new addition to the board03/28/2008Active Power, inventor and manufacturer of energy-efficient critical power systems, announced it has appointed James E. deVenny III to its board of directors. deVenny was most recently the co-founder, President and CEO of Dallas-based Dataside, a provider of outsourced data center and network services. deVenny brings extensive business and technology experience to Active Power s board of directors, specifically in the data center and power management/quality markets.