Matt Simmons
Founder, Empirilo | Talking with owners of delivery-based firms to understand how work becomes billable while payroll still hits on schedule | UT McCombs MBA | Family • Fitness • Food • Wine
- Role
- Founder at Empirilo
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Matt Simmons
I’m a founder and builder who has spent the last 15 years leading teams in technology and professional services.I’ve led multi-discipline groups of about 60+ people through green-field builds and modernization efforts and spent a lot of time close to the operational side of running a delivery business — staffing, timing work, and living with the consequences of payroll and commitments.Through Empirilo, I’m currently talking with owners of delivery-based firms to better understand how work actually flows from execution to billing and how operators handle the periods when obligations arrive on schedule but revenue does not.If you run a client-work business and are willing to share how you actually navigate those moments, I’d genuinely value hearing about your experience.Outside work: family, staying fit, and good food and wine — and I’ll always take a backyard BBQ brisket discussion seriously.
Experience
Founder
Jul 2024 — Present · Austin, TX, US
Empirilo is my vehicle for spending time directly with owners of delivery-based professional services firms and understanding how these businesses actually operate day to day.I’m currently speaking with operators across agencies, engineering firms, consultancies, and technical services organizations about how work moves from execution to billing, and how leaders handle the periods when staffing and payroll commitments arrive on schedule but revenue timing does not.My focus is listening to real operating experiences, documenting patterns, and learning how decisions are made in practice rather than how they appear in process diagrams or financial reports.
Education
Texas McCombs School of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
1999 — 2003
The University of Texas at Austin – Center for Professional Education (CPE)
Engineering Leadership Leadership Institute, Engineering/Industrial Management
2008 — 2010
Skills
- Software Engineering
- Program Management
- System Architecture
- Requirements Analysis
- Agile Methodologies
- C#
- Software Development
- Software Design
- Systems Engineering
- Visual Studio
- Testing
- Integration
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