Experience ThatBuilds What Lasts.
With more than 25 years of leadership across the Department of Defense, executive finance, athletics, nonprofit leadership, and entrepreneurship, Forge41 Advisory helps organizations navigate complexity, strengthen financial foundations, and move forward with confidence.
Michael Babb
Founder & Managing Principal
A career spent leading what matters.
Forge41 was founded by Michael Babb, a former military leader and executive financial officer with more than 25 years of service across the Department of Defense and complex, high-performing organizations.
Across that career, one pattern repeated: the organizations that endure are the ones whose leaders insist on financial clarity, strategic honesty, and disciplined execution — long before they are forced to.
Forge41 was built to bring that posture to more organizations, and to do it as a firm. The long-term vision is straightforward: assemble a bench of executives who can stand alongside leadership teams when the stakes are highest, and stay long enough to see the work through.
25+ Years of Service
Across DoD, finance, and mission-driven leadership
Executive Experience
CF&AO leadership in complex organizations
Commitment to What Matters
Faith, family, integrity, and mission
The standards we hold ourselves to.
Integrity
Counsel grounded in candor. No theater, no spin.
Stewardship
We treat your resources as if they were ours to protect.
Mission
Strategy serves the mission, not the other way around.
Excellence
The standard is what an executive board would expect of itself.