Poole and engineering alumnus Patel to open global cuisine restaurant in North Carolina
Sejal Patel is an alumnus that received bachelor’s degrees in computer science and finance in 2006. Day-to-day, he serves as the director of pricing for IQVIA, a multinational health information technology and clinical research company, but after hours he is an ambitious entrepreneur about to open his eclectic restaurant, The Nomad.
Patel grew up surrounded by entrepreneurial spirit in his family’s owned and operated hotel in Virginia that his father started in the eighties. The family lived behind the hotel so Patel grew up learning the ins and outs of running a small business and understanding the service industry. However, he had no interest in following his father into the hotel business.
“I actually did not want to go into the hotel business because it is so saturated and I just wanted to do my own thing,” Patel said. “I wanted to go into the corporate world after graduation and that is what I have been doing for the past 10 years.”
