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EXCELERATE

THE TEAM

Operators who'vebuilt and runthe thing.

Every person at Excelerate has operated a business themselves. Not advised one. Not consulted to one. Built and run one. That's the only way the embedded model works.

ENGINEERING · FINANCE · SCALE

Joel Weigle

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Joel helps founders scale by engineering the systems and structure that let a business grow beyond its owner. With a background in chemical engineering and national technical operations, he brings a root-cause approach to untangling operational complexity, finding where businesses leak time and margin, and rebuilding the process so it holds. As an engineer he increased plant capacity by over 80% and cut downtime to lift uptime by more than 40% — the same discipline he now applies to businesses that have outgrown their systems.

What sets his approach apart is range. Joel pairs deep analytical problem-solving and financial modeling with hands-on operating experience across consulting, real estate, and data analytics. He has developed over $100M in industrial and hospitality assets and scaled a service business more than 10× before exiting, so he doesn't just diagnose a process in isolation — he sees how operations, finance, and growth connect, and builds systems that work across all three.

Before and alongside co-founding Excelerate, Joel built six businesses to seven figures and hired more than 250 people. His clients walk away with businesses that run on systems instead of heroics, freeing them to focus on the vision only they can drive.

ENGINEERING · SYSTEMS · MINDSET

Punith Upadhya

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Punith helps founders scale their businesses by combining tactical operational strategy with deep mindset work. With a background in engineering and process optimization, he brings a unique ability to identify bottlenecks, improve systems, and solve complex business problems at the root.

What separates his approach is the combination of analytical problem-solving and identity-level transformation — helping entrepreneurs not only build better businesses, but become stronger leaders and build great cultures in the process.

Before co-founding Excelerate, Punith built and fully elevated himself out of his own short-term rental management company by implementing the right systems, processes, and leadership structure to allow the business to grow without relying on him day to day. His clients have gone on to dramatically scale both their businesses and quality of life, with several increasing their income by 5× while simultaneously freeing themselves from operations to focus on growth, leadership, and vision.

JOIN US

We hire operators, not consultants.

If you've built and run a business — and you'd rather embed inside another founder's operation than sell decks — we want to talk. Email info@excelerateadvisory.com with the headline OPERATOR.

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