{"id":21325,"date":"2017-02-10T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/newengineer\/?p=21325"},"modified":"2025-06-13T11:00:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T16:00:35","slug":"gator100-2017-recognizes-uf-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/stories\/gator100-2017-recognizes-uf-engineers\/","title":{"rendered":"Gator100 recognizes UF engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Gator100 recognizes and celebrates the 100 fastest-growing, Gator-owned or Gator-led businesses in the world each year.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The awards ceremony to recognize this year\u2019s honorees was held on the main University of Florida campus today. Congratulations to our talented alums (and faculty) who made the list for leading one of the world\u2019s \u201cFastest Growing Gator Companies:\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block\"><section class=\"accordion-section mb-5\"><div class=\"container-fluid\"><div class=\"row-fluid\"><div class=\"accordion openFirst\" id=\"parentaa313d90-399c-4d5f-964d-00d0b803fc33\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block-inner\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><span class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading24e8ac2f-b3a7-4c0f-8576-e4df166dd722\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse24e8ac2f-b3a7-4c0f-8576-e4df166dd722\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"24e8ac2f-b3a7-4c0f-8576-e4df166dd722\">pinnacle award recipient: neil schopke, lifdek corporation<\/button><\/span><div id=\"collapse24e8ac2f-b3a7-4c0f-8576-e4df166dd722\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading24e8ac2f-b3a7-4c0f-8576-e4df166dd722\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-body-wrap\">\n<h6>1962 B.S., Civil Engineering<\/h6>\n<p><i>The S. Clark Butler Pinnacle Award recognizes an established leader who has demonstrated leadership and entrepreneur excellence.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Neil Schopke co-founded LIFDEK in 2013 to develop and commercialize a more cost efficient shipping system for lightweight logistics. He has 5 pending patents and is a serial entrepreneur with interest in over 13 business operations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lifdek.com\/\">http:\/\/lifdek.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-btn-wrap\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block-inner\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><span class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"headinga39c8eb3-e88d-4831-baee-d0139035186b\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapsea39c8eb3-e88d-4831-baee-d0139035186b\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"a39c8eb3-e88d-4831-baee-d0139035186b\">#2 Annette Cornwell Bauer, blakeland construction services<\/button><\/span><div id=\"collapsea39c8eb3-e88d-4831-baee-d0139035186b\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"headinga39c8eb3-e88d-4831-baee-d0139035186b\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-body-wrap\">\n<h6>1996 B.S., Civil Engineering<\/h6>\n<p>Annette Cornwell is the president of Blakeland Construction Services Cornwell, a SBA 8(a) women-owned general and electrical contractor. She is the central point of communication and oversees company projects from conceptualization to final construction.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blakeland.us\/\">blakeland.us<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-btn-wrap\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block-inner\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><span class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading584a1a50-e15b-4923-8411-038340e3874f\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse584a1a50-e15b-4923-8411-038340e3874f\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"584a1a50-e15b-4923-8411-038340e3874f\">#29 David Wantman, wgi<\/button><\/span><div id=\"collapse584a1a50-e15b-4923-8411-038340e3874f\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading584a1a50-e15b-4923-8411-038340e3874f\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-body-wrap\">\n<h6>1990 B.S., Civil Engineering<\/h6>\n<p>David Wantman is president of Wantman Group, Inc. (WGI) a consulting firm that provides a range of infrastructure services. Last year, WGI ranked No. 37 in the 2016 Gator100 list. Regionally, it was also ranked #55 on the\u00a0<em>Tampa Bay Business Journal\u2019s<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>2015 Florida Fast 100 List, and ranked #70 by the\u00a0<em>South Florida Business Journal<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>in its 2015 Top 100 Fastest-Growing Companies.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wginc.com\/\">www.wginc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-btn-wrap\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block-inner\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><span class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading874f420b-7a0b-4faa-b5d0-7ec4afb607ba\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse874f420b-7a0b-4faa-b5d0-7ec4afb607ba\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"874f420b-7a0b-4faa-b5d0-7ec4afb607ba\">#42 Daniel Kent, openjaus<\/button><\/span><div id=\"collapse874f420b-7a0b-4faa-b5d0-7ec4afb607ba\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading874f420b-7a0b-4faa-b5d0-7ec4afb607ba\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-body-wrap\">\n<h6>2006 M.S., Mechanical &amp; Aerospace Engineering; 2007 Ph.D., Robotics<\/h6>\n<p>Danny Kent is co-founder of OpenJAUS LLC, where he focuses on software development for standards-based robotic systems. He has over 15 years of experience in robotic system development.\u00a0At UF, his research focused on world modeling for unmanned systems.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openjaus.com\/\">www.openjaus.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-btn-wrap\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block-inner\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><span class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading83583300-2666-454f-a4df-926707715f69\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse83583300-2666-454f-a4df-926707715f69\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"83583300-2666-454f-a4df-926707715f69\">#53 Michael Cottmeyer, leadingagile<\/button><\/span><div id=\"collapse83583300-2666-454f-a4df-926707715f69\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading83583300-2666-454f-a4df-926707715f69\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-body-wrap\">\n<h6>1993 B.S., Computer Engineering<\/h6>\n<p>Michael Cottmeyer has served as the CEO of LeadingAgile since founding the company in 2010. Last year, he ranked No. 3 in the 2016 Gator100 rankings and joined the Engineering Innovation Institute at UF as an Entrepreneur in Residence.\u00a0 His company ranked #322 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in America.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leadingagile.com\/\">http:\/\/www.leadingagile.com\/<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leadingagile\">@leadingagile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-btn-wrap\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block-inner\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><span class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading2d40dff8-26ce-446c-b3bd-29b1af7da230\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse2d40dff8-26ce-446c-b3bd-29b1af7da230\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"2d40dff8-26ce-446c-b3bd-29b1af7da230\">#62 Michael Mosseri, Profitly<\/button><\/span><div id=\"collapse2d40dff8-26ce-446c-b3bd-29b1af7da230\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading2d40dff8-26ce-446c-b3bd-29b1af7da230\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-body-wrap\">\n<h6>2001 B.S., Computer Engineering<\/h6>\n<p>Michael Mosseri is the co-founder and chief technology officer of Profitly. His company serves as a platform to make trading more efficient using statistics and data.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/profit.ly\/\">http:\/\/profit.ly\/<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/profitly\">@Profit.ly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-btn-wrap\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block-inner\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><span class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading6b17709a-4645-47e3-bc3c-363cd6f2c5a2\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse6b17709a-4645-47e3-bc3c-363cd6f2c5a2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"6b17709a-4645-47e3-bc3c-363cd6f2c5a2\">#65 Marc O&#8217;Connor, curant<\/button><\/span><div id=\"collapse6b17709a-4645-47e3-bc3c-363cd6f2c5a2\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading6b17709a-4645-47e3-bc3c-363cd6f2c5a2\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-body-wrap\">\n<h6>1990 B.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering<\/h6>\n<p>Marc O\u2019Connor is the chief operating officer of Curant Health. Marc has 20 years of chief level experience in executive management, finance, and business development. He recently spoke to students in UF\u2019s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering as a guest lecturer.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.curanthealth.com\/\">http:\/\/www.curanthealth.com\/<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurantHealth\">@CurantHealth<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-btn-wrap\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block-inner\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><span class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading6d69e415-e2eb-4e37-a160-dd1116d0ed0a\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse6d69e415-e2eb-4e37-a160-dd1116d0ed0a\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"6d69e415-e2eb-4e37-a160-dd1116d0ed0a\">#75 Rajeev (Reggie) Chandra, Rhythm Engineering<\/button><\/span><div id=\"collapse6d69e415-e2eb-4e37-a160-dd1116d0ed0a\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading6d69e415-e2eb-4e37-a160-dd1116d0ed0a\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-body-wrap\">\n<h6>1993 M.E., Civil &amp; Coastal Engineering<\/h6>\n<p>Reggie Chandra is the CEO of Rhythm Engineering, a company that works with municipal, county and state transportation agencies to make personalized, adaptive, traffic control systems for each client. Last year, he ranked No. 62 in the 2016 Gator100 list.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhythmtraffic.com\/\">www.rhythmtraffic.com<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RhythmTraffic\">@RHYTHMTRAFFIC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-btn-wrap\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block-inner\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><span class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading965cc740-778f-40fd-8210-2bf14c1b023e\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse965cc740-778f-40fd-8210-2bf14c1b023e\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"965cc740-778f-40fd-8210-2bf14c1b023e\">#77 Ron Antevy, E-BUILDER<\/button><\/span><div id=\"collapse965cc740-778f-40fd-8210-2bf14c1b023e\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading965cc740-778f-40fd-8210-2bf14c1b023e\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-body-wrap\">\n<h6>1991 B.S. Civil Engineering<\/h6>\n<p>Ron Antevy is president and CEO of e-Builder, Inc., a company that provides personalized construction management software to facility owners and construction professionals. E-builder was ranked No. 75 on the 2016 Gator100 list, and was recognized in the 2015 Gator100 list.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-builder.net\/\">https:\/\/www.e-builder.net\/\/\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-btn-wrap\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block-inner\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><span class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading39c22670-896a-4917-bddd-7b09ba8aea05\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse39c22670-896a-4917-bddd-7b09ba8aea05\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"39c22670-896a-4917-bddd-7b09ba8aea05\">#82 Pamela and Russell Hyatt, Hyatt Survey Services<\/button><\/span><div id=\"collapse39c22670-896a-4917-bddd-7b09ba8aea05\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading39c22670-896a-4917-bddd-7b09ba8aea05\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-body-wrap\">\n<h6>1990 B.S., Survey and Mapping<\/h6>\n<p>Pamela and Russell Hyatt lead Hyatt Survey Services, Inc. Their expertise include direction of quality control and technical procedures, as well as client relations and marketing. The duo each have 23 years of professional surveying and mapping experience relating to transportation planning, construction and engineering.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyattsurvey.com\/\">www.HyattSurvey.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-btn-wrap\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block-inner\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><span class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading83569b61-1dc8-4081-bd60-a7f79e734447\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse83569b61-1dc8-4081-bd60-a7f79e734447\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"83569b61-1dc8-4081-bd60-a7f79e734447\">#92 Carlos Penin, c.a.p. government<\/button><\/span><div id=\"collapse83569b61-1dc8-4081-bd60-a7f79e734447\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading83569b61-1dc8-4081-bd60-a7f79e734447\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-body-wrap\">\n<h6>1977 B.S., Civil Engineering<\/h6>\n<p>Carlos A. Penin is the president and founder of C.A.P. Government, Inc. a privately held, minority-owned consulting firm. Throughout his career, Penin has played an integral role in the south Florida engineering community and has overseen several projects for the state of Florida and City of Miami.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/capengineers.com\/\">http:\/\/capengineers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-btn-wrap\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block-inner\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><span class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"headingcb3bef42-02da-4d91-ab8f-d26d23196a20\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapsecb3bef42-02da-4d91-ab8f-d26d23196a20\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"cb3bef42-02da-4d91-ab8f-d26d23196a20\">#94 jay conroy, HYDRO-DYNE ENGINEERING<\/button><\/span><div id=\"collapsecb3bef42-02da-4d91-ab8f-d26d23196a20\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"headingcb3bef42-02da-4d91-ab8f-d26d23196a20\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-body-wrap\">\n<h6>2000 B.S., Environmental Engineering Sciences &amp; B.S., Business Administration<\/h6>\n<p>Jay Conroy is president of Hydro-Dyne Engineering, a company that designs and manufactures screening, screening handling and grit removal equipment for municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment. Hydro-Dyne Engineering was ranked No. 97 on the 2016 Gator100 list.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hydro-dyne.com\/\/\">http:\/\/www.hydro-dyne.com\/\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-btn-wrap\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block-inner\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><span class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading64b5f89c-9d2a-4679-ab38-612a6595047d\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse64b5f89c-9d2a-4679-ab38-612a6595047d\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"64b5f89c-9d2a-4679-ab38-612a6595047d\">#95 Gabino Cuevas, cei<\/button><\/span><div id=\"collapse64b5f89c-9d2a-4679-ab38-612a6595047d\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading64b5f89c-9d2a-4679-ab38-612a6595047d\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-body-wrap\">\n<h6>1983 B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1997 MBA<\/h6>\n<p>Gabino Cuevas is the CEO of CEI Engineering Associates, Inc. He has over 30 years of environmental assessment and remediation. At CEI, Cuevas oversees the environmental division and holds a leadership role in client relationship management and marketing campaigns.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cherokeecorp.com\/\">www.cherokeecorp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-btn-wrap\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block-inner\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><span class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"headingbedb554e-bb89-42c2-921d-69b01172fb6f\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapsebedb554e-bb89-42c2-921d-69b01172fb6f\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"bedb554e-bb89-42c2-921d-69b01172fb6f\">#97 Bob Cooper, Swampfox technologies<\/button><\/span><div id=\"collapsebedb554e-bb89-42c2-921d-69b01172fb6f\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"headingbedb554e-bb89-42c2-921d-69b01172fb6f\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-body-wrap\">\n<h6>1985 B.S. and 1987 M.S., Electrical Engineering<\/h6>\n<p>Bob Cooper is the CEO and co-founder of Swampfox Technologies, which delivers contact center applications and IT solutions. He is responsible for technical direction and strategy, as well as product and engineering management. SwampFox Technologies was recognized in the 2015 Gator100 rankings.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swampfoxinc.com\/\">http:\/\/www.swampfoxinc.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"accordion-btn-wrap\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-accordion-block-inner\"><div class=\"accordion-item\"><span class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"headingeffa718f-2051-4b4b-bc02-06f6d81de098\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapseeffa718f-2051-4b4b-bc02-06f6d81de098\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"effa718f-2051-4b4b-bc02-06f6d81de098\">#100 Manuel Rosendo, entic<\/button><\/span><div id=\"collapseeffa718f-2051-4b4b-bc02-06f6d81de098\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"headingeffa718f-2051-4b4b-bc02-06f6d81de098\"><div class=\"accordion-body\"><div class=\"accordion-body-wrap\">\n<h6>1988 B.S., Electrical Engineering<\/h6>\n<p>Manuel Rosendo serves as president and chief innovation officer of Entic, Inc. 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