TNG Solutions

What TNG Solutions does

TNG Solutions (The Nicholson Group, LLC) is a privately-held leadership and security consulting firm headquartered in New Kent, Virginia. Founded in 1997, the company operates with 1-10 employees and is led by Senior Partner Dr. Larry G. "Nick" Nicholson, Senior Partner Dr. David S. Corderman, and CEO Karyl Nicholson. The firm's leadership draws on extensive former-FBI and federal law enforcement backgrounds, which underpin its credibility with government security buyers. Its service portfolio spans leadership consulting, executive coaching and mentoring, team development, leadership training programs (Decision Making, Ethics, Workplace Violence, Counterterrorism), insider threat risk assessments, threat vulnerability risk assessments, and executive protection evaluation.

The company's most differentiated offering is the P.R.O.T.E.C.T.© methodology, a registered trademark developed by Dr. Nicholson that systematically evaluates executive protection programs across seven programmatic dimensions: Plans, Response, Organization, Technical, Emergency, Communications, and Threat Assessment. TNG employs third-party assessment instruments (DISC, VIA Character Strengths Survey, Emotional Intelligence assessments, Motivators/12 Driving Forces) in its leadership development work, and provides policy development, instructor development, and business strategy consulting. All services are delivered through a professional services model with quote-based pricing.

TNG targets federal government agencies (Department of Homeland Security, Department of Energy, Department of State, Department of Agriculture, Center for Disease Control), enterprise organizations in energy, telecommunications, real estate development, and high-net-worth individuals through multi-family offices. The firm operates through direct field sales and senior partner-led relationships, with engagements frequently delivered as a subcontractor to federal contract vehicles (e.g., General Dynamics Information Technologies, Southern Mississippi University/NCS4). Despite a small headcount, TNG claims program delivery across more than 20 countries, reflecting its founders' international consulting experience.

Name

TNG Solutions

Legal name

The Nicholson Group, LLC

Website

https://tngsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TNG Solutions is a small Virginia-based leadership and security consulting firm that provides executive coaching, leadership training, insider threat assessments, and proprietary executive protection evaluation to federal agencies, enterprises, and high-net-worth individuals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting / Leadership Development

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Insider Threat Program Design & Risk Assessments (BPAKADAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Threat & Vulnerability Assessments (TVA) (BPAKADAD), Policy Management, Training & Ethics/Whistleblowing (BPAEAPAI)

Keywords

• Leadership consulting
• Executive coaching
• Security assessment
• Management training
• Insider threat

Headquarters

HQ city

New Kent

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Leadership Consulting and Training Services: Professional consulting services including executive coaching, leadership training programs, organizational development, and behavioral assessments delivered to government agencies, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. Revenue generated through service fees for customized training programs, coaching engagements, and consulting projects.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

TNG Solutions (The Nicholson Group, LLC) provides leadership consulting, executive coaching and mentoring, team development, and behaviorally-validated training programs for government agencies, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. On the security side, the firm delivers insider threat risk assessments, threat vulnerability risk assessments (TVRA), and the proprietary P.R.O.T.E.C.T.© executive protection evaluation, alongside policy review/development and instructor development services.

Product overview

TNG Solutions (The Nicholson Group, LLC) is a leadership and security consulting firm offering a portfolio of professional services organized around leadership development, training, and risk management. The core offerings include Leadership Consulting (using assessment tools such as DISC, Emotional Intelligence, and VIA Character Strengths), Leadership Training programs (Decision Making, Ethics, Workplace Violence), Executive Coaching and Mentoring, Team Development, and Insider Threat Risk Assessments. On the security side, the company provides Threat Vulnerability Risk Assessments (TVRA) and the proprietary PROTECT Methodology for Executive Protection evaluation. The company also offers Business Strategy Consulting and Policy Development services. All services are tailored to client needs across government, law enforcement, and private sector organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Leadership Consulting Improves individual and organizational performance through training and coaching of current and future leaders, using assessment tools to identify performance gaps, analyze underlying causality, and develop intervention strategies.
• Leadership Training Programs Full-service training and education programs, experiential learning, coaching, and mentoring covering Decision Making, Ethics, Workplace Violence, Self-Development, and Counterterrorism.
• Executive Coaching and Mentoring One-on-one coaching and mentoring services for executive leaders to develop leadership skills and professional growth, including for high-net-worth individuals and multi-family offices.
• Team Development Services focused on developing dynamic, high-performing teams within organizations, including team development workshops for senior executives.
• Insider Threat Risk Assessments Risk assessment services to identify and mitigate insider threats within organizations, including policy development and implementation of Executive Order 13587.
• Business Strategy Consulting Strategic consulting services that help small businesses develop a roadmap for growth by identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
• Threat Vulnerability Risk Assessment (TVRA) Comprehensive threat and vulnerability assessment services for organizations, including facility and personnel threat assessments.
• P.R.O.T.E.C.T.© Executive Protection Assessment Proprietary trademarked methodology developed by Dr. Nick Nicholson to evaluate the overall effectiveness of Executive Protection functions, covering Plans, Response, Organization, Technical, Emergency, Communications, and Threat Assessment.
• Policy Review and Development Interpretation of U.S. Government Orders and Directives, translating them into actionable policies for client organizations, including crisis management policy development.
• Instructor Development Training and development programs for instructors to enhance their teaching and facilitation skills.
• DISC Assessment Training and Certification Master trainer services for the DISC assessment, a tool designed to measure preferences in Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness for workplace personality assessment and leadership development.
• VIA Character Strengths Survey Assessment tool used to identify individual character strengths for leadership development purposes.

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm offering executive coaching, leadership development, and talent advisory. Comparable on the leadership development and executive coaching side of TNG's practice, though serving a much larger client base.
• Control Risks: Control Risks is a global specialist risk consultancy offering security advisory, political risk, crisis response, and executive protection to multinational clients. Comparable scope on the security consulting side but at significantly larger scale and global footprint.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen Hamilton provides management consulting and security services to federal agencies, including counterterrorism, insider threat program support, and leadership development. Comparable on the federal-agency security consulting and insider threat advisory work that TNG performs.
• FTI Consulting: FTI Consulting's Security & Intelligence and Strategic Communications segments provide risk advisory, threat assessment, and executive protection-related consulting to corporations and government. Comparable advisory services but embedded in a large multi-practice consultancy.
• Kroll: Kroll is a global corporate investigations and risk consulting firm providing security advisory, threat intelligence, and crisis management to enterprises. Overlaps with TNG's executive protection and threat assessment services within a much broader portfolio.
• Crisis24 (part of GardaWorld): Crisis24 is a global risk management and executive protection firm providing security consulting, threat intelligence, and protective services to corporate and high-net-worth clients. Overlaps with TNG's executive protection evaluation and threat assessment work at a larger operational scale.
• Pinkerton (corporate investigations & security consulting): Pinkerton is a long-established corporate security and investigations provider serving enterprises with risk consulting, threat assessments, and executive protection. It overlaps with TNG's security consulting and threat assessment offerings but operates at much larger scale and broader geographic scope.

Direct peers

• DDI (Development Dimensions International): DDI is a leadership development consultancy providing executive coaching, leadership training, and assessment-based development to enterprises. Direct peer on the leadership consulting, assessment-based development, and training methodology side of TNG's business.
• S-RM: S-RM is a global security and intelligence consultancy providing corporate security advisory, threat assessments, and crisis management to enterprises and government clients. Comparable in its boutique positioning and blend of security consulting with advisory services.
• Hillard Heintze: Hillard Heintze is a security risk management and investigations firm serving corporate and government clients with services such as threat and vulnerability assessments, executive protection consulting, and insider risk. It is a direct peer in the same boutique security consulting niche with comparable target customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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