Viren Kapadia

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Viren Kapadia
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Born1967 (1967)
Valsad, Gujarat, India
Education University of Connecticut (BA) University of New Haven (MBA)
Occupation(s)President and CEO of Gyrus Systems [1] [2] Former Chief Information Officer and Sourcing Officer at Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs Co. (now Willis Group) [3] [4]
SpouseSmita Kapadia (m. 1993)
Children2
Website https://www.gyrus.com/about [1]

Viren Kapadia (born 1967) is president and CEO of Gyrus Systems, a Learning Management System (LMS) since 2009. [2] He previously worked as a chief information officer (CIO) for Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs Co. (now Willis Group) from 2006 to 2008 and as a vice president of information technology at General Electric from 1997 to 2006. [4] [3]

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Kapadia is on the board of directors for Virginia College Fund, [5] on the board for Virginia Value Veterans, [6] and an advisory board member for the University of Connecticut School of Business MS FinTech. [7]

Early life

Viren Kapadia was born the youngest of four children to Hasu and Rasik Kapadia in Valsad Gujarat. [2] He lived in Gujarat until he was 16 then his family moved to Connecticut in 1983.

Education

Kapadia attended the University of Connecticut School of Business and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Accounting, 1989. [2] He received his MBA in International Business at the University of New Haven, 1995. [2] He was part of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses National Cohort program for Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies in 2018 at Babson College. [8]

Career

After college, Kapadia worked as a Software Developer with Emery Worldwide in Wilton, Connecticut. In 1991, he worked at Aetna headquarters in Hartford, Connecticut as a Software Developer Manager. In 2001, Kapadia started working at GE, where various insurance business of GE were renamed Genworth Financial. [9] [10] While at Genworth Financial in 2003, Kapadia along with Bryon Tatsumi and Steven E. Tivey made a patent, filed June 25, 2003 and date of Patent June 9, 2009. [11] In 2006, Kapadia worked for Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs Co. (now Willis Group) as chief information officer and Sourcing Officer. [3] In 2009, Kapadia became the president and CEO of Gyrus System. [4] [12] His business was featured in the Wall Street Journal as one of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses in November 2023. [13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gyrus About Us Page". Gyrus. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Getting to know: Viren Kapadia of Gyrus Systems". The Richmond Times Dispatch. The Richmond Times Dispatch. July 31, 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Plunkett, Jack W. (November 2008). Plunkett's Insurance Industry Almanac 2009: Insurance Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies. Plunkett Research Ltd; Pap/Cdr edition (November 3, 2008). ISBN   978-1593921330.
  4. 1 2 3 Tupponce, Joan (April 10, 2016). "Trade Names: Henrico learning management firm expanding". The Richmond Times Dispatch. The Richmond Times Dispatch. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  5. ↑ The Virginia College Fund Directors
  6. ↑ Board of Virginia Value Veterans
  7. ↑ Advisory Board for Graduate Programs in Financial Technology
  8. ↑ Goldman Sachs 10KSB
  9. ↑ Quint, Michael (December 27, 1995). "GE Capital To Acquire An Insurer". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "US recoeded largest number of IPOS in 2004 since internet bubble". AltAssets. 30 November 2001. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  11. ↑ Kapadia, Viren; Tatsumi, Byron; Tivey, Steven E. "Systems and methods for distribution of sales leads". Justia Patents. US Patents. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  12. ↑ "Gyrus Systems Enhances LMS Solution with New Content Authoring Partner SoftChalk". SoftChalk. Softchalk, LLC. April 11, 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  13. ↑ = WSJ November 2023
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