Craig Lewis.

• Position: Appointment of Craig Lewis - Influence of drugs - Services electric industries

CRAIG LEWIS chief investment officer, Franklin Street Partners Inc., Chapel Hill

Franklin Street Partners, founded in 1990 to manage the investments of the founding principals and a small group of investors, manages approximately $2 billion for 300 clients, 60% of which are institutions, foundations and endowments. Lewis received his bachelor's degree from University of Notre Dame in 1986 and his MBA from UNC Chapel Hill in 1992. Before joining Franklin Street, he was principal and portfolio manager at Boston-based Essex Investment Management Co. This is his first appearance in BNC's Hot Stocks competition.

FURIEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

The lead drug in the Morrisville-based drugmaker's pipeline is eluxadoline, which will be used to treat irritable-bowel syndrome, an underserved market that offers no unrestricted approved products. It recently raised cash, most likely enough to get the drug through Food and Drug Administration approval and into a favorable partnership agreement.

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POWERSECURE INTERNATIONAL INC.

All three of its businesses--energy efficiency, utility infrastructure and distributed generation--are growing nicely, but we're most encouraged by distributed...