Who is Holland & Davis?

Holland & Davis is a professional services firm that specializes in all aspects of organizational change. No organizational change is too small … or too large and complex for our firm to tackle. We know change backwards, forwards, and sideways … and we have taken our knowledge and time to write several practical books on change and project management. We believe that changing an organization is more an engineering problem than one of psychology. We work for both companies and for the individuals within them.

Holland & Davis tackles all of the fundamental kinds of organizational change:

• Changing corporate strategy
• Integrating organizations after merger or acquisition
• Reengineering core work processes
• Inserting and integrating new technologies (including information technology)
• Changing corporate culture (ie., the way we do things around here)

Holland & Davis has been in business since 1970, when we were founded as “Organizational Technology Inc.” We changed our name to proper nouns (Holland & Davis) in 1980, to exemplify the professional service firm we are. We plan to have a modest celebration on our 40th anniversary … which is quickly approaching.

Our operations are based from two centrally – located offices in Houston and San Antonio, Texas. From here our travel destinations have been endless. We work globally since many of our clients have global operations. Over the last two years, we have completed projects in more than a dozen countries. On occasion, we have used “local resources” for global work, but we prefer deploying our proven experts for these types of engagements. Our professionals have, on average, 20+ years of business and consulting experience, and as a team represent a wide array of valuable knowledge, skills, and expertise.

Our clients come from many industries because change is now the rule everywhere.  We specialize in leading change … and we are able to do that across industries through our arm-in-arm approach with our clients’ industry and subject matter experts.  Our clients come from the Fortune 1000 (public and private), as well as from federal and state government.

Our clients say “when Holland & Davis in on the job, results happen.” We are frequently described as practical, down to earth, flexible, and professional. We routinely work with other professional vendors without competition and conflict. We pride ourselves in learning to speak our client’s language, not requiring them to learn ours. We don’t do everything just right … but we make it right.

Bill Nash, MBA, has been an executive advisor and management consultant for over 25 years working with both public and private sector organizations in the areas of strategy development and implementation, operational improvement, organizational development and change management. His clients represent a variety of industries and have ranged from small, technology start ups to large international corporations.

Dutch Holland, Ph.D., is Chairman and founder of Holland & Davis, LLC. He has worked as a management consultant since the 1960s, developing a wide range of tools and concepts for managing change. He focuses on strategy, organizational design, management of technology, team building, management of quality and executive coaching. He has been an advisor on industrial innovation to the President and Secretary of Commerce. Dutch has led change initiatives in a variety of industries and has taught in Executive Programs at  Rice University, the University of Houston, The University of Texas and the Wharton School's Securities Industry Institute. His many articles on the management of change have been published in academic journals as well as national industry publications.

For more information on Speeches and Presentations, visit this section of our site or contact Dutch at
713-877-8130.

Randal Breaux, MBA, has over ten years of professional experience as a corporate trainer and training developer, working in a wide variety of organizations and industries. Randal is an advanced practitioner of active training and other adult learning principles and has developed a great many original training exercises which participants have found to be relevant, insightful, and engaging. He has facilitated dozens of strategic planning, executive, and work-group retreats in which business-critical decisions were formulated. Randal has successful and extensive experience working in very small and very large group settings. He is an accomplished keynote speaker, business presenter, and writer.

Steve Ferguson, PhD, is a managing director with Holland & Davis, LLC. Steve has over 24 years experience with both publically held and privately owned businesses. In publically held companies he has had experience as chief executive officer, on the management committee, and as a member of the board of directors. Prior to joining Holland & Davis, Steve was owner of a twelve year old company, Strategic Mortgage Solutions, which provided specialized investment services to financial institutions across the United States. Steve focuses on strategy development, revenue and profitability growth, performance management, and customer service initiatives. Steve is editor and frequent contributor to the newsletter, Financial Interests. Steve earned his PhD from the University of Washington. He received his undergraduate degree from The Citadel.