Prof. Leonard Arvi assists Mentis Capital Partners by providing financial advice and real estate
modeling services on new deals. A Professor of Finance at the Perdue School of Business,
Salisbury University, Maryland. His expertise is in capital markets and real estate finance. In
2020, he was honored as Distinguished Faculty by the Salisbury University Alumni Association.
In 2014, honored by University System of Maryland Board of Regents' Faculty Excellence
Award for mentoring. He is actively involved in SU’s Capital Campaign, Strategic Planning &
Budgeting Committee, faculty financial affairs, fiscal advisory committee and numerous other
initiatives within the university.
Besides academia, Arvi is a serial entrepreneur. Over the years, he created StrategyD, an e-
business consulting firm in Bangkok; FinanceTutor, an executive education firm in Miami and
Verdeq Inc, a business/finance consulting firm in Boca Raton, FL. He is a founding board
member for a local non-profit, Wicomico Day School Foundation and currently serves as a
board member in the Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore Wicomico county. Frequently
appears on regional TV networks affiliates of NBC, ABC to discuss economics and investments.
Prior to entering academia, Arvi worked as an IT Strategist, Research Analyst and Business
Analyst at the Stock Exchange of Thailand in Bangkok. His notable professional
accomplishments include the Thai fintech firm, settrade.com, design and management of online
learning for Thailand Securities Institute, revenue optimization for financial products and
developing IT infrastructure for one of Thailand’s largest publicly traded property development
firm, Goldenland PLC.
Arvi has earned Ph.D., M.S. in Finance Florida International University, M.S. in Computer
Science from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand and B.S. in Chemistry from St.
Joseph’s College, India.