With multiple locations throughout the tri-state area and a ferocious ad campaign that leaves their logo embedded in our sub-conscience, Solution Management Group has become a very well-known and successful Haitian owned business in the Haitian community. Solution Management Group, Inc., is a full-service tax, mortgage, and real estate firm that specializes in individual and business tax preparation, buying, selling and financing real estate.

Solution management is a Haitian franchise founded in 2001 by entrepreneur and musician, Witney A. Volcy. Even with its popularity and success, not many people know the man behind the whole operation. Mr. Volcy, a graduate of Taylor Institute of New York City fully defines the term humble beginnings when he started Solution Management Group, Inc. in his living room. After dedicating 11 years of outstanding work to Prudential Insurance Company, Mr. Volcy decided to venture off and start his own business. To do so he obtained the help of a good friend and the two opened a restaurant named Caribbean Grill located on Utica Ave in Brooklyn, NY. After two short years, the business failed to a point Mr. Volcy found himself penniless and nearly homeless. He ended up moving in with his father so he can get back on his feet.

To make ends meet, he started playing with local bands and was at one point dubbed the “Machen Guitar” a term used in the Haitian Music Industry for musicians that don’t belong to any particular band but their services could be obtained at any given moment. He continued to struggle but his luck would soon change.

When asked if the location of his first business office Mr. Volcy replied, “I remember walking into my house one day and my family yelled “surprise” while pointing at a corner but it wasn’t my birthday. When I looked at the corner they were pointing at I saw a desk, with a computer and a phone on it. They said to me, “here’s your new office now get to work.” To this day I still have that desk, computer and the phone number is still the same.”

Success didn’t immediately follow because it was hard to be taken seriously working out of your dining room and then it happened. While watching the television news show 60 Minutes one day it dawned on him he had some savings bonds which he obtained from his previous employer, Prudential Insurance. He quickly looked for the bonds and took them to the bank the following business day. With that money, he opened his first Solution Management Group Inc., office still located at 1112 Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, NY and the rest is history.

Today Solution Management has a total of 5 offices one in Long Island, 2 in Queens and 2 in Brooklyn with a 6th due to open on November 22nd, 2008 86-23 Flatlands Ave in Brooklyn, NY 11236. This is a perfect case of someone with lots of devotion and perseverance.

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