
Operate / Wheelhouse Partners
You run the business. We run the back office.
A complete back office for single-unit and multi-unit businesses: HR, finance, accounting, IT and operations support, so owners and operators can focus on running the business.
75+
Client business units
Multiple
States served
25+
Years of franchise operations experience
Who we work with
You’re ready. We’ll run the back office.
The second location, the first big lease, the payroll that outgrew a spreadsheet: Wheelhouse Partners works with businesses at the point where growing gets hard.
Which one are you?
Starting out
Young entrepreneurs
Girish Capital develops and funds the business. We set up the back office as you open.
Girish Capital →
Location two
Single-unit owners
A complete back office that scales from one location to dozens.
Adding units
Franchisees adding units
Built by operators of one of the largest Sport Clips portfolios in the system.
Up and running
Operators buried in admin
HR, finance, accounting, IT and operations support from one team.
Part of One Wheelhouse: Girish Capital develops, American Allied Construction builds and Wheelhouse Partners operates. Use one, two or all three.
How One Wheelhouse works →Who we are
A complete back office for your business.
Wheelhouse Partners serves as a complete back office for single-unit and multi-unit businesses. We take care of HR, finance, accounting, IT and parts of operations, so operators can focus on running the actual business.
Based in Houston, Texas, and run by Founding Partners Cheston Syma and Setul Patel, we support more than 75 client business units across multiple states.
Wheelhouse Partners is part of One Wheelhouse, three companies led by the same Founding Partners. When a business needs more than a back office, the others can help: Girish Capital provides project development and debt and equity sourcing, and American Allied Construction handles all construction, along with landlord and municipality relations. Use one, two or all three: together, we take a business from development to build-out to day-to-day operations.
How it works
Your business at the hub.
You keep your hands on what matters most. We keep everything around it turning, with one team for the whole back office.
We handle
- HR
- Payroll
- Benefits
- Bookkeeping & CPA
- Payables & receivables
- IT
- Compliance
- Facilities
- Vendors & landlords
- Training
- Marketing
- Inventory
You focus on
- CustomersMore time for the people you serve.
- TeamRoom to lead, train and develop your people.
- GrowthFocus on the next location, not the paperwork.
Leadership
Our Team
Meet the team behind every location.
Meet the Team →
Cheston C. Syma
Founding Partner &
Chief Executive Officer

Setul G. Patel, MD, MBA
Founding Partner &
Executive Chairman
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