, Tammy
Subject:	Hanson

Hey, Tammy -

Have you seen a check from Hanson this month?  If so, can I get a copy?  And if not, I'll give 'em a call.

Thanks!

Pat Johnson
Enron North America
1400 Smith St, EB 3339E
Houston, TX  77002-7361
(713) 345-3369   Fax (713) 646-3640


Hey team.

I would like to release the Iroq and Tenn capacity for March activity to Boston Gas by the end of the week if possible.  Please let me know by Thur morning if I should wait until next week.

Thanks


Monika,

Good that you put some analysis with the price changes.  I'd be a bit careful about declaring that prices are expected to continue increasing through November --- many market observers (particularly Mr. Ross Hay-Roe) believe there's a good chance that the US$15/metric ton increase the producers already received will begin to erode in the next few weeks.  I think it's important that we give air time to all the possibilities, especially in light of the high degree of uncertainty surrounding the market.  Thanks.

Karen
 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Causholli, Monika
Sent:	Tuesday, November 06, 2001 7:59 AM
To:	Cardoso, Leonardo; Aguilera-Peon, Maria Teresa; Allan, David; Biggerstaff, Finley; Boudreaux, Jay; Braune, Carlos; Bruce, Michelle; Bruce-Jones, Tom; Bruch, Greg; Bryja, James; Carter, Karen E.; Conner, Andrew R.; Crane, Bob; Determeyer, Peggy; Dimitry, Dirk; Ferrell, Daniel; Foster, Michael; Ho, David; Hutchinson, Elizabeth; Juvane, Danilo; Kabel, Jeff; Kiehne, Sean; Monroe, James; Perez, Eugenio; Rickard, Craig; Robinson, Richard T.; Schmidt, Joern; Schube, Jonathan; Stapley, Cecil; Thakkar, Ami; Then, Leslie; Wales, Stacey
Subject:	FOEX for 11/06

Hello,

The November FOEX that came out today showed a small up-tick versus last week.

FOEX for NBSK was US$465.43 up US$0.95 (0.2%)

FOEX for BHKP was Euro 466.02 up only Euro 0.02. In terms of dollars BHKP was US$420.55 up US$4.46 (1.07%).

Even though the movement upwards is very minimal, it is still in line with the pulp producers' attempts to raise prices. The price increases so far have been partially successful as producers have only been able to push for a US$10-15 dollar increase  instead of US$20-30 as previously announced. Still price increases are expected to continue in November.

Please see attached for a chart on FOEX indeces.

Thanks,
Monika Causholli
ext. 5-1510


Jeff,

Please, take a look at the resume I got from my friend.

Vince

P.S. what follows is a copy of his message to me:

Dear Vincent,

I very much would like to ask you for a career advice. I am looking for new
challenges and new professional opportunities. Possibly there would be such
opportunity around yourself  at Enron Corporation.

I trust that my strongest asset is my intellectual capital and ability to
look from new angles into complex issues. Beside of the experience of
working under Jacob Goldfield an Paul Jacobson at Goldman on the interest
rate swaps and proprietary desks, I was a part of research effort of John
Meriwether group at Salomon Brothers, I headed the European interest options
desk at DKBI in London and I have managed a small hedge fund in partnership
with Albert Friedberg.

 I hold Ph.D. in mathematics from MIT and I have studied under Nobel
Laureate in Economics, Bob Merton.

I very much would like to apply my knowledge of capital markets, trading and
research in the field of energy markets.

With my very best regards and personal wishes,

Mark Kierlanczyk
Godel Partners LLC
67 Wall Street, Suite 1901
New York, NY 10005
Tel 212 943 5300
mkierlanczyk@fmginy.com


Mark,

I'm writing this email to you because Joan is out this week.  I need to find
out why we are not nominated on NWPL for the month of March for our San
Arroyo gas.  We specifically requested nomination on NWPL.  Are the VPP
volumes on NWPL or Questar?  If they are on Questar, then we need to have a
letter agreement for March between Crescendo and now Brazos?
Can you please find out who I can talk to about this as soon as possible?

Thanks,

Ken


Hello guys!

Just to keep you up to date on the Christmas Party Plans that we are working
on.  (Mark your calendars - Invitation to follow)

DATE:  December 15th, 2000

DINNER: MORTON'S OF CHICAGO  TIME: 5:15 p.m.
  400 Post St.
  San Francisco, CA

AFTER DINNER EVENT: STOMP  TIME:    8:00 p.m.
    Marines Theather
    609 Sutter St.
    San Francisco, CA

Total headcount to date is: 50

Cristina


Can you please review the following systems presented in this spreadsheet for
your group and let us know if you in fact use all these systems.  The West
Gas includes West Gas Trading, West Gas Originations, and the Denver piece
combined.  Also, we need for you to give us the breakout for the applicable
groups.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Tiffany Miller
5-8485


My employee in question fell out in "Needs Improvement" because of the lack
of time in her position.

DG    3-9573

Francisco deJesus@ENRON
12/21/2000 04:35 PM
To: Darron C Giron/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Communications and Development Plan

You have 1 employee who fell out in  "Needs Improvement" at the year end 2000
PRC process.

I would like to meet with you to address the employee's areas of
improvement.  Additionally, I will be sitting in on your discussion with the
employee. My role will be twofold:

assist you in creating a communication and development plan for the employee
to serve as an advocate for the employee and management

As agreed, We will not be sitting in with employees who were placed in "Needs
Improvement" due to newest in position. Specifically, employees who are
meeting your learning curve expectations but because of their newest and
limited contributions they were placed in "Needs Improvement".

You should plan to discuss your development plan with your employee(s)
between now and January 31, 2001.

Please contact me prior to meeting with the employee so I can assist with
your plans. Call if you have any questions, I can be reached on (713)
345-3662.


Holden,

Please email me the February and March worksheet when it is available.

Thanks,

Steve

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Salisbury, Holden
Sent:	Thursday, January 24, 2002 2:24 PM
To:	Thome, Stephen; Baughman, Edward; Luong, Steven
Subject:	Purchases for Jan 29 - 31

Here are the purchases we are making for the balance of January.

 << File: Deals_Jan.xls >>


Sager is apparently coming down right now to talk to Bill on this and other matters.  Mar.  31, 2001 expiration language is currently in Section 17, should this be shifted to shorter, 3 mo. timeframe? .  No CSA is contemplated to be put in place under this arrangement.  Even simply for completing execution of this document, in addition to enforcability questions, it seems preferable to leave European entities off, if possible.   --David

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Rohauer, Tanya
Sent:	Thursday, November 08, 2001 10:39 AM
To:	Portz, David
Subject:	aep master netting

just a couple of things:

europe and ees entities are ok to include
take New Power out!!
We will not agree to Section 8 - Financial Responsibility - delete in its entirety
bill indicated that elizabeth had some language that baiscally would make the agreement expire 3 months after execution. could you please check with her and include?
have we started negotiating the CSA to the agreement?  I did not have a copy.

Thanks!!!

Tanya


1 pm my time. I will call you. Is that still good?

	"John Quinn" <jbq@quinnemanuel.com>
	05/17/2001 10:54 AM

		 To: <richard.b.sanders@enron.com>
		 cc:
		 Subject: got your voicemail and bill urquhart

also passed on your discussion with him.  i will be ready to speak with you
at 1 pm today--is it your time or ours and should we place the call?

do we need to talk before then?


---------------------- Forwarded by Andrea Ring/HOU/ECT on 12/01/2000 01:47
PM ---------------------------
   Michele Winckowski @ ENRON                11/28/2000 10:49 AM

To:
cc:  (bcc: Andrea Ring/HOU/ECT)
Subject: Frazzled

 - frazzled.jpg


There was a discussion today involving Home Depot and our inaction regarding not having sent out a DASR.

To make sure that we are all on the same page (please let me know if anyone disagrees with the following) --

1.	We (meaning EES broadly) do have customers with metered demand greater than 1 MW (otherwise known as non-Price to Beat).

2.	For non-Price to Beat customers that have not been DASRd or have no contract, the Affiliated REP will provide service to the customer beginning on their first meter reading after Jan 1, 2002 under a blanket Term of Service Agreement (let me know if you want copies) under the following price terms =

TXU Energy Services cost = $5 per kw for Demand (based on highest demand in last 12 months) + $50/Mwh + $100/month + Delivery Costs + Taxes.
Reliant Energy Services cost = [1.5 * Daily Gas Index * kwh] + [{1.15 * Capacity Price} * kw (billing demand)] + $490/month + Delivery Costs + Taxes.

3.	If the customer does not pay their bill, they will then be placed on POLR service.

4.	The AREP offers month-to-month service with a 30 calendar day notice provision for cancellation.

5.	Next opportunity to DASR these customers will be Dec 16, 2001.

6.	When we find a buyer for the Texas book or all of the company, EES intends to obtain permission from the customer to assign the non-Price to Beat customers.  This implies that we will not be sending out the Opt-Out provision to non-Price to Beat customers.

Jim


I am interested in purchasing a Huglu shotgun and would like to get a price.
I am looking at the Model Au1 semi-automatic model.  Please email me with a
price and approximate time til delivery (I live in Houston).  Also, please
include information on any choices or extras available.

Thanks,

Martin Cuilla


Deregulation not to blame but Davis is: His inaction allowed a problem to
become a power, and fiscal, crisis
By Pete Wilson
(Published June 3, 2001)

The plain and simple reason California will inescapably suffer hundreds of
hours of blackouts this summer is because California will not have a
sufficient supply of electrical power to meet demand. Five years ago, when
deregulation was passed by unanimous vote of both houses of the Legislature
(and without a murmur of dissent from any Democratic constitutional officer,
including then-Lt. Gov. Gray Davis), California enjoyed an excess of supply
over demand amounting to some 30 percent.
Deregulation was enacted to create free market competition; first, to drive
down what were then among the very highest power costs in the nation and,
second, to attract private power providers to invest in the creation of new
generating capacity to meet the exploding power needs of the New Economy and
keep in California all the jobs that it would produce.
And deregulation did succeed in stimulating a significant increase in
applications to build power plants, especially after the effective date of
the legislation in 1998 and the defeat that year by California voters of
Prop. 9 (which unwisely sought to repeal deregulation). The total megawattage
of the filings for 1998 doubled that for 1997. After the effective date
(March 1998) of the deregulation legislation, AB 1890, and the defeat of
Proposition 9 (November 1998), removing the threat of repeal, the total for
1999 was double that of 1998 -- exceeding the 5,000 MW mark in '99 alone.

Just look at the filings for 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 in the California
Energy Commission graph (above). Far from causing the problem of energy
shortage, as the Davis administration charges, deregulation caused providers
to file -- by mid-2000 -- applications to build new power plants that
promised to add 10,000 megawatts to California's power supply.
That's why I signed it.
I did so even though I disagreed with two of the provisions of AB 1890 --
just as I (and every other governor in history) signed other bills which,
though imperfect, promised significant and needed beneficial change from the
status quo, which was certainly true of deregulation.
No one could have anticipated in 1996 the combination of factors -- less
hydroelectric output in the West, warmer summers, sharply higher electricity
demand, constraints on natural gas supply -- that turned an electricity
surplus into an electricity problem by 2000. The reason we will suffer power
blackouts this summer is because the Davis administration has by inaction
allowed a problem to become a crisis. Now the power crisis threatens to
become a state fiscal crisis.
Governor Davis has been quoted as saying, "If I wanted to raise rates, I
could have solved this problem in 20 minutes." Sadly, by temporizing on
needed actions to raise rates and other steps required to avert crisis, he
made crisis inevitable. As a result, California bonds have suffered two
downgrades by Wall Street rating agencies, and he has put in jeopardy state
spending for parks, schools, transportation and other capital needs. He has
been warned by the state legislative analyst to sharply reduce the state
budget.
The administration failed to monitor either the explosive growth in
electricity consumption by the New Economy in the last five years, which
gobbled up the energy surplus that existed at the time of deregulation, or
the curtailment of production of natural gas, which led to price spikes in
recent years. It failed also to heed early warnings from weather forecasting
agencies that the summers ahead would be among the hottest in a century.
It ignored a 1998 warning by the California Energy Commission of possible
energy shortages by as early as 2000. And when possibility became hard, hot
reality in San Diego in 2000, it continued to ignore it, putting in place a
political, palliative rate cap instead of dealing with the problem.
Fully a year ago, or earlier had he chosen to do so, Governor Davis could
have invoked the almost unlimited powers conferred upon the governor of
California by the State Government Code to deal with an emergency, including
explicitly the sudden and severe shortage of electrical energy. These powers
include the suspension of statute and regulation. It was this power that I
used after the Northridge earthquake in 1994 to rebuild and reopen Los
Angeles' shattered freeways -- just 64 days after their destruction, instead
of taking the two and one half years that would otherwise have been required
by law.
Fully a year ago, Davis could have acted unilaterally, without the
Legislature, to suspend operation of the rate cap that the investor-owned
utilities (PG&E, SCE and SDG&E) recently complain of but eagerly requested at
the time of enactment.
He could have, by decree, suspended the provision that prohibited the
utilities from forward contracting with power wholesalers.
He could have, by executive order, suspended and truncated the nightmarish
process required by state law for approval of siting. Had he done so early
enough, when he might even have made a difference this summer, and done so
not just with peaker plants but also with large plants, he might have greatly
accelerated construction of the power plants that will be required to allow
us to escape from blackouts, power price spikes and the severe job loss and
economic injury certain to result from a power supply that is neither
reliable nor affordable.
All these actions, Governor Davis could have taken a year ago -- or earlier:
A governor can foresee the emergency and exercise his extraordinary powers to
prevent it. He is not required to wait and compel California to suffer it.
Had the governor heeded the early warnings -- about hot weather, or the
threat of insolvency to the utilities -- and had he acted, using the full
range of his extraordinary emergency powers when he should have, he could
have prevented the problem from becoming the crisis it has become.
We might have incentivized power providers to build enough new plants fast
enough to avoid blackouts this summer.
PG&E would not have been compelled to declare bankruptcy and Southern
California Edison would not be teetering on the brink.
Energy costs would not have spiked to the present outrageous levels.
The state would not have burned through billions of taxpayers' dollars.
And California's jobs would not be threatened, as they are, by raiders from
other state governments who are aggressively seeking to lure California
employers to their states and steal our jobs.
The blame game waged by the governor's office adds insult to injury. It will
provide no comfort to Californians sweltering in darkness this summer. But it
does do a serious disservice to ratepayers and taxpayers by seeking to
mislead those who are not aware of the real, unhappy facts of California's
present crisis.
The honest explanation for it is simple, not rocket science: State government
cannot ignore the law of supply and demand. It is not the state's
responsibility to build power plants. But it is its responsibility to create
a regulatory environment that will give incentive to private sector providers
to do so. Deregulation, even with imperfections that the governor could have
cured by fiat if the need arose, was a significant advance in achieving that
incentive as subsequent filings by providers attest.
The problem grew into a crisis not because of deregulation but because of
Governor Davis' failure to act. That is the plain, unhappy truth of the
matter. I take no joy in saying so. I have been prepared to be helpful to the
governor during this very serious challenge to our state's well-being, just
as when I responded to his request for my assistance in passing Proposition
39 (the school bond issue) in the most recent election.
Just as my perception of what was best for California caused me to help him
then, I am compelled now to speak out to prevent the rewriting of history and
a deliberate effort to mislead the public and to discredit deregulation in
order to shift the blame for his own inaction.

Pete Wilson is the former governor of California.

You can see this story at: http://www.sacbee.com/voices/news/voices05.html


Julie,  Steve forwarded your phone concerning the GTC for EOL transportation
capacity.   Attached is the GTC I prepared for the EOL capacity release
product.  Let me know if you have any questions.