November 8, 2005, SANTA ANA, Calif.
The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF), the nation’s largest data provider, today announced that Lawrence A. Fried has joined the company as director of operations and finance for First American’s Emerging Markets Program. In this new position, Fried will be responsible for the execution of several of the company’s key business strategies designed to increase First American’s market share in the rapidly growing minority, new immigrant and low-to-moderate income homebuying and mortgage financing segments.
Fried comes to First American following two years as chief operating officer for RightNow Business Development Systems in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Walnut Creek, Calif. His background also includes positions with several real estate and technology companies, including Peracon, E-Loan, iOwn and Cambridge Technology Partners. He also spent three years as an engineer with Mobil Oil.
Fried earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from the university’s Haas School of Business. He is also a licensed California real estate broker.
Currently a resident of San Francisco, Fried is treasurer and chairman of the Finance & Investment Committee of the Louis August Jonas Foundation, a group committed to developing teens’ leadership skills and diversity awareness through residential summer camp programs.