Vivek Sah, PhD

Director of Engineering

United States19 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Leader in real estate education and management.
Expert in housing markets and commercial real estate.
Proven track record in fundraising and strategic partnerships.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in higher education with a focus on real estate and finance.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipReal Estate ManagementTeachingReal Estate

Other Skills

Fund RaisingIndustry OutreachCurriculum DevelopmentFinancial ModelingStrategyInvestment PropertiesMarket ResearchFinancial AnalysisCorporate FinanceAsset ManagementValuationFeasibility StudiesReal Estate EconomicsAnalysisReal Estate Development

About

I am a higher education leader, currently serving as the Director of Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, a school of excellence in the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. In my current position, I am responsible for leading the school in all aspects including managing our undergraduate and graduate programs, fund raising, industry outreach, innovative policy-oriented research, and forging of strategic partnerships across all campus units as well as across the nation and globally. As a real estate finance and investment scholar, I actively conduct academic and industry based research on the housing markets, commercial real estate, capital markets and REITs.

Experience

19 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

American real estate society

2 roles

Member Board of Directors

Jul 2025 – Present · 10 mos

President

Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 · 11 mos

University of denver - franklin l. burns school of real estate

Director

Sep 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos · Denver Metropolitan Area

LeadershipReal Estate Management

University of denver - daniels college of business

Professor

Sep 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos · Denver Metropolitan Area

TeachingReal Estate

American real estate society

2 roles

Program Chair

Jul 2022 – Apr 2023 · 9 mos

Vice Program Chair

Mar 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

Journal of real estate and portfolio management

Editor

Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

Unlv lee business school

Professor of Real Estate

Mar 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

Lied center for real estate, lee business school, university of nevada, las vegas

Director

Jul 2017 – Sep 2022 · 5 yrs 2 mos · Las Vegas, Nevada Area

As the Leader of a Center of Excellence in The Lee Business School, I have a dual role as executive director of the real estate center and the academic director of the real estate program at UNLV
As the executive director of a center with a substantial endowment and a significant annual operating budget, I am responsible for our industry outreach and visibility through active fund raising, organizing industry-focused real estate conferences, publication of research reports, engage in forward looking real estate policy discussions with various stakeholders and development of professional educational programs to upgrade current workforce of the region’s real estate industry
As the academic director of the real estate program, I am responsible for growing and enhancing our real estate undergraduate program through curriculum development, staffing, student internships, mentorship program, and funding scholarships in the Lee Business School

LeadershipReal Estate Management