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IMI welcomes Butler as regional director of business development

According to the International Masonry Institute (IMI) Michael Butler has recently joined the Institute and will be working as the regional director of business development and technical services joining both Steve Bolognese and Rick Filloramo in the New England region. Michael's career spans all sales and marketing aspects in the masonry products distribution and manufacturing industries. Over the past 29 years, he has built extensive knowledge and experience with clay brick, concrete masonry/paving products and ceramic tile. He will continue working within the architectural and real estate developer communities in the New England area. The International Masonry Institute is a labor management cooperative of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers and their signatory contractors across the United States and Canada.
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