ORIONRECAPITAL - Key Persons


Henry Stimler

Job Titles:
  • Executive Managing Director, Newmark

John M. Pagli

Job Titles:
  • Senior Business Development Advisor
  • STRATEGIC ADVISOR, ACQUISITIONS
John M. Pagli, Jr., is a senior business development advisor in the alternative investment industry with broad and deep experience with hedge fund and private markets strategies. Based in Connecticut, he leads capital raising advisory mandates for raising capital for alternative investment managers and creating new products for alternative investors. John is a globally positioned C-Level strategic business development and operating executive with broad and deep experience of over 25 years in alternative financing and investments. John earned an MBA degree with distinction from New York University Stern Graduate School of Business Administration and a BSBA degree,cum laude, from Boston University Questrom School of Business.

Patel Law - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner

Prasanna Kumar - CEO, Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Executive Team
  • CEO / Founding Partner of Orion RE Capital
  • CEO and Co - Founder of Orion RE Capital
  • Chief Executive Officer - CEO
Prasanna Kumar is the CEO and co-founder of Orion RE Capital. Mr. Kumar has been instrumental in driving actionable business plans to grow the company from grounds up to one of the fastest growing CRE firm in Texas. Mr. Kumar brings 20 years of extensive experience from fortune 500 companies with a proven track record of commercialization, sales and marketing. Prasanna is a double master's degree graduate with an MS in Computer Science from DePaul U, IL, and an MBA from Tier 1 MBA program from Ross School of Business, Michigan U, MI. Prasanna and his family reside in Frisco, Texas.

RAGU SU

Job Titles:
  • VP INVESTOR RELATIONS
Ragu is responsible for developing and maintaining investor relationships for Orion RE Capital. He brings more than 25 years of experience managing customer relations with great emphasis on overall customer experience. ​ Ragu is very passionate about financial literacy and willingly shares his knowledge and experience with others. He strongly believes that money should work for us and not the other way around. He brings a much-appreciated level of problem-solving, creativity, and ambition to our team and is a great asset to our organization. Ragu resides with his family in Dallas, TX.

Richard Harrell

Job Titles:
  • ASSET MANAGER
  • VP of Asset Management at Orion RE Capital
Richard Harrell is the VP of Asset Management at Orion RE Capital. Mr. Harrell has been in the Commercial Real Estate Industry for over 20 years and has experience in operations, acquisitions, structuring capital, and portfolio and asset management. Prior to joining the Orion & Nanban, Mr. Harrell served as a Sr. Asset Manager at Wells Fargo Bank Wealth Management. Prior to that he worked in finance and asset management roles at Trammel Crow Residential and CBRE Melody. Mr. Harrell holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Baylor University and an MBA from Texas Christian University's M.J. Neeley School of Business. Richard and his family reside in Dallas, Texas.

Shivesh Gowda - CEO, CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Managing Partner
  • Member of the Executive Team
  • CFO & Co - Founder of Orion RE Capital
  • CFO / Founding Partner at Orion RE Capital
  • Chief Financial Officer - CFO
Shivesh Gowda is the CFO/Founding Partner at Orion RE Capital. Mr.Gowda has been in the Real Estate Industry for 20 years and is responsible for operations, acquisitions, implementing business strategies and setting comprehensive goals for growth and success. In his previous role, he worked for a Real Estate Law Firm specializing in the mortgage domain and went on to form his mortgage brokerage. Mr. Gowda has a wealth of knowledge related to residential and commercial real estate transactions. Shivesh holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication and also holds a MBA from University of Texas, Dallas. Shivesh and his family reside in Dallas, Texas.

Suresh Batchu - CEO, COO

Job Titles:
  • COO
  • Managing Partner
  • Member of the Executive Team
  • Chief Operations Officer - COO
  • COO / Founding Partner at Orion RE Capital
  • COO and Co - Founder of Orion RE Capital
Suresh Batchu is the COO/Founding Partner at Orion RE Capital. Mr. Batchu has over 12 years of experience in active real estate investments: strategic acquisitions, investor management, repositioning and overseeing of Operations of large multifamily assets and other CRE. His multifamily portfolio includes controlling ownership over 1500 units and passively invested in over 2000 units. Suresh holds MS in Computer Science and PMO from Stanford. He spent 25 years in Corporate America working for several Fortune 500 companies. Suresh and his family reside in Houston, TX.

Timothy Settles - COO

Job Titles:
  • COO