From left: Excella co-founders and partners Steve Cooper, Burton White and Jeff Gallimore. Burton White, one of the founders of business and technology consulting firm Excella, feels like it's 2002 all over again when it comes to the current talent pool.
"We started the company in 2002, right after 9/11, and a lot of people said, 'You're crazy! What are you doing starting a company now?' And our view at the time was while it might be hard on the client side to find clients, we feel like we're probably going to have access to a lot of great talent. Back then we took advantage of that and we hired a bunch of great people who were really the launching pad for our firm. So in a similar way now, if anything we see this a potential opportunity."
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