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Roger Heim is responsible for the company’s finance and asset management groups, and brings over 20 years of finance and business operations experience to the company.
Prior to joining Vitus, Mr. Heim served in executive and senior leadership positions in the construction, manufacturing and transportation industries, focusing on private equity acquisitions, private placements, SEC compliance and reporting, restructuring and dispositions.
His finance career started as an accountant at the international professional services firm Deloitte & Touche, where he began to build his focus on manufacturing, construction and transportation.
Mr. Heim was previously a principal at the national consulting firm Tatum, where he worked with Vitus to restructure treasury, accounting and reporting operations. Prior to that, he was chief accounting officer for Taurus Aerospace Group, a private equity owned aerospace repair and manufacturing company.
Mr. Heim’s dedication to community and country is seen through his military service in the U.S. Marine Corps and in his commitments as a volunteer firefighter and elected fire commissioner. Mr. Heim is a graduate of Washington State University, where he majored in business administration.
Scott Langan leads the company's development efforts nationwide. Mr. Langan began his career in property management, working with Section 8 and Low Income Housing Tax Credit certifications, then began building his own low income housing development portfolio.
Prior to joining Vitus in 2011, he spent 15 years as a principal of a real estate management company where he successfully increased the management portfolio size from 5,000 to 25,000 affordable housing units across the country, and developed his expertise in both Section 8 and market rate housing.
Scott enjoys developing close, personal relationships with partners, and promotes the idea of providing “healthy housing” for individuals and communities by increasing access to affordable housing and social services. He graduated from Fordham University with a focus on communications.
Stephen Whyte is a nationally recognized expert on affordable housing and a leader in the preservation and redevelopment of the nation's existing affordable housing stock.
Stephen has spent more than 20 years at the forefront of complex transactions involving public and private partnerships, specialized funding sources, and multi-layered regulations.
He takes satisfaction in guiding Vitus' new and innovative approaches to developing affordable housing, including sustainable development principles, alternative energy strategies, and the use of technology to increase value and improve efficiency.
Stephen is active in the Urban Land Institute's Affordable/Workforce Housing Council as well as other housing organizations, and frequently speaks at housing conferences throughout the country.