Access Smart, LLC

Company Officers:

Dovell Bonnett, Founder & CEO
Dovell Bonnett has been creating security solutions for computer users for over 20 years. In order to provide these solutions to consumers as directly, and quickly, as possible, he founded Access Smart. With each of his innovations, the end user — the person sitting in front of a computer traversing the Internet — is his No. 1 customer, whether that individual is using a notebook computer in a home-based office or an employee working on a desktop at a large company.

This passion, as he puts it, to “empower people to manage digital information in the digital age" also led him to write the popular Online Identity Theft Protection for Dummies. Within the pervasive nature of our e-commerce and e-business community, personal information, from credit card numbers to your pet’s name, is more easily accessed, and identity theft and fraud has become an issue that touches every consumer.

Mr. Bonnett’s solutions reduce security risks for individual users, small businesses and large corporations. His professional experience spans 21 years in engineering, product development, sales and marketing, with more than 13 years focused specifically on smartcard technology, systems and applications. Mr. Bonnett has spent most of his smartcard career translating and integrating technology components into end-user solutions designed to solve business security needs and incorporating multi-applications onto a single credential using both contactless and contact smartcards. He has held positions at National Semiconductor, Siemens (Infineon), Certicom, Motorola and HID. He is the author of smartcard articles, regularly presents at conferences, and helps companies successfully implement smartcard projects. Mr. Bonnett has been an active member of the Smart Card Alliance contributing to the development of physical access security white papers. He holds dual bachelor’s degrees in industrial and electrical engineering from San Jose State University.

Marguerite Bonnett, Executive Vice President
Marguerite Bonnett’s success has allowed her to focus on projects she truly believes in, and working with consumers — from small-business start-ups to Fortune 500 companies — to reduce the incidence of identity theft and fraud is an issue she has championed for the last several years. Having worked within the industry from its first days, she’s helped the e-commerce sector grow and has kept her finger on the pulse of both its triumphs and failures.

Chief among the failures is the security risks for the end user, a problem that Access Smart created solutions for, and Ms. Bonnett continues to share this information with consumers as widely and quickly as possible. She has more than 10 years experience in Silicon Valley high-tech marketing covering several industries from semiconductors to back-end Wall Street data services. As a marketing professional, Ms. Bonnett has managed Web site development for start up firms, ongoing collateral including brochures, training seminars, direct mail, customer support and trade shows. She has significant experience in art and design, including work on several feature films in addition to screenwriting.

Dietrich Wecker, Chief Development Engineer
A co-creator of the Power LogOn software, Dietrich Wecker is a forward-thinking software innovator. He also has an unusual capability for an MS level engineer — he excels at listening to what customers need and is able to deliver solutions in the most user-friendly way. Mr. Wecker’s ability to see the big picture by balancing customer need with technical potential and business case has enabled Power LogOn software to establish the substantial installed customer base that it boasts today. 

His strong leadership ensures that both strategic partners and customers may continue to expect the high level of quality and responsiveness that have become the hallmark of his solutions. He has more than 20 years of experience in application development, and leading development and integration teams for a wide range of software and hardware systems.

Nicole Friel, Chief Security Scientist
Nicole Friel is Founder and CEO of Elite Development Group, Inc. an I.T Security, Services, Investigations and Intelligence consortium headquartered in Irvine, CA. Ms. Friel has been an Information Technology Security expert since 1996 and a Private Investigator since 2006.

Prior to founding her firm she served as Chief Information Officer of Components Direct, LLC and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the FBI sponsored organization Infragard and is the Master of Security for the Bannon Institute, and Chief Security Scientist for  Access-Smart, LLC.
Ms. Friel has been involved in the resolution and investigation of multiple cases regarding network intrusion, zero day virus outbreaks, securities fraud, extortion, espionage, network operations sabotage, Federal Agent impersonation and many more.

In addition Ms. Friel is a member of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), Electronic Crimes Task Force (ECTF), Orange County Private Sector Terrorism Response Group (OCPSTRG), CalTech/MIT Technology Symposium, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), Irvine Police Business Partnership (2008 committee member) FBI Citizen’s Academy Alumni, CyberCop, and a candidate in consideration for the ATF’s Citizen’s Academy and Disney’s Counter Intelligence Symposium. She is also certified by the Extension Disaster Network in Pandemic Planning and Business Continuity Planning.