Senior Officers

Business Development Officers

Board of Managers

Founder
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.

Stephen Fisher is Chief Credit Officer of Briar Capital. He has been involved in financial consulting services to asset-based, factoring and leverage commercial loan situations including real estate since 1970. He holds a BBA and MBA from Southern Methodist University.

Beginning in 1970, he spent 13 years with InterFirst Bank Dallas (now Bank of America) serving in the positions of senior vice president and group manager for the Asset-Based Lending Group, senior vice president Credit Analysis Group and senior vice presient Special Assets Management. During this time, he also served as a Director of the Commercial Finance Association. From 1984 to 1986, he served as Executive Vice President of a Savings Association in Texas with responsibilities for branch administration, human resources, and marketing.

From 1986 to 1990, he worked as a bank consultant, advising banks on secured loans experiencing difficulty. In 1990, he joined Bank One, Texas to develop an asset-based lending unit serving as senior vice president and department manager. In 1994, he left Bank One to reestablish an active consulting business which continues at present. He has been associated with Briar Capital since June 2005.