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Mr. Bute has been a Managing Director or Principal since June, 2001. Immediately prior to joining the Company, he was a Principal and Vice President with American Capital Strategies, Ltd., a publicly-traded leveraged buyout fund and mezzanine debt finance company. He joined the firm in 1996 opening the Company's Pittsburgh office. Prior to that, he was Director of Manufacturing Services for the Steel Valley Authority, a public agency that provided technical and public financing services to distressed manufacturers. He held that position from 1992 to 1996, working with small and middle market manufacturers and coordinating public finance programs. From 1989 to 1991, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the North Side Industrial Development Company, managing commercial and industrial real estate projects in Pittsburgh neighborhoods. He also managed a seed capital fund for early stage companies under the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's enterprise zone program. From 1973 to 1989, his career was focused on senior management positions in community and social service organizations in Chicago and Oakland, California. He received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of San Francisco in 1983 with an emphasis in public administration.
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