Paul was the Regional Director of the Mohawk Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC). The SBDC's office was located in the Mohawk Valley Community College's thINCubator where Paul assisted many clients in the startup and long-term success of business ownership.
Prior to that position, he acted as a business manager for Northwestern Mutual, was vice president and head of U.S. Services at E4E Healthcare Services LLC in Maryland, and was the president/owner of Medical Coding Services, Inc. out of Baldwinsville. Arvantides holds a bachelor’s degree in health information administration from SUNY Institute of Technology (now SUNY Polytechnic Institute) and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Hamilton College.