For Immediate Release
December 13, 2001

Generation Partners, a $325 million private investment firm, has named Peter Campbell a partner in the firm. Formerly an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Campbell has been working with Generation Partners since December 2000.

"Peter is a strong addition to the management team at Generation, with his deep experience in finance and operations," said managing partner Mark Jennings. "His unique mix of investing and operating experience is proving to be vital to our ability to manage the very strong flow of new investment opportunities we are seeing in both buyouts and venture."

Mr. Campbell brings to his position long experience in finance, marketing and general management. In his capacity as Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Mr. Campbell worked both to generate new investment opportunities as well as to work closely with Generation Partners' portfolio companies on issues related to marketing, management, and recruiting. His background includes almost a decade in financing entrepreneurial ventures, first at Bank of New England in Boston, and then later at Burr, Egan, Deleage in San Francisco in the late 1980's. Mr. Campbell's experience also includes eight years of corporate general management and marketing at the Colgate-Palmolive Company. Mr. Campbell advises several technology companies, both public and private, on management, brand and marketing issues. Mr. Campbell is a graduate of Middlebury College with a Bachelor of Arts and received his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.

About Generation Partners

Generation Partners is a private investment firm focused on providing equity capital to a broad range of growth companies. The firm targets investments primarily in venture capital (information technology and communications) and buyouts (small/middlemarket and technology divestitures). Some of Generation's portfolio companies include: Hotjobs.com, Promatory Communications, National Transportation Exchange, High End Systems, and American Cellular Corp. The firm currently has over $325 million of capital under management from its offices in Connecticut and San Francisco. For more information on Generation Partners, please visit www.generation.com.