Investigate
Establish the facts, the economics, the stakeholders, the governing terms, and the true objective.
Information that protects. Strategy that creates lasting value.
Profitus Pickett & Sterling is a multidisciplinary advisory and management firm helping clients recover overlooked value, strengthen businesses, evaluate transactions, navigate stakeholders, manage enterprises, and build durable athlete opportunities.
Schedule a consultationInformed. Protected. Prepared.
Information is leverage. Protection is strategy.
Profitus Pickett & Sterling brings recovery, advisory, transaction, stakeholder, management, and athlete-enterprise work under one operating principle: understand the full picture, protect the client's economic interests, and execute toward a defined result.
Across every engagement, we gather the facts, surface risks, explain options in plain language, and help protect the client's economic interests. We bring the right resources together when specialized legal, tax, investment, or other professional guidance is required.
Explore our work in surplus funds recovery, small-business consulting, contract and transaction advisory, government affairs, enterprise management, and NIL and athlete enterprise.
Our surplus-recovery work serves claimants nationwide; Texas, Florida, and Georgia are detailed jurisdiction guides—not the limits of our coverage.
Six areas of focus
One firm.
Multiple paths to value.
Our work connects recovery, business structure, transaction review, public-sector strategy, enterprise management, and athlete development through one standard: informed decisions that protect the client and produce results.
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Surplus Funds Recovery
Nationwide, we help eligible former owners, heirs, estates, and other lawful claimants pursue the remaining property value that may exist after tax sales and mortgage foreclosures.
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Business Management
We help small-business owners establish the right formation, ownership, governance, and compliance foundation—then improve capital readiness and reduce exposure to preventable cash-flow risk.
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Contract & Transaction Advisory
We help clients examine commercial terms, economics, obligations, risk allocation, and execution readiness before value, time, or control is committed.
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Government Affairs
We build stakeholder strategies at the intersection of local government, small business, real estate, and community impact—helping clients align interests and advance high-impact initiatives.
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Enterprise & Subsidiary Management
PP&S serves as the management platform for companies within the Profitus family, setting direction, coordinating shared services, strengthening controls, and supporting accountable performance.
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NIL & Athlete Enterprise
We help student-athletes understand NIL opportunities, evaluate agreements, structure their business activity, protect their interests, and build foundations designed to outlast their playing careers.
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Start with a clear answer.
Plain-language resources help claimants, business owners, and student-athletes identify the right records, questions, and next steps before making a commitment.
Surplus funds
Tax-sale surplus versus mortgage-foreclosure surplus
See how each fund arises, who may have priority, and why the sale type determines the claim process.
Read the guide →Small businessEntity and cash-flow readiness
See how ownership records, governance, financial visibility, and working capital affect business readiness.
Read the guide →NIL advisoryNIL contract and business-structure considerations
Review compensation, deliverables, exclusivity, termination, taxes, and entity decisions.
Read the guide →The PP&S standard
See the full picture.Protect what matters.Build what comes next.
Across recovery, business management, transactions, government affairs, enterprise oversight, and NIL, we turn complex facts into informed action that protects the client's economic interests.
Explore our six focus areas →How we work
Every detail examined.
Every interest protected.
We serve as a disciplined layer of protection around the client: uncovering material information, challenging unfavorable terms, and converting complex situations into a practical course of action.
Protect
Identify exposure, test assumptions, review key terms, and strengthen the client's position before action.
Execute
Coordinate the right people and resources around accountable action, measurable progress, and durable value.
Executive leadership
Leadership built around the client.
PP&S leadership brings disciplined judgment, informed strategy, and accountable execution to every client relationship and enterprise we serve.
Tim Pickett
Managing Partner
David Sterling
Partner
Claude Wilkerson
Partner
Alex Hill
Partner
Ryan Ruudd
Partner
Begin the conversation
Bring us the situation. We will bring the facts into focus.
Whether the objective is recovering value, strengthening a business, navigating stakeholders, managing an enterprise, or preparing an athlete for life beyond competition, the next move starts with complete information.