Brief Biography

Leo brings a diverse business background shaped by hands-on experience across multiple industries. His work experience has included:

  • Managing and operating small farms (fruits and vegetables, beef, swine, sheep, orchards, draft horses, maple syrup, and Christmas trees)
  • Economic development in state and municipal government
  • Real estate management and development
  • Serving as a cost accountant in a shipyard
  • Working as a small-town patrolman
  • Restaurant work as a dishwasher and short-order cook
  • Logging and woodcutting
  • Teaching as a college professor and high school instructor (driver’s education, business, and social studies)
  • Operating as a licensed securities broker/dealer (stocks, options, futures, forex, and insurance)
  • Starting the first cannabis cultivation, retail, and edible production in Maine

Education

PhD Finance, MBA Finance & Management, BA Psychology/Education, Graduate certificate Innovation Engineering.

His passions center on business development, trading, and agriculture. Outside of work, Leo enjoys traveling by motorcycle, near and far.

Research and Specialties

Resource utilization and business development
Technical analysis and tape reading in short term equity markets

Distinctions and Associations

  • SEC Series 7, 66, 56, & 55 Licenses
  • State of Maine Insurance License, Health & Life

Educational Background

  • PhD in Finance
    North Central University
  • MBA in Finance
    North Central University
  • MBA in Management/Marketing
    Plymouth State College
  • BA in Psychology and Education
    Franklin Pierce College
  • Graduate Certificate in Innovation Engineering