Anthony Suttles

Entrepreneurial CEO, operating partner, management consultant, and private-capital adviser with 25+ years across company building, revenue growth, M&A, finance, consulting, and mission-driven public-sector markets. Co-founded and scaled a national-security advisory firm to approximately $10M in annual revenue and 30+ employees. Proven hands-on operator across P&L, business development, delivery, talent, cash flow, partnerships, negotiations, and enterprise value creation.

Brings unusual alignment with a founder-led consulting company seeking to scale rapidly, remain lean, use technology intelligently, and monetize equity through a near-term sale.

CEO & Co-Founder - Parallax Strategic Services

(2018-01 - 2026-12)

Co-founded, built, and led a national-security consulting and advisory firm to exit.

• Owned enterprise strategy and day-to-day execution across P&L, budgeting, cash flow, staffing, recruiting, delivery, business development, capture, proposals, teaming, negotiations, and client relationships.
• Built growth engine around trusted executive relationships, differentiated advisory capabilities, disciplined pursuit strategy, and repeatable delivery.
• Managed growth while preserving a lean operating model, high standards, client intimacy, and executive-level accountability.
• Led strategic positioning and exit preparation with a focus on sustainable revenue, quality of earnings, enterprise value, and buyer attractiveness.

Senior Advisor – Aerospace, Defense & Government - Independent / Portfolio Advisory

(2016-01)

• Advise CEOs, boards, investors, and organizations on strategic growth, M&A, capital strategy, foreign investment, risk, market positioning, and enterprise value.
• Support buy-side and sell-side decisions, growth-stage companies, investor diligence, portfolio strategy, partnerships, and liquidity planning.
• Help leadership teams translate strategy into executable growth plans, sharpen commercial positioning, and prepare businesses for investment or sale.

Manager / Senior Strategy Consultant - Deloitte Consulting

(2014-01 - 2016-12)

• Led multidisciplinary strategy and transformation engagements across defense, intelligence, law enforcement, and national-security clients.
• Managed teams, resources, senior-client relationships, analytical workstreams, and executive-level recommendations in complex stakeholder environments.
• Led an initiative focused on protecting private-sector companies from adversarial foreign investment, combining commercial, financial, strategic, and public-policy considerations.

Officer - U.S. Intelligence Community

(2012-01 - 2014-12)

• Produced and communicated high-stakes analysis for senior U.S. decision-makers; briefed the National Security Council, Vice President, Congress, and foreign partners.
• Worked across interagency and international environments requiring judgment, discretion, relationship-building, and mission-first leadership.

Private Capital, Finance & Strategic Advisory - Progressive Leadership Roles - Various Organizations

(2000-01 - 2012-12)

• Held roles spanning finance, investment analysis, strategic advisory, transactions, and business growth; evaluated companies, markets, investments, transactions, capital allocation, valuation, and strategic alternatives.

B.A. - Political Science - Brown University