Episode Details

I sit down with Nagesh Anupindi, CEO of Apoorva and SiteWare, for a masterclass in grit, innovation, and the "humble rebel" mindset . Nagesh shares his incredible journey from being a PhD student at the University of Rhode Island, studying complex Fourier transform algorithms, to becoming an interim CIO at Frontier Airlines and eventually a pioneer in self-storage technology .

We explore the birth of SiteWare, which Nagesh purposefully built without VC money to ensure he could prioritize the features five-location operators actually need . We discuss why "everything but the PMS" is the future of facility management, how to use data to fix "leakage" across your portfolio, and why Nagesh believes the most successful operators in 2026 will use AI as a tool for amplification, not replacement .

Key Takeaways from this Episode:

The "Airline" Perspective: How Nagesh applied airline revenue optimization to the self-storage asset class .