Dan Allred is a Senior Relationship Manager with Silicon Valley Bank. Dan moved to Boston to start SVB’s Accelerator group, which grew into a team of bankers who are advising, banking and lending to over 500 local start-ups. Prior to moving to Boston in 2007, Dan led SVB’s business development efforts in Research Triangle, NC, where his team tripled that office’s earning assets between mid-2003 and mid-2007. Dan joined SVB as an associate in the Research Triangle office in 2002 and prior to that was Vice President of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development in Research Triangle Park, NC.