Ralph Michel

Brief Profile

Focus is restaurants. Extensive experience in the development process having presented before countless Boards and Commissions throughout Connecticut.

Full Profile

Ralph Michel was Vice President – CFO of Omega Engineering, Inc. for over 20 years as a key member of its management team, he was responsible for financial management and the conduct of the company’s external acquisition program. In 1985, Omega formed a real estate subsidiary to develop an office park known as The River Bend Center. Mr. Michel assumed responsibility for River Bend’s real estate activities. He coordinated the development, financing and leasing of the 40-acre office park, consisting of 12 buildings and over 600,000 square feet.

Mr. Michel’s real estate experience with River Bend included numerous other property acquisitions. For example, working closely with UK economic development officials, he was responsible for the redevelopment of a 20-acre former British Steel “brownfield” site into a manufacturing center in the north of England. The project was supported by the negotiation of a grant worth in excess of $5,000,000. Another project entailed the acquisition, renovation, financing and leasing of over 100,000 square feet of medical and professional office space in Stamford.

Mr. Michel has extensive experience in the development process having presented before countless Boards and Commissions throughout Connecticut.

Mr. Michel has a BA degree with a major in economics and an MBA degree with a concentration in professional accounting, both from Cornell University. Following graduation, he worked for seven years as an accountant with Price Waterhouse and is a CPA. Ralph Michel is married with three children and one granddaughter and resides in Easton, Connecticut.