Joseph Amato has over thirty years experience as a business development consultant and a leading voice for business ownership and entrepreneurship within the business and commercial lending industry.

He is originally from the greater New York area and had spent the better part of two decades in the Washington D.C area primarily serving the Mid-Atlantic region as a business development consultant, direct lender and Chief Executive Officer for a major business-consulting firm.

From 2017 to 2021 Mr. Amato served as District Director for the Small Business Administration in State of Nevada, assisted the Regional Administrator and Associated Administrator with the implementation of Covid-19 stimulus policies and programs supporting businesses and lenders throughout the country. His impact on the business and lending community was critically important in the past several years especially due to the injurious effects of COVID-19 whereby the very survival of nearly every business was tied to the funding and operational support through the SBA/Covid stimulus programs.  

Mr. Amato returned full time to Silveridge Group in 2021 and has remained a stellar advocate for his business clientele throughout the United States.  

His vast experience in corporate restructuring, business finance and project management providing budget and accounting, forensic audit, data and financial management services as well as access to capital for a broad range of reputable companies, academic institutions and various government agencies is only a portion of his extensive business background. He has distinct knowledge of all SBA/USDA lending and other SBA/USDA support programs.