Frank S. Goldberg is Chairman and CEO of Briar Capital. He has been involved in the management of financial institutions since 1970. He holds a B.A. from the University of Texas and a M.A. from the University of Michigan. After graduate school, he joined American National Bank of Austin. In 1972, he became an officer of Affiliated Capital Corporation, a public (AMEX) multi Savings and Loan Holding Company located in Houston, where he served until 1981. In 1985, he founded Fondren National Bank (which later became Security Bank). As Chairman and President, he oversaw the growth of the Bank to $85 million in assets and sold it to Compass Bancshares in 1994. In 1996, he founded CompuBank, which became the first federally chartered electronic bank. Investors included SOFTBANK Finance, GE Capital, Goldman Sachs Group, and Marsh & McLennan. In March 2001, the accounts and customer relationships were sold to NetBank. |