Ash Shah
President & CEO

Ash Shah is the President & CEO of IMPEX Capital Group, a Houston-based commercial real estate investment firm. The firm owns and manages over $1.8 Billion in various properties across the US, including ~$800 Million in Houston and Texas, in general. 

To date, IMPEX has acquired over 10,000 multifamily units, 1500 units of new Multifamily Development & Built-to-Rent Projects, 600,000 sf of Industrial & Commercial office,  and 400,000 square feet of Retail & Mixed Use. Mr. Shah’s schedule of real estate ownership also includes Hotels, Assisted Living with Memory Care, Storage Facility and Land parcel for housing development. 

Mr. Shah currently serves as a Co-Sponsor, Key Principal or Equity Owner in over 50 properties. Prior to entering the commercial real estate sector, Ash was the founder and CEO of Impex Global, a Plastic Films, Paper and Packaging products company.  After expanding the business into locations all over North America and operations in several international markets, Mr. Shah successfully sold the business to a private equity firm in 2012. 

Ash holds an MBA from Thunderbird Business School of International Management, and his company has been ranked in the “Top 100” and “Fastest Growing Company” by Houston Business Journal and Inc. 5000 magazine. 

Mr. Shah is also a former “International Entrepreneur of the Year” award recipient from the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce and member of Forbes Financial Council.

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David Flores
COO

David V. Flores is a 20 year professional in  Commercial Real Estate Business. In his current role as Chief Operating Officer at  Impex Capital Group he is involved in asset management, underwriting, acquisitions and capital market for their extensive portfolio. Previously, Mr. Flores held several  prominent positions of  Vice President and  Director at Greystar Real Estate Partners, Nitya Capital, PM Realty and One Real Estate Investment. David has been involved in over $2 billion in transactions. Notable projects include a turnaround portfolio worth $450 million that  comprised of 28 properties in four major markets. In a separate r two year period he led the effort in acquiring $800 million in assets (24 properties) in 22 months. He has done single asset purchases to large portfolios and Class A high-rises to Class C turnarounds. He also has vast experience in property management, leasing and hand-on skills with financial analysis and valuation.  David’s  background is a unique blend of breadth and depth in the multifamily business

Mr. Flores graduated from Texas A&M and then served as a Field Artillery Officer in the U.S. Army. He earned an MBA from the University of Houston and did a study abroad at Monterrey Tec (Monterrey, Mexico), the #1 rated business school in all Latin America. He continues his personal development by completing the Real Estate Executive Seminar at Harvard Business School and is a Senior Fellow at the American Leadership Forum.

Nisha Smith
Director,Investor Relations

Nisha Smith has over 25 years experience, including working in management roles with DoubleTree Hotel and Citibank, where she was a Vice President. During her tenure with Citibank, Nisha helped develop and coordinate their Non Resident Indian (NRI) Business, and handled new business development and servicing of thousands of customer relationships across the Southern States. In 2011, Nisha became a Consultant for Indian Real Estate Market, providing in depth understanding and awareness to NRIs in North America as well as other countries. In this capacity, Nisha developed long-term relationships with clients by preparing investment strategies that helped them diversify and achieve their financial goals.

Her advice and investment guidance has helped thousands of NRIs, who have successfully invested hundreds of millions in Real Estate properties across India with her. Nisha has now redirected her focus on US Real Estate investments and networks to develop business strategies to enhance market penetration, promote sales and attract individual customers to invest in the lucrative US Market. She now works at Impex Capital Group (ICG) to support the investor platform as Director- Investor Relations.
Nisha resides in Houston, TX and maintains extensive relationships with the larger NRI community in the US as well as Real Estate Developers across US & India.

Advisory Board

Arun Roy

CEO, A3H GENERAL PARTNER LLC

Mr. Roy is proud to be an accomplished Entrepreneur. Mr. Roy Co-Founded a privately held company A3H General Partner LLC which now owns & operates over 100 locations across the U.S. of a major fast-food franchise. The operation employs over 2000 employees and is growing strong.

Mr. Roy is a co-sponsor, key principal/ equity owner in over 20 ventures, ranging from multi-family, offices, manufacturing, hospitals, car dealerships, high-tech and commercial land, and restaurants. Mr.
Roy’s track record plays a key role in the profitability of the investor and financial debt partners. He was instrumental in growing A3H Group from the zero to $160 million dollars in annual sales, while growing EBITDA margin each year.

Mr. Roy has deep community ties where he is serves the community through various leadership positions and volunteering on various non-profit projects such as fund raising and construction of an 18,000-sf community center. Mr. Roy was the chairperson of the Bangladesh Association of Houston and has been recognized for his multiple charitable & philanthropic acts in the greater Houston community.
Mr. Roy is a passionate individual who loves his work, his wife, his daughters and most certainly his angelic grandchildren.

ROBBY S. PINNAMANENI

INVESTOR AND OPERATOR

Robby S. Pinnamaneni is an investor and operator with a depth of industry experience focused on operations and manufacturing development. Robby has developed vertically-integrated production and manufacturing operations in California, Oklahoma, and Michigan with an aggregate value in excess of $150 million. Having spent more than ten years as a corporate, real estate and restructuring attorney at top‐tier law firms, including Latham & Watkins and Kirkland & Ellis, Robby has a keen focus on structuring investment opportunities that maximize return on investment while mitigating downside risk and maximizing exit opportunities. Prior to launching his legal career, Robby gained valuable investment banking and management consulting experiences. Robby graduated with a J.D. from Vanderbilt University, where he also earned a certification in Law & Business. He earned his M.S. in Financial Engineering from the University of Michigan, where he was President of his class, and his B.A. in Economics with Honors from the University of Chicago.

Robbie developed and operated over $150 million in operations and assets across 3 states, raised and deployed over $50 million in equity and scaled vertically-integrated manufacturing operation to $35 million yearly run rate.

Robbie is actively involved with the community and has raised over $100,000 for Make-A-Wish

SHAIL SINHASANE

CEO,HOUSTON HEADQUARTERED MOBISOFT INFOTECH

Shailendra Sinhasane (Shail) is a founder, CEO of Houston headquartered Mobisoft Infotech, a global digital product development company. He has grown the company to the 200 member team, $25M+ opportunity and its footprint across Fortune 500 global partners like United Healthcare, AT&T, Samsung, Tata, Deloitte, and world renowned Wimbledon & US Open championships. The products and services have positively impacted in excess of $300M worth of new business generation for the partners. With his leadership, Mobisoft Infotech has achieved several awards including being #8 ranked in FAST 100 by Houston Business Journal for fastest growing companies.

Shail has been investing in startups focused on cloud solutions, mobile, AI and Internet of Things (IoT) in healthcare, transportation, and fin-tech space with more than 15 of them in the portfolio. His interest in real-estate opportunities spans across multi-family, land holdings, senior & assisted living, mixed-use property, and construction supplies.
His strength across industry verticals is in financial due diligence, business viability and identifying technologically scalable investment opportunities. He has co-founded Gurukul Venture Partners (www.gurukul.vc) to bring unique investments in startups, real-estate and pre-IPO segments to their investors network. He continues to bring expertise and innovations to help the invested companies prepare for their scalable growth.

Being a business owner and University of Houston – computer science alumni, Shail has been named Cougar 100 Honoree for 7 years in a row.

Ashish Gupta

PRINCIPAL/SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

Ashish is the owner of Xanadu Equity, LLC. Along with owning The Goddard Schools, Huntington Learning Center and a technology security & compliance firm, Ashish is actively involved in investing, owning and managing multi-family apartments and single family homes portfolios. Prior to his current positions, Ashish was the managing Principal of an IT audit firm – Aporia Solutions and founded a software services and consulting company – Frontier Information Technologies, specializing in development and outsourcing IT projects.

Ashish is passionate about developing assets that make an impact on our elderly community. He is actively involved in multiple assisted living and memory care projects.

Ashish is currently the board member for Cinco Ranch West Commercial Association. In past he has served on the board of ISACA – Houston chapter and ISACA International working committees. He has been an active member of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), Greater Houston Partnership (GHP), Indo American Chamber of Commerce for Greater Houston (IACCGH), The Indus Entrepreneur (TIE) and Houston Technology Center (HTC). He is also a member of Friendswood Chamber of Commerce, Pearland Chamber of Commerce and Katy Chamber of Commerce.

Ram K. Rao

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

Ram K. Rao has purchased, sold, and managed over $2.5m in single family and multifamily homes in Houston, with 20 years of real estate management experience. He is currently a General Partner in 252 units encompassing $41 million in AUM.

Ram is also a medical doctor, working professionally as a Radiologist in Houston. He specializes in Musculoskeletal Radiology and focuses on ER/Trauma in over 200 sites located across Texas and several southern/southwestern states. He is currently President of the largest radiology private practice in Houston, consisting of over 100 professionals, with practice revenue exceeding $100 million annually. He was recently a Featured Doctor in Best in Texas Magazine.