Mr Friel founded Bank of Americas Strategic Alliances and Investments group charged with identifying innovative technologies and enabling business unit adoption. As President of Banc of America Technology Investments, Inc. and Banc of America Ecommerce Holdings, Inc., Mr Friel managed the investment in more than 40 technology companies in the security, authentication, and payments sectors. Mr Friel was SVP and Director of Financial and Economic Analysis at Bank of America, and taught economics at North Carolina State University.Mr Friel has served as a director, and/or advisor to numerous technology companies, including DxEcosystems, 6fusion, aPersona, CapitalStream, InQuira, Moneta Corporation, Net Direct Systems, Stash Games, & Virtual StrongBox.
