Neil Kapadia Email & Phone Number

North America And Europe

DeWolff, Boberg, and Associates (DB&A) is a boutique management consulting firm specializing in helping companies of every description achieve their objectives through improved performance and resource utilization. Working with every level of management, we focus on all organizational and cultural issues, with a special emphasis on developing accountability and leadership at the employee and frontline supervisory levels. DB&A consistently transforms organizations into high-performance, results-oriented teams, and, in an unheard of rarity in the advisory space, DB&A typically delivers a FINANCIALLY GUARANTEED gain in performance of at least 20 percent and projected IRRs of over 400%. As the Executive Director of Analysis, Neil is partner in the firm and runs the Analysis division of DB&A. Neil's team's role is to lead teams of between 10-20 Associates and Senior Executives on 2-week assessments/due diligence efforts of client operations to identify real and measurable performance improvement opportunities. The role is unique in the consulting industry requiring continuous partnership with executive leadership teams while discovering the operational intricacies of businesses in every industry imaginable in short 2-week sprints. In his 10-year career successfully analyzed over 330 different organizations and has identified over $2 billion in productivity improvements, cost savings, and throughput opportunities. He has also sold over $150 million in new projects over his career with DB&A.

Washington Dc

Founded in 2013, ViaNova Development is a full-service, vertically integrated multi-family/hotel investment holding and development that prides itself on its proven and strategic and opportunistic approach to investment placement. We target our investments to maximize asset performance through clear and concise investment goals. Recent projects include the redevelopment of historic buildings, across the Southeast and the Midwest. ViaNova currently has over $100MM in construction projects under development in Omaha (NE), Shreveport (LA), Chattanooga (TN), Huntsville (AL), and Saint Louis (MO). Our mission is to use financial and operational insights to find unique, underpriced or underperforming real estate assets, primarily hospitality and multi-family properties, that net our investors IRRs in excess of 20% annually. We exclusively look for properties that allow us to use our rehabilitation and operational expertise to drive a favorable misalignment of price and value.​ViaNova Development is a different type of buyer, offering several distinct advantages to brokers and investment partners:Responsive and focused - Our sole responsibility is to find and purchase assets. We don’t have board or management responsibilities to distract from evaluating acquisitions, and we have the latitude to work fast with most projects under contract within 30 days and closing within 90 days. We also understand that if a “yes” to a deal is not possible, then a speedy “no” is second best.Flexibility in buying structure - ​We do not have a mandated deal structure. As such, we are motivated and able to creatively structure a purchase that can accommodate the needs of our financial partners.Deeply experienced network of advisors - ​ViaNova’s partners and advisors are former executives, entrepreneurs, and investment professionals who are keenly interested in lending their expertise to the acquisition process.

Washington, Dc

SwypeGear (www.swypegear.com) was the manufacturer of SwypeGloves the world's most precise touchscreen gloves. The company was launched in 2010 and doubled in revenues annually from 2011 through 2015.Neil and his partner launched the company with $20,000 in seed money and turned a profit in the first year of operations. The management team was responsible for all aspects of developing the business including international sourcing, manufacturing, R&D, style design, graphic design, logistics, and sales.

Washington, Dc

Roar Speakers prototyped and produced the GoBox, a high-fi, eco-friendly, portable Bluetooth speaker that can be personalized reaching crystal clear output at a shockingly loud 103 decibels.Neil and his partners developed the product from scratch including sound engineering, global sourcing and manufacturing, and supply chain. The product was accepted on Kickstarter for funding and the fundraising campaign will commence in March of 2013.

Washington Dc, New York, Madrid, Paris, And Singapore.

Focus areas: Strategy execution, brand management, new business incubation, venture capital, financial and operational restructuring, project portfolio management Led the global rebranding effort for INSEAD's alumni entrepreneurship network. Established a network of global investors and matched them with opportunities. Managed one of the fastest growing and most highly-regarded global management talent pools in the world consisting of entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts who exchange ideas, knowledge, information and opportunities regarding all aspects of entrepreneurship including new business and turnaround opportunities. Connected the network with business incubators in Silicon Valley, Singapore (including the National Research Foundation of Singapore), and Spain. Additional work included providing advisory/startup services to the new Mahoning Valley/Warren Greentech Incubator.

Focus areas: Strategy execution, brand management, customer insights, design, new business ventures, venture capital, retail operationsLaunched a $2 million restaurant concept development and management firm. This role included the development of 5 food-service concepts ready for franchising. Aside from concept development, responsibilities included the assembly of the partnership, site selection, construction, and retail operations. Provided brand redevelopment and marketing guidance to a national retail food-service operator. This included the development of customer insights using behavioral analysis to develop a pilot menu to reduce customer anxiety, to improve ordering efficiency, and to increase average sales/profitability. Used tools such as a competitive advantage analysis, value frontier mapping, and blue-ocean canvassing to envision a new brand image which is currently under review for deployment to +300 locations nationwide.Region: Washington DC metro area

Focus areas: Project portfolio management, strategy execution, change management, business process reengineeringLed a global pilot program for the CIO of a division of the Department of Defense. Responsibilities included the development of an experiemental approach, navigation of an extremely political landscape, and the development of a long-term maturity model. Client sites in Washington DC

Focus areas: Project turnaround and rescue, C-level advisory, change management, strategic planning, strategy execution, training, project portfolio management, sales, and business process reengineeringGained extensive cross-industry experience (finance, telecommunications, technology, healthcare, and defense in the US and Western Europe) due to ability to quickly assess projects midstream and stabilize tenuous situations. Specialized in communication strategy, stakeholder management, and scope execution. I evolved as an expert in the development of Project Management Offices (PMO), standards, and governance structures for large programs and led all aspects of the project life cycle from sales through execution. Additional achievements include the development and launch of three leading edge, marketable methodologies that integrated traditional information technology governance methods with leading edge portfolio management tools. Leadership experiences include the management of team in excess of 40 members.Nominated by management and peers to an advisory board created to lead the development of solutions to improve strategy execution and compensation planning within the firm.Client sites in various cities in North America and Western Europe

ConstantSight - Launched the development of a surveillance concept specially targeting the small business market and achieved a beta version of the product prior to closure of the project for financial purposes. ExecuRental - Launched company specializing in corporate apartment and vehicle rentals.

Mba, Finance And Entrepreneurship (Venture Capital)

Activities and Societies: * Student Council President * INSEAD Entrepreneurship Club * Commencement Speaker * Entrepreneurship Bootcamp.

Ma, Civil Engineering, Finance, Economics

Activities and Societies: • Student Government - Class Representative • South Asian Students Alliance - Founder & President • Asian.