Suresh Nichani

Board member

Suresh Nichani is CEO of RootCorp and Director of Nichani Investments, which is a part of the Nichani Group, a 70 year old organization with holdings in Real Estate, Information Technology, Equities, and Motion Picture finance and distribution. Suresh graduated from the Owner/ President Management Program at the Harvard Business School and holds an M.S. in computer science from the University of Cincinnati. Mr. Nichani founded Exinom Technologies, one of the leading systems integrators of business intelligence and data analysis solutions in the Northeastern United States. As President and CEO, Mr. Nichani led his technology company to be named by INC Magazine in the INC 500 List as one of the fastest growing companies in North America for two consecutive years in 2001 and 2002. Exinom Technologies was acquired by NEC Solutions America which merged the company with Niteo Partners and named Mr. Nichani as Chief Operating Officer. Since that time, Suresh has led a number of real estate acquisitions with a focus on residential, commercial, and land properties in the United States and India.

Shankar Iyer

Board Member

Shankar Iyer is an experienced entrepreneur who has founded, built and led multiple global companies in the technology, financial services, real estate and hospitality segments. Over his three decades of experience as an entrepreneur, Shankar has consistently led his companies to high profits, exceptional liquidity and successful IPOs. As the founder of VITEOS, he built an asset management company that combines advanced technology and consultative client services to create a leader in hedge fund and private fund servicing. VITEOS’ offering provids the scalability and flexibility funds need to add clients, gather new assets, develop winning strategies and enter new markets. VITEOS was recently acquired by Intertrust in the Netherlands for about $300 Million. Prior to founding VITEOS, Shankar was the CEO & President of Silverline, a $120 Mllion technology company he successfully guided from startup to public offering. Silverline was the first Indian IT company to be listed on the NYSE. Shankar has both a Bachelor’s degree in science and solid state electronics and a Master’s in Business from the University of Mumbai. He resides in the New York City Area.

Peter Cornelius, PhD

Advisory Board Member

Dr. Cornelius is a private equity investor. Prior to joining the private equity industry, he served as Royal Dutch Shell’s Group Chief Economist. Previously, he was chief economist and Director of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Program, head of international economic research at Deutsche Bank, and a senior economist with the International Monetary Fund. Dr. Cornelius has been a Visiting Lecturer at Cornell Tech, a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, and an Adjunct Professor at Brandeis University’s International Business School. He serves on the Board of Directors of the BTI Institute at Cornell University as well as on the advisory boards of the Private Capital Research Institute at Harvard Business School and the Institute of Private Capital at UNC Chapel Hill.

David Lynd

Advisory Board member

As a Co-founder of the acquisition company known as Lynd Residential Properties, Mr. Lynd led joint ventures into both commercial management and the hospitality sector. In 2009, the BC LYND Company was established. As one of its founders, Mr. Lynd created a hospitality group which currently operates 12 luxury hotels. Mr. Lynd received his Bachelors in Administration from Southern Methodist University and holds a CPM designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management, as well as, the CAPS designation from the National Apartment Association. Mr. Lynd also Co-founder LYND Development Partners who earned the prestigious “High-Rise of the Year” award from Multifamily Executive for their development project EnV in Chicago. Accepting his new role as CEO for LYND Opportunity Partners in 2016, Mr. Lynd leads a very skilled investment team that searches for and invests in opportunistic real estate transactions throughout the United States. LYND Opportunity Partners also serves as the investment advisor to American Veterans Housing CORP. This is a nonprofit organization that focuses on providing Veterans with affordable housing. In addition to his role as CEO, Mr. Lynd has committed 19 years to his real estate career. He has a vast understanding of all operational tasks needed to manage and operate real estate successfully.

Suzanne Jones

Advisory Board Member

Suzanne joined NorthMarq in 2008 and specializes in the origination of Debt, Joint Venture and Structured Finance. She is the recipient of NorthMarq's Associate Producer of the Year Award in 2014 and has served on the Producers Council every year since, an appointment reserved for Producers in the top 10% company wide. In November 2015, she was named as Real Estate Forum's Women of Influence in the Southwest. Suzanne has over 19 years of domestic and international commercial real estate finance experience. She was involved in the financial underwriting of the World Trade Center in New York for GMACCM in 2001. Suzanne has underwritten over $1.4 billion in conduit loans for properties in Europe and over $2.5 billion in debt and equity in the United States. Suzanne is a founding member of Real Estate Network Empowering Women (RENEW), Inc. a new commercial real estate finance organization targeting women in finance and continues to serve on the board. RENEW currently has more than 250 members located in 16 states. Suzanne is also a member of The Real Estate Council.

Harikishan Eppanapally

Advisory Board Member

Mr. Eppanapally is a financial services professional, an entrepreneur and a philanthropist with a passion for education, healthcare and the environment. His lifelong mission has been to transform and establish a peaceful society for harmonious living. With over 30 years of diverse experience and as a financial services professional, Mr. Eppanapally has been involved in directing and managing major high visible global initiatives in the financial services industry. He is an entrepreneur and invested in several disrupting technology companies. He is a visionary, passionate about giving back to the society, founder of few NGOs and serves on several boards.

Alan Bell

Advisory Board Member

Alan has been active in the Residential and Mixed Use Property and Hospitality Development sector for 27 years, and his professional experience now covers a wide range of activities, including Project Development Management; Transactions, Sales & Marketing; Market Research; Feasibility Analysis; Real Estate Project Finance Appraisals; Conducting Due Diligence on potential new projects and Strategic Master Planning Consulting. Over the past 15 years whilst based in London, Alan has been involved in large-scale projects internationally, covering Montenegro; The Caribbean;Spain; France; Dubai; Argentina, and India.

Michael Cordone

Investment Committee Member

Mr. Michael Cordone is the current owner and cofounder of GoldCor Capital Partners, a boutique real estate investment corporation focused solely on the investment in operationally mismanaged value-add multi-family assets. Mr. Cordone has 10 years of real estate investment and management experience he has overseen acquisitions, due-diligence, operations, and dispositions across multiple asset types. He is Responsible for strategically executing business plans for over 80+ properties, 21K+ multi-family units, $2B+ in value, spread throughout Texas, Arizona, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. Additionally he holds significant real estate investment and management positions in Master Plan Communities, Office, Industrial, Retail, Student Housing and Senior Living. Mr. Cordone earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an Emphasis in Finance from the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado in Boulder.

Sreenivas Tanikella

Vice President of Strategic Alliances and Marketing

Sreenivas received his M.B.A. from Florida Institute of Technology. He has vast experience establishing strategic relationships with business partners, family offices and ultra high net worth individuals.

Pandurang Naik

Senior Vice President - Asset Management