Aldo Rotondi
Principal, Chairman, Director
Aldo Rotondi is an entrepreneur and capital markets professional with extensive experience across real estate development, hospitality, and public and private market transactions. His career reflects a long-standing focus on building, financing, and advising growth-oriented businesses across multiple economic cycles.
Mr. Rotondi began his professional career in 1986 as founder of Rotondi Design & Associates, an architectural design/build firm active in the United States and Canada. Over a six-year period, he led projects encompassing commercial developments, residential condominiums, and hospitality assets. His work redeveloping a motel into a Super 8 franchise served as the catalyst for a broader focus on hospitality development.
Subsequently, Mr. Rotondi co-founded CF Hospitality, Inc., which acquired the franchise rights for Super 8 Motels in Eastern Canada. As Vice President of Development, he was instrumental in expanding the platform from two properties to 25 franchised locations, including nine corporately owned hotels. In 1997, CF Hospitality’s corporate hotel portfolio was acquired by Westmont Hospitality.
Following this transaction, Mr. Rotondi joined Royop Hospitality Corporation, a development company that became publicly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Royop held the Canadian franchise rights for Super 8 Motels and Wingate Inns. In collaboration with Cendant Corporation, Mr. Rotondi oversaw franchise development initiatives that expanded the Super 8 system in Canada from 28 to more than 60 properties. Royop was later acquired by a U.S.-based REIT.
Mr. Rotondi founded Airam Capital Group, Inc. in 1999. Through Airam Capital, he has advised and supported companies in capital formation, public listings, and strategic transactions, particularly during a period when the OTC Bulletin Board served as the primary U.S. marketplace for emerging public companies. The firm participated in capital raises, reverse mergers, and Regulation A structures, working with companies across healthcare, mining and exploration, software, payment processing, environmental technologies, and other emerging growth sectors.
Today, Airam Capital operates as a family office. The firm is focused on managing proprietary capital through disciplined investment and trading strategies, primarily utilizing internally developed, AI-powered analytical and execution systems. These systems are designed to support data-driven decision-making, risk management, and capital preservation, reflecting Airam Capital’s evolution toward a long-term, technology-enabled investment approach.