Silah Williams, President of Secured Financial Group, LLC is the 2009 SBA Award Recipient for the State of Georgia as the Financial Services Small Business Champion of the Year.  In 2007, Silah was featured in an annual edition of Who's Who in Black Atlanta.  Silah is a former Course Instructor for potential and existing business owners in the Small Business Development Center of Clayton State University. 

Mr. Williams started Secured Financial Group in January 2004, and has steered our growth since the company's inception.  He holds a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Business Management from North Carolina A&T State University and is a candidate for his Master's of Business Administration Degree (MBA) in Executive Leadership from Kennesaw State University in 2011.  His education and work experiences enabled him to rise very quickly through the banking industry.  Within one year of joining the banking industry, Silah went from Sales and Service Specialist to Branch Manager; managing a $70 million bank branch.  He later added Investment and Insurance Adviser, and Business Development Representative to his list of credentials with Fifth Third Bank in Lansing, Michigan.  Silah was recruited by Bank of America and relocated to Atlanta, Georgia to assume the position of Assistant Vice President in their Wealth Management Division.  This position allowed him to build relationships with the Attorneys, Doctors, Accountants, and others in the affluent communities of Metro Atlanta.  In continuing to advance his career, Silah accepted a position with Washington Mutual Bank to become Vice President in their Business Banking Division.  Part of his responsibilities with WaMu was to develop a Small Business Banking Program in his South Metro Atlanta Region.  Under his direction of developing this program in his region, the company experienced over an 800% increase in business loans and business deposits.  Also, in an effort to keep business owners informed, Silah created a business outreach program called "Business Mixers."  This program invited potential and existing business owners into the bank branches, after business hours, once a month to give them information about starting and growing a business.  This program was not only greatly accepted by the business community in Metro Atlanta, but it was also instituted by WaMu bank branches nationally.  In his last position in the banking industry, Silah served as Vice President in Wachovia Bank's Wholesale Business Banking Division.  

Mr. Williams is active in the community.  He serves as Treasurer of the Board and Chairman of the Finance Committee for Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless.  This is a non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating homelessness and providing resources to the impoverished.  He is a member of the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Recruitment Committee with the Atlanta Aggie Alumni Chapter, and Vice President of the Board with Club Office Park.  Silah is a former member of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).  He has written articles about banking in Metro Atlanta and Lansing, MI papers as well as been a featured guest on local radio programs and televison networks.   

 

Secured Financial Group, LLC (SFG) is a business and banking consulting company that assists business owners in the strategic process of growing a successful business.  We achieve our goals and objectives by implementing methods that foster higher profit margins and keep our clients in a continuous financial position to qualify for a business loan.  The process we use to achieve our goal of "growing successful businesses" is:  Assessment, Recommendation, Implementation, and Monitor.  This process has been used to help business owners with starting a business, and prevent existing business owners from going out of business.

SFG was started in January 2004 as a concept by our current President, Silah Williams, to assist business owners with starting and growing a business.  The initial concept was to assist these business owners by providing them with non-traditional funding opportunities.  The process for achieving this mission was to connect individuals with a desire to start or grow a business with individuals who were looking to invest in a business venture.  These investment individuals provided funding to business owners through either a Debt Relationship or an Equity Relationship.  In that process SFG served as broker and facilitator.  After two years of cultivating those debt and equity relationships, we decided to grow our brand into more areas of business assistance.

In 2006, we branched out and formed a strategic partnership with a few non-bank lenders, and we began offering business loans as a result of these partnership.  Shortly after we began offering our clients business loans, we incorporated other business products and services into our product mix.  These products and services are:  business and management consulting, business plan writing, credit card processing, and payroll processing.  Today, we continue to grow and service the needs of business owners nationally.