Steve Bye graduated with a BBA in Urban Land Economics and an MBA in Real Estate Investment Analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His career in real estate involved the origination of commercial real estate loans for a major life insurance company and for 38 years as intermediary in the mortgage banking industry, arranging hundreds of loans, structured equity capital, and hybrid debt transactions, aggregating over $5 billion. As Senior Managing Director for the Denver regional office of NorthMarq Capital, he oversaw the placement of nearly 2,000 transactions, aggregating over $15 billion. Following his retirement in 2017, he has written five novels; "Looking Forward Through the Rear View Mirror', "The Developer" trilogy, and "Who Killed Alexander Kellogg?". He is a member of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (RMFW) and the RMFW Professional Authors Alliance (PAA).
