Mitri Canavati is founder and sole owner of D.C. Financial Services and cofounder and co-owner of Lease Servicing Center, Inc. From D.C. Financial’s inception, Mitri has been responsible for the company’s strategic direction as a vendor based, niche oriented leasing company.
Mitri Canavati
Mitri has 26 years experience in the leasing industry. In 1987, after spending two years as a salesman for Pitney Bowes where he became adept at using leasing as an effective tool for selling equipment, Mitri accepted a position as Regional Sales Manager for Dana Commercial Credit selling vendor based leasing programs to dealers of Apple Computers. It was in this position Mitri gained expertise in marketing and selling to a captive dealer network. Within six months, Mitri became a top producer.
Mitri then accepted a position with Secured Funding Source, a division of Lyon Financial Services. Lyon Financial Services was a wholly owned subsidiary of Schwan’s Sales Enterprises, Inc. in Marshall, Minnesota. Within six months Mitri was again a top producer and was quickly promoted to Divisional Sales Manager with six regional sales managers reporting to him. It was in this position that Mitri was involved in strategically redirecting the company from being a generalist to a niche oriented company focusing in the medical market where it remains a competitive leasing provider today.
In April of 1995, Mitri started D.C. Financial Services. Similar to his experience with Secured Funding Source, Mitri started out as a generalist putting together vendor programs for equipment types from computers to construction equipment. Mitri then strategically focused D.C. Financial Services as a specialist in the Underground Construction industry. Relationships were forged with dealers of Vermeer Manufacturing Inc. nationwide. In addition to working with the Vermeer dealers, Mitri has also worked closely with Vermeer Manufacturing in putting together successful leasing promotions that Vermeer Manufacturing offers on a nationwide basis.
Mitri continues to hire and develop the sales professionals at Lease Servicing Center. He is directly involved with establishing vendor programs and relationships. Under his direction, LSC and D.C. have developed several quality vendor relationships.
Mitri received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He is a member of the National Equipment Finance Association.