Matt Simas is a Managing Partner at Hughes & Company with a focus on deal origination, investment evaluation and portfolio management. Matt has worked with Travis Hughes since 2012, and became actively involved in the Firm in 2015.

Matt has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry with extensive expertise in healthcare technology and services and in the pharmacy benefits management industry. Matt was Founder, Chairman and CEO of MedInitiatives, Inc., a provider of business intelligence technology and data analytics, which was acquired by IMS Health (now IQVIA – NYSE: IQV) in 2007. Following IMS Health, Matt also served as Operating Partner and Investment Committee Member for SilverStream Capital, LLC, a San Diego, CA based private investment firm focused on growth equity and buyouts in the software, healthcare technology, and healthcare services sectors.

Matt completed the executive education program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business and received a Bachelor of Arts in organizational communication from California State University Sacramento.