2003 Businessman of the year
National Leadership Award


Ravi Kapur
President & CEO

Mr. Ravi Kapur earned his Bachelor’s ( B.Tech)  degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT
Kanpur, India  in 1981 and his Masters in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from University
of Missouri- Rolla, USA in 1984.

Mr Kapur has worked in the arena of Automotive Engineering & Design, Tooling & Components
for the last 21 years (since 1984) in the metro- Detroit area. He spent the first 14 years of his
early career gaining valuable Engineering & Management experience and establishing valuable
contacts within the Automotive OEM’s and Tier suppliers working for following automotive OEM &
Tier 1 suppliers:  GENERAL MOTORS, FORD, FUJI TECHNICA & MODERN ENGINEERING.

In 1998 Mr Kapur went  the entrepreneur route and joined 3D Solutions a start-up company with
a couple of other partners. As President & Chief Operating Officer of  3D Solutions, he grew 3D
Solutions from its infancy to approx. 65 people and 6.5 million in revenue within 5 years. Under
his leadership 3D Solutions won the “Future 50 companies of Detroit”  award from the Detroit
Regional Chamber of Commerce for the top- fifty fastest growing companies.

In  mid 2003, Mr Kapur started  ETCS as a sole proprietor  focusing primarily on Engineering,
Tooling & Components Systems.