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Bud has been an entrepreneur for most of his professional life. He has primarily focused on purchasing and working out distressed assets across a variety of industries and asset types. He has developed and invested in financial, real estate, service and technology companies. Bud currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of OneBlood, which was formed in 2012 as a result of a merger he organized, when he was Chairman and CEO of the Community Blood Centers of Florida, one of the three largest blood centers in the southeastern United States. Bud also currently serves as the mayor of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, where he was elected in 2014 after serving as City Commissioner for seven years. Bud is a graduate of the University of Florida and holds an engineering degree in computer science. In his leisure time, Bud enjoys skiing, boating, restoring old games, and playing guitar.