Executive advisory Interim & fractional leadership
H3 advises chief executives, boards, and senior leadership teams across the United States — stepping in as advisor, interim executive, or transformation partner when a decision is too consequential to get wrong.
Where H3 creates leverage
Every engagement is shaped around the mandate, not a preset playbook. H3 brings senior-level judgment, transformation discipline, and the leadership capacity required to move from decision to execution.
Most engagements start as one of these and become a blend of all three. If you are not sure which fits, describe the situation and we will work it out together.
See industry experienceClear counsel for leaders making consequential decisions in moments of growth, change, and complexity.
H3 serves as a trusted thought partner — and, when needed, embedded executive capacity — connecting financial insight, strategic judgment, and operating priorities.
Selected capabilities
About H3
H3 Management & Consulting Group is an executive advisory and transformation firm working with chief executives, boards, and senior leadership teams at the points where a decision is consequential and the path is not obvious. The firm has advised organizations since 2012. We are built to put senior judgment directly in front of the client — no hand-off to a junior team, no template deliverable, no layer between the advice and the accountability for it.
Leadership
Derrick founded H3 after twenty-five years building, running, and restructuring organizations — sixteen of them at the C-suite level. Most recently he served as Chief Executive Officer of Underwood Ammunitions, a small-arms ammunition manufacturer, where he led growth strategy, product innovation, and a move toward vertical integration.
His career began in healthcare, where he founded a community health center serving underserved communities and grew it to acquisition by a national healthcare company. He went on to hold senior executive roles at Fortune 500 organizations, working in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and strategic planning.
Founder, corporate executive, chief executive — H3 engagements are led with that operating judgment rather than from a consulting framework.
Specialized advisory
H3 helps organizations evaluate expansion and relocation opportunities, structure public-private partnerships, negotiate performance-based incentive agreements, and coordinate the stakeholders required to move complex projects from strategy through execution.
Discuss an expansion or incentive projectSelected work
Some of this work is a matter of public record. Where it is not, client names are held in confidence — the situations, and the results, are real.
Advanced manufacturing
$16M
incentive package secured
Led site selection and incentive negotiation behind Underwood Ammunition's Georgia expansion, announced by the state as creating 120 new manufacturing jobs — coordinating state and local authorities, financing partners, developers, and the executive team through close. The same operation ran 25% over its production targets.
Led as chief executive, Underwood Ammunitions · State announcement
C-suite leadership
16 years
in chief executive and senior officer roles
Five of those years served as an interim chief executive — stabilizing operations and cash position through transition, then handing a functioning operating rhythm to permanent leadership.
Logistics & distribution
48%
improvement in order fulfillment
Redesigned the operating model and accountability structure, converting a stalled strategic plan into owned milestones with visible weekly movement.
References available on request under mutual confidentiality.
Industry experience
H3 brings proven leadership and transformation disciplines, then adapts them to the economics, operating realities, and stakeholder environment of each organization.
Operational performance, expansion, leadership, workforce, and complex transformation in asset-intensive environments.
Network efficiency, vendor strategy, operating discipline, and execution across interconnected systems.
Leadership, organizational alignment, financial sustainability, and operational improvement in a changing care landscape.
Growth strategy, financial performance, leadership capacity, and stronger execution across commercial organizations.
The H3 approach
H3 works alongside leaders to create focus at the top, alignment through the organization, and an execution rhythm that makes progress visible.
Define the decision, the stakes, and what success must look like.
Connect leadership, organization, and operations around the same priorities.
Convert direction into milestones, ownership, and measurable movement.
The result
In their words
Names withheld at client request. Both engagements are referenceable under mutual confidentiality.
“Thank you for leading our team and organization for the last several months. I am excited about the stability created by the management team. You led the efforts to identify and secure new suppliers and negotiated pricing that maintained healthy net profit percentages. These efforts allowed us to continue to serve our customers, expand our capacity, and provide benefits for employees.”K.U. · Manufacturing
“H3 provided great insight for both SBA and PPP COVID-19 relief funding, and guided us to the option that would be most beneficial for both the company and the employees. With their guidance we have been able to remain compliant with SBA funding regulations.”I.M. · Chemical industry
A consequential challenge deserves a clear next move.
Book time directly, or send a note first — either works. Initial conversations are confidential and there is no charge for them.