Charleston, SC – January 25, 2007 – The Charleston Digital Corridor is pleased to announce that Anthony J. Powell has joined the "Corridor Roundtable", the Digital Corridor's initiative that directly aids entrepreneurs in existing knowledge-based businesses by providing guidance and answers to the immediate questions and pressing challenges they face in developing and growing their business.

Anthony Powell, as President and CEO, drives the strategic direction and day to day operations of Knowledge Capital Group, LLC (KCG). KCG specializes in two disciplines (1) assisting early-stage companies with the development and implementation of growth-oriented, strategies which focus on sales, marketing and financial planning; (2) working with mature firms to increase profits through the utilization of metrics-based management principles and focus on the utilization of best practices and business process optimization.

Before founding KCG, Anthony served as the Vice President of Professional Services and Enterprise Sales for Blackbaud (BLKB), a $200M technology solution company exclusively serving the non-profit market. As an officer of the company and divisional vice president, Anthony provided strategic direction and overall P&L management for the 300 employee, $100M, Professional Services division. Anthony originally joined Blackbaud in 1998 as the first fundraising system consultant and over the course of eight years built Professional Services into the company's largest and fastest-growing division.

"I am absolutely delighted Anthony Powell has agreed to share his expertise with some of our up and coming companies," said Digital Corridor Director, Ernest Andrade. "Tony's leadership and experience along with his uncanny ability to impart business discipline will be an absolute asset to Charleston's growing knowledge-based community," he added.

Knowledge-based businesses seeking guidance from Anthony Powell can do so by visiting the Digital Corridor website at www.charlestondigitalcorridor.com

About the Charleston Digital Corridor
The Digital Corridor is a creative effort to attract, nurture and promote Charleston's knowledge economy. This is accomplished through a combination of technology enabled initiatives and business incentives, private business support and member-driven programming. To learn more, visit www.charlestondigitalcorridor.com.

Media Contact:
Ernest G. Andrade
843.724.3773
ernest@charlestondigitalcorridor.com