At Anchored Partners, we believe strong organizations are built through trusted relationships, operational excellence, and a commitment to long-term growth. Our approach is grounded in transparency, accountability, and genuine partnership.
Growing organizations do not always need to add another full-time executive. They may need experienced operational leadership to strengthen a department, lead a critical initiative, improve performance, or create greater alignment and accountability across the business.
Based in the Nashville and Franklin, Tennessee area and serving clients nationwide, we provide flexible, hands-on operational leadership. This can include leading a specific function, team, or critical initiative, supporting an existing executive team, or serving as a fractional COO or embedded operating partner.
We are more than traditional consultants. We integrate with your team, learn how your business actually operates, and remain involved through implementation. Our goal is not simply to recommend a strategy. It is to help turn that strategy into measurable, sustainable results.
Anchored in Trust. Built for Growth.
ABOUT ANCHORED PARTNERS
At Anchored Partners, we believe the strongest organizations are built through trusted relationships, operational excellence, and a commitment to long-term growth. Our approach is grounded in transparency, accountability, and partnership. We work alongside leadership teams to create meaningful, sustainable results.
Growing organizations often require experienced strategic and operational leadership without the immediate need to expand their executive team. We help bridge that gap by providing hands-on support, operational involvement, and strategic guidance tailored to the unique needs of each business.
We partner with leadership teams to strengthen alignment, improve execution, support critical decision-making, and navigate growth with confidence. Whether addressing operational challenges, organizational change, or scaling initiatives, our focus remains the same: turning strategy into measurable progress.
Our experience spans consumer services and healthcare organizations across both privately held and publicly traded companies. We have supported leaders in environments requiring operational leadership, financial oversight, KPI development, organizational alignment, and strategic execution focused on long-term performance.
More than traditional consulting, Anchored Partners is built on the belief that meaningful results come from active involvement. We integrate with your team, understand your business, and work alongside your leadership to create lasting value.
LEADERSHIP
Meet The Founder
Matt Simmons
Founder & Operating Partner
Matt Simmons
Founder- Operations & Growth Executive
Matt Simmons founded Anchored Partners after more than 13 years of leading organizations through periods of growth, operational complexity, new ventures, and change. He works alongside leadership teams, takes ownership of execution, and remains involved through implementation rather than advising from the sidelines.
As Regional Vice President of Operations for one of the nation’s largest privately held restaurant companies, Matt led a $100 million operation spanning more than 40 locations across multiple states and a workforce of more than 1,000 people. During his tenure, sales across the region grew by 32 percent. He also delivered an 8.5 percent year over year increase in net profit and ranked among the company’s top five regional vice presidents for four consecutive years.
Matt later served as Vice President of Development for Digital Ally, a publicly traded company, where he helped launch and build Kustom Entertainment. He played a key role in generating $15.6 million in new revenue and developing partnerships with organizations and brands including IndyCar, NASCAR, and Tito’s Vodka. His responsibilities also included leading RFP strategy and responses, negotiating contracts, and overseeing operations for large scale events.
As COO of Grace Aesthetics, Matt helped scale an independently owned healthcare company that began in a single treatment suite into a business generating more than $3 million in annual revenue. He also helped drive over 20% growth in gross profit compared with the prior year while reducing marketing spend by 39%.
Matt’s leadership foundation began during six years of service in the Military, where he earned Soldier of the Year recognition at multiple levels. He later served his community for five years as a police officer. Those experiences shaped the way he leads today, with integrity, accountability, a strong work ethic, and a commitment to standing alongside people when the work becomes difficult. It is the same standard he brings to every Anchored Partners engagement.
Matt Simmons founded Anchored Partners after more than a decade running large, multi-site organizations through startups, growth, turnarounds, and change. He doesn't advise from the sidelines. He embeds with your team, leads the work, and owns the outcome with you.
Matt has led workforces of more than 1,000 people and owned P&Ls north of $200M. As Regional Vice President of Operations for a national, multi-state restaurant chain, he ran a 40-plus location, $200M+ region, where he delivered 12.5% year-over-year profitability gains and grew sales 32%. He ranked among the company's top five regional vice presidents in the country for four straight years.
He also helped launch Kustom Entertainment, a live events and entertainment business he built under publicly traded Digital Ally Inc. There he brought in $15.6M in new revenue and landed partnerships with IndyCar, NASCAR, the PGA Tour, and Tito's Vodka, all while steering the business through a public spinoff. At Grace Aesthetics, a growth-stage healthcare company, he led an operational turnaround that lifted net profitability by 21% and drove roughly 20% year-over-year gross profit growth. He restructured the organization and its debt, optimized systems and policies, and cut marketing spend by 39%.That track record spans healthcare, hospitality, consumer services, and growth-stage companies, both privately held and publicly traded. It's the range Anchored Partners brings to every engagement.
Matt's leadership took shape long before the boardroom. A military veteran, he was recognized as Soldier of the Year at the company, battalion, and brigade levels through a series of competitions. He later served his community as a police officer. Those years built the way he still works today: with integrity, loyalty, a relentless work ethic, and a refusal to walk away from hard problems. It's the same standard he brings to every organization he partners with.
LEADERSHIP
Meet The Founder
PROVEN OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE
13+ Years
Operating Leadership
$100M+
$100M+
P&L Ownership
1,000+
1,000+
Team Members Led
Top 5
Top 5
Regional VP
Regional VP
Let’s Talk About What Your Business Needs
Whether you need leadership for a specific initiative, support strengthening day to day operations, or an embedded operating partner, we can build the engagement around your needs.