PC Degree: B.S./Business Management

Activities Participated in as a PC Student: R.O.T.C. Program; Glee Club; Business Club; Ecology Action Club

Career Path: After graduating as a member of the R.O.T.C. Program, Butkus served for three years as an officer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He received his M.B.A. degree from the University of Puget Sound in 1976. He joined the AT&T Corporation the same year as deputy director of international market management and was later appointed sales vice president. In 1992, he graduated from the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Business School.

After leaving AT&T in 1996, Butkus was named president and chief operating officer at GEN Logistics Systems, Inc. From there, he moved to IntelliQuest Information Group as vice president and general manager. He next became president and chief operating officer at Naviant Marketing Solutions, Inc. He then moved to infoUSA, Inc., first as president of Donnelley Marketing, Inc., and later as group president of The Donnelley Group. Today, Butkus is the chief executive officer at Automated Resources Group, LLC (ARGI).

He serves on the Board of Directors of e-Dialog, the Board of Trustees of Providence College, the Board of Advisors of Scene Genesis, and is a former board member of Bigfoot Interactive. Butkus served on the U.S. Department of Commerce New Jersey Export Council, the International Advisory Board of the Marketing Science Institute, and the Advisory Board of the International Direct Marketing Institute. He received the U.S. Small Business Administration Export Certificate of Appreciation and a Silver Echo Award from the Direct Marketing Association.

His publications include a book: Motivation, Beliefs, and Organization Transformation, (Quorum Books, 1999), co-authored with Thad Green, Ph.D., and several articles.  He has delivered speeches and made television appearances on such technology and business topics as telemarketing, sales management, direct marketing, global data networking, and international telecommunications at national and international fora.

Family: Wife, Mary; sons, Matthew and Patrick

Staying Involved: Butkus was appointed to the College's Board of Trustees in 2005. He is the chair of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Strategic Planning Committee and Executive Committee. He is the president of the College's ROTC Alumni Association.

"Transforming" Quote: "It was only with the benefit of a 30-year retrospective that I came to understand the role that Providence College played in my life as a soldier, a businessman, a citizen, and as a father. Simple lessons of scholarship, of faith, of the affirming power of study, and the wisdom of life-long learning were all first learned in the classrooms and dorms of PC."