Salisbury, Maryland, United States
To live is to serve. My purpose is enabling financial wellness through education and entrepreneurship. I wear multiple hats as leader in higher education, finance professor, real estate investor, mentor, public servant, and consultant. Expertise in real estate, economic development, financial education and entrepreneurship. In 2020 was recognized with Salisbury University Alumni Association Faculty award and in 2014 the University System of Maryland Board of Regent's Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring. Passionate in ensuring students are financially savvy and prepared to succeed in life. A frequent contributor to media, invited speaker on economic issues and markets, his interviews have aired on TV stations FOX, ABC affiliate and published in Baltimore Sun, WalletHub, Yahoo News, Bankrate.com, etc. Arvi has a Ph.D. in Finance, two M.S. degrees: Computer Science and Finance and undergraduate degree in Chemistry. Expertise: Real estate development & finance, capital markets, private equity syndication, financial literacy, mentoring, investment advisory, due diligence, investment strategy & management, higher education strategy, innovation in higher education.
The Perdue School of Business Philip E. & Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation Shore Hatchery is a bi-annual Mid-Atlantic business competition. The Shore Hatchery is open to any Mid-Atlantic business startups. It is a thirteen-year $2.9 million initiative, which began in 2013. The program assists entrepreneurs in creating new businesses and jobs in the region. Startups apply for a share of $200,000 annually. The goal of the Shore Hatchery is to reward individuals for their entrepreneurial efforts in the creation and growth of businesses with the potential of positively impacting regional employment within three years. Businesses are required to report back to the Shore Hatchery board annually on their progress. https://www.salisbury.edu/academic-offices/business/shore-hatchery/
- Founding member, Salisbury University AI Taskforce - Increased enrollment of finance majors by 25% through strategic planning, marketing and outreach - Successful developed a new course on Angel Investing supporting new MainSail Angel Investor Network - Developed partnerships with regional public schools promoting financial literacy & augmenting recruitment pipeline - Helped organize the first Finance Career Day bringing students and employers for internships and jobs. - Redesign of department website, brochures, information sheets - Supported new course development for Financial Planning track: FINA 202, FINA 241 - Successfully separated into two independent departments (Economics, Finance) effective July 1, 2024 - Recruitment, enrollment management of finance & economics majors - Performance evaluation of seventeen faculty members - Faculty promotion & tenure committee management Recruitment, management of adjunct faculty - Advocating in addressing faculty pay inequities - Responsible for hiring one year clinical professor of Economics - Scheduling courses, optimal budget management - Hiring & supervising graduate research assistant, Federal Work Study student assistant - Member of the leadership team of the business school, management council, strategic planning
Successfully developed, taught new Decentralized Finance & Cryptocurrency course Teaching Principles of Real Estate Finance, Financial Management. Financial Markets & Institutions, Securities Industry Essentials & Series 7 courses Mentoring 40-50 students/semester to be professionals successful Faculty senator, elected at-large Member, campus campaign committee of SU foundation to raise $75M Developing real estate track in finance
Responsible for administration, budget, course scheduling for the department of Economics and Finance of 16 full time and 6 part time faculty Member of leadership team at Perdue School of Business Advisor to SU foundation on fundraising, campus finance committee to raise $75M Faculty senator elected at-large representing all SU faculty Member, Faculty Financial Oversight Committee that advises the SU administration on $190M budget Member, Search committee for AVP of Finance & Administration, AVP of Human Resources Mentor to two tenure-track finance faculty
Board member for Wicomico county Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore Member of the finance committee JAES Eastern Shore Advisor on investment, planned giving and fund raising
Founder partner of an real estate investment partnership Successfully developed, leased custom built student housing and value add multi-family properties through syndicated deals. Sponsor of 101 units, 354 bed student housing project, The Ross, a QOZ investment in downtown Salisbury, Maryland www.therosssalisbury.com
- Awarded the 2006 Excellence in Teaching (1 of 8 university wide), with teaching effectiveness of 4.87/5.00 the highest in the Business School. - Developed and successfully taught online courses: Financial Management, Intermediate Financial Management, Securities Analysis, International Finance, Financial Engineering-Risk Management and other courses Graduate assistant for MBA courses such as Quantitative Methods for Financial Analysis, Capital Budgeting, Corporate Finance. - Redesigned the Business Administration PhD Program website. - Pioneered online & hybrid course delivery for Intermediate Financial Management.