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Mr. Tim Butler is Founder & Managing Partner at GrowthFire LLC.
Prior to founding GrowthFire in 2008, he served as an accomplished CEO and senior Sales and Marketing executive within the technology industry.
He’s achieved a track record of transforming technologies into companies and opportunities into results by building market-driven companies coupled with superior sales and marketing execution.
Mr. Butler was previously employed as Chief Executive Officer by Unimax Systems Corp., Vice President by Printable Technologies, Inc., and Regional Director of Sales by Epicor Industries, Inc. He also served on the board at ROI Systems.
He has extensive experience delivering technology-based business solutions comprised of hardware, software and services across diverse industries including healthcare, insurance, finance, manufacturing, distribution and telecommunications.
He has built solid management teams, strategic product management competencies, sales and marketing organizations and professional services groups that have focused on Fortune 500 accounts, mid-market clients and the SME market.
He also co-founded a Customer Relationship Management company via an international partnership which was eventually sold to another technology company.
Mr. Butler earned his undergraduate degree in Finance from The University of Missouri and an MBA with an emphasis in Marketing from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
His Master’s studies are augmented with a mini-MBA in Healthcare Management from the University of St. Thomas.
Tim Butler active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
GrowthFire LLC
 GrowthFire LLC Investment ManagersFinance GrowthFire LLC (GrowthFire) is a private equity firm founded in 1900 by Tim Butler. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. | Founder | 2007-12-31 |
Former positions of Tim Butler
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Great Bay Software, Inc.
 Great Bay Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Great Bay Software, Inc. provides software specializing in enterprise endpoint discovery, rofiling, management and support. It offers beacon endpoint profiler, discovery, profiling, and monitoring solution. The company was founded by Steve Pettit in 2004 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. | Chief Executive Officer | 2016-02-27 |
Unimax Systems Corp.
 Unimax Systems Corp. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Unimax Systems Corp. provides a UC management software suite with tools for automation, help desk agent moves, adds, changes, and deletes (MACDs), phone number management, employee self-service MACDs, advanced MACD administration, reporting, system migrations, and more for single and multi-vendor UC and telecom environments. Unimax is based in Minneapolis, MN, and was founded in 1991 by Andrew Hunkins. The private company believes that managing and administering unified communications and telecom systems can be far less complex and costly while delivering better internal service levels. The company's software is compatible with leading telecom and UC systems from Avaya, Cisco, Microsoft, Opentext, and others. Unimax's UC management software suite is used by enterprise, mid-market, and SMB companies, educational institutions, governmental entities, and managed service providers around the globe. The CEO is Phil Moen. | Chief Executive Officer | 2007-12-30 |
ROI Systems
 ROI Systems Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Part of Ivanti Software, Inc., ROI Systems is a company that provides wireless software focused on terminal emulation, host integration, and legacy connectivity. The company is based in Midvale, UT. ROI Systems was acquired by Wavelink Corp. on January 10, 2001. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2003-08-30 |
PTI Marketing Technologies, Inc.
 PTI Marketing Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services PTI Marketing Technologies, Inc. provides web-based marketing asset management solutions. It offers online marketing collateral management solutions in SaaS and server versions. The firm delivers a real-time, integrated business communication platform that links enterprise clients with their marketing services providers for complete campaign, program, and business communication management. Its products include MarcomCentral, Salesforce Integration, FusionPro VDP Creator, FusionPro VDP Producer, FusionPro Server, FusionPro Expression, FusionPro Links, MarcomCentral Integrations, MarcomCentral JobDirect, PowerPoint Integration, List Purchasing, ExactTarget Integrated Email, and Web Services and Data Feeds. The company was founded by Charles R. Gehman on 2000 and is headquartered in Solana Beach, CA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2001-08-30 |
Epicor Industries, Inc.
 Epicor Industries, Inc. Metal FabricationProducer Manufacturing Epicor Industries, Inc. manufactured and designd clamp products. It offered worm drive hoses, T-Bolts, V-Bands, no-hub couplings, stainless steel and constant tension clamps. The firm's brands included Amflo, Camel, Edelmann, Gates, PlewsLubriMatic, SchraderBridgeport, Stant, Trico, Tridon and Tru-Flate. The company was founded in 1940 and was headquartered in St. Augustine, FL | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1999-05-30 |
Training of Tim Butler
| University of Missouri | Undergraduate Degree |
| University of Minnesota | Masters Business Admin |
| University of St. Thomas | Masters Business Admin |
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PTI Marketing Technologies, Inc.
PTI Marketing Technologies, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services PTI Marketing Technologies, Inc. provides web-based marketing asset management solutions. It offers online marketing collateral management solutions in SaaS and server versions. The firm delivers a real-time, integrated business communication platform that links enterprise clients with their marketing services providers for complete campaign, program, and business communication management. Its products include MarcomCentral, Salesforce Integration, FusionPro VDP Creator, FusionPro VDP Producer, FusionPro Server, FusionPro Expression, FusionPro Links, MarcomCentral Integrations, MarcomCentral JobDirect, PowerPoint Integration, List Purchasing, ExactTarget Integrated Email, and Web Services and Data Feeds. The company was founded by Charles R. Gehman on 2000 and is headquartered in Solana Beach, CA. | Technology Services |
GrowthFire LLC
GrowthFire LLC Investment ManagersFinance GrowthFire LLC (GrowthFire) is a private equity firm founded in 1900 by Tim Butler. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. | Finance |
Epicor Industries, Inc.
Epicor Industries, Inc. Metal FabricationProducer Manufacturing Epicor Industries, Inc. manufactured and designd clamp products. It offered worm drive hoses, T-Bolts, V-Bands, no-hub couplings, stainless steel and constant tension clamps. The firm's brands included Amflo, Camel, Edelmann, Gates, PlewsLubriMatic, SchraderBridgeport, Stant, Trico, Tridon and Tru-Flate. The company was founded in 1940 and was headquartered in St. Augustine, FL | Producer Manufacturing |
ROI Systems
ROI Systems Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Part of Ivanti Software, Inc., ROI Systems is a company that provides wireless software focused on terminal emulation, host integration, and legacy connectivity. The company is based in Midvale, UT. ROI Systems was acquired by Wavelink Corp. on January 10, 2001. | Technology Services |
Unimax Systems Corp.
Unimax Systems Corp. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Unimax Systems Corp. provides a UC management software suite with tools for automation, help desk agent moves, adds, changes, and deletes (MACDs), phone number management, employee self-service MACDs, advanced MACD administration, reporting, system migrations, and more for single and multi-vendor UC and telecom environments. Unimax is based in Minneapolis, MN, and was founded in 1991 by Andrew Hunkins. The private company believes that managing and administering unified communications and telecom systems can be far less complex and costly while delivering better internal service levels. The company's software is compatible with leading telecom and UC systems from Avaya, Cisco, Microsoft, Opentext, and others. Unimax's UC management software suite is used by enterprise, mid-market, and SMB companies, educational institutions, governmental entities, and managed service providers around the globe. The CEO is Phil Moen. | Technology Services |
Great Bay Software, Inc.
Great Bay Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Great Bay Software, Inc. provides software specializing in enterprise endpoint discovery, rofiling, management and support. It offers beacon endpoint profiler, discovery, profiling, and monitoring solution. The company was founded by Steve Pettit in 2004 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. | Technology Services |
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