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n 1971, Kevin Koenig opened life sciences, manufacturing and ❝We have his first Waterbed City location, a technology sectors. a great Imodest, 800-square-foot storefront Construction workers are building environment on Commercial Boulevard in east Fort some 6,500 hotel rooms and condo- Lauderdale. Thirty years later, Kevin minium residences countywide. to conduct and brother Keith looked west to Tourism continues to grow, as does the business ... Tamarac to open a 660,000-square-foot world-renowned marine industry, which headquarters, distribution center and employs thousands and generates but on the other showroom for what had evolved into City about $9 billion in annual revenues, side, we are a Furniture, the region’s largest furniture including $50 million in economic community that retailer. impact from the annual Seminole Hard The two sites — one near the Atlantic, Rock Winterfest Boat Parade. offers a lot for your the other on the edge of the Everglades Business leaders and area executives workforce.” — were separated by 10 miles and three credit the area’s kindergarten through decades of dynamic business growth. postgraduate educational system ∼Bob Swindell President and CEO “When we started, Commercial for nurturing and training a skilled Greater Fort Lauderdale Boulevard was a two-lane road and blue- and white-collar workforce. Of Alliance there was nothing west of 441,” says a regional population of more than 6 Keith Koenig, who joined the company million, some 375,000 are college and as a college graduate in 1972, and as university students — a central point president (Kevin passed away the day in the region’s competitive pitch for after their Tamarac location’s opening.) Amazon’s second headquarters. today oversees 26 City Furniture and Infrastructure investments Ashley Furniture HomeStore banners and countywide are helping drive business 1,600 employees across southern Florida. and quality of life. Interstate 75, which “Fort Lauderdale has been an amazing recently opened express lanes from place to grow a business.” Miami to Interstate 595 and downtown Wherever you look, Greater Fort Fort Lauderdale, helped make March Lauderdale is at work. In 2017, Broward 2018 the best month in 56 years at Rick County created 17% of Florida’s new and Rita Case’s automotive dealerships. jobs, though it accounts for only 8% of The much publicized Brightline the state’s population. commuter rail service has connected Many of those jobs are in business South Florida’s “tricounty” region sectors targeted by the Greater Fort of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Seminole Hard Lauderdale Alliance, the county’s Beach counties. From commuters to Rock Winterfest official public/private partnership for executives seeking quick passage economic development. Leaders are between the three county seats, to Boat Parade targeting growth in the marine, aviation, tourists exploring the region, the aerospace, global logistics, headquarters, brightly colored trains whisk passengers along the route at 80 mph or more — in air-conditioned and WiFi-enabled comfort. A non-stop West Palm Beach- to-Orlando run is planned; Tampa is a possible stop. “It’s giving us commuting options we didn’t have before,” says Sandy- Michael McDonald, the county’s director of economic and small business development. Across Greater Fort Lauderdale, successful entrepreneurship is conspic- uous by its dollar signs. Home-grown construction software company e-Builder was acquired for a reported $500 million in February 2018. E-commerce pet supply company Chewy.com was acquired by PetSmart for a reported $3 billion. Meanwhile,

78 GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE / WHERE BUSINESS WORKS SPECIAL SECTION Magic Leap, the augmented “Life Less Taxing is dealing reality startup, landed some with everyday life issues, those Broward County Fast Facts $2.3 billion in funding before things we take for granted Population 1,935,878 ever producing a product. that are easier to do in Greater Median Household Income $52,954 Not to be overlooked, Funky Fort Lauderdale,” says Ed Buddha Brewery in Oakland Park Pozzuoli, CEO of law firm Tripp Labor Force 1,047,309 was acquired in 2017 by Corona Scott. “People come here Employment 1,008,955 parent Constellation Brands for a with a sense of optimism and Non-Agricultural Employment 846,500 reported $900 million. purpose. The weather, the “What we have is a truly business atmosphere, the tax well-balanced community,” and regulatory structure make says Bob Swindell, president quality of life that much more Top Public and Private of the Greater Fort Lauderdale friendly and collegial.” Alliance, which visits hundreds With billions of dollars Companies in Broward County of companies each year invested in residential, hospi- 2017 and assists with access to tality, travel, arts and enter- COMPANY INDUSTRY REVENUE capital, workforce training tainment and much needed opportunities, permitting infrastructure improvements, AutoNation Automotive Retailer $21.5 B and site location. “We have a Broward County and its 30 JM Family Diversified Automotive $15.1 B great environment to conduct municipalities are luring families, Enterprises Company business ... but on the other corporations and ever increasing Hard Rock Lottery/Native American side, we are a community that numbers of tourists from the $5.1 B offers a lot for your workforce.” region and around the world. International Casinos What does all this mean “When I grew up, it was a Medical Management Mednax $3.5 B to business owners and their pretty simple life,” says Koenig, Services employees? Greater Fort who has lived in the same west Chiquita Brands Lauderdale lives “Life Less Broward home since 1985 Food Production $3.2 B Taxing.” The slogan is more and whose son and son-in-law International than a motto. Created by are being primed as the next Computer Network Citrix Systems $2.8 B Zimmerman Advertising, generation of leadership at City Software another former local start-up Furniture and in Greater Fort that today is one of the nation’s Lauderdale’s civic community. Spirit Airlines Transportation $2.6 B top advertising agencies, “Life “Florida has changed, but it’s Embraer US Transportation/Logistics $2.2 B Less Taxing” epitomizes a now a vibrant and exciting simpler way of life. place to live." Chewy Pet Products $2.0 B Workforce/Business SDI International $1.9 B Solutions Provider Historic Boulevard, Modern Makeover FirstService Real Estate Services $1.7 B Aerospace, Defense The Las Olas Boulevard beachfront corridor is getting a dramatic HEICO Corp. $1.5 B makeover that will help connect the city to its Atlantic waterfront. and Electronics The $49.3-million project includes a canopy, interactive water fea- Kforce Personnel Outsourcing $1.4 B tures, architectural landscaping, streetscaping and a new beachfront park. The centerpiece will be a stainless steel and aluminum wrapped Construction Moss & Associates $1.3 B parking structure. Designed by architecture and urban design firm Management EDSA Inc. and built Optical Products by Skanska USA, ABB Optical $1.2 B its amenity deck Distributor will offer views of Rick Case Automotive Retailer $1.1 B downtown Fort Automotive Lauderdale, the Sato Global Information Atlantic and the $947.0 M Intracoastal Water- Solutions Technology way. It is expected Human Capital to be completed Ultimate Software $940.7 M Management by summer 2019. Retail Consumer BrandsMart U.S.A. $919.5 M Electronics/Appliances

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t the Riverside Hotel on Las your associates is an investment,” he ❝Just like Olas Boulevard, Vice President says. “If you start doing it that way, it investing in Aand General Manager Heiko changes how you look at things.” Dobrikow is keenly committed In a tight labor market, abundant software or to helping his staff learn, grow and skilled workers become any other and thrive in a hospitality industry every employer’s most important expected to have 6,000 new hotel asset. Throughout the county, aspect of rooms come online in coming years. employers, educators and workforce running your business, At JM Family Enterprises, where development professionals are every expense you Chairman Colin Brown is overseeing taking a renewed focus on how they a multimillion dollar makeover of prepare tomorrow’s employees. make in your associates the company’s Deerfield Beach Colleges, universities, trade is an investment. If you headquarters, he calls his 4,200 academies and even grade schools associates “our most important are collaborating to offer a wider start doing it that way, asset.” Nothing he spends on set of more advanced degrees and it changes how you company advancement can outweigh certifications. look at things.” the returns of spending on his fellow Job training organizations have ∼Colin Brown associates, he says. been especially busy in Greater Fort Chairman “Just like investing in software or Lauderdale, where employers and JM Family Enterprises any other aspect of running your employees seem well matched. The business, every expense you make in county jumped 72 places, to No. 36

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from No. 108, on the EMSI Annual Talent of Broward County, whose career day ❝We Attraction Scorecard in 2017. This moved teaches hundreds of area teens about it from the top 18% of large communities financial literacy, career assessment, have a to the top 6%. in-demand trades or the opportuni- fairly One in six jobs statewide have been ties that come with a certification or well- created in Broward County, which bodes college education. well for the 61 new residents who arrive “The watchword here is collaboration. skilled here daily, says Mason Jackson, president One call gets us all, and we all work workforce here. and CEO of CareerSource Broward, the together,” Jackson says. “It doesn’t That draws county’s federally funded provider of matter who calls the meeting, we all workforce services to employers and job come. That level of collaboration and businesses, seekers alike. cooperation — people say they didn’t and that draws When Amazon sought bids from cities have that where they came from.” talent.” for its second U.S. headquarters, the three Especially critical have been those ∼Mason Jackson area counties boasted their combined “middle-skilled” jobs that require President and 3 million-person labor pool and 375,000 more than a high school diploma but CEO,CareerSource college and university students. When less than a bachelor’s degree. These Broward it comes to talent, Broward is perfectly include IT and network engineering positioned on the 50-yard line of a rich professionals; aviation, marine and regional field. construction trade jobs that require For those companies already here or specific training and apprenticeships; looking to move and in need of a skilled and nursing, health care and life workforce, CareerSource and other orga- sciences sectors forecast to grow for nizations partner with employers, staffing years to come. For those businesses agencies, career and technical colleges and seeking qualified interns, CareerSource traditional universities to align the skills and helps place candidates into posts that talent needs of 10,000 area employers with promise real work experience. the 60,000 job seekers who arrive seeking Throughout the labor continuum, training and advice for their “first, next or employers will find worker educational better” job, Jackson says. levels exceeding state and regional Partners include the county’s colleges, averages, with higher percentages Boys & Girls Clubs of universities and public schools, the of bachelor’s degrees and a lower Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, the U.S. percentage of those with only a Broward County Teen Club Small Business Administration, Service 12th-grade education than in many members at the annual Corps of Retired Executives and Hispanic other markets. The result can be a General Construction Unity. Jackson’s organization can build positive, self-perpetuating cycle that Career Day on the efforts of the Boys & Girls Clubs makes the county among the nation’s best in talent attraction and retention, Jackson says. Skills gap studies touching workforce candidates from high school to professionals have bolstered courses related to soft skills across all industries. Proximity to area research universities allows top-tier employers to find internship and job candidates in highly skilled disciplines, says Carlos Penzini, senior vice president of “people” with Magic Leap. The company’s annual internship fair lands students from schools statewide as well as top universities around the country. Greater Fort Lauderdale’s and Florida’s location at the “crossroads of the hemisphere” also helps attract global talent for the hundreds of area companies doing business throughout

82 GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE / WHERE BUSINESS WORKS SPECIAL SECTION The Fresh Face of “Succession Planning” Corporations take pains to plan for their next generation of leadership. But how do communities prepare for succession planning? Recognizing that millennials represent the next generation of corporate, civic and governmental leadership, across Greater Fort Lauderdale, fresh faces represent the next wave of leaders. Lauren Heunis Senior Marketing Manager, AutoNation Birthplace: South Africa Residence: Davie After arriving from South Africa with her family at 15, Lauren Heunis attended a local high school and graduated in 2008 from the University of Central Florida with a degree in communications. She returned to Greater Fort Lauderdale, landing a job with Homestead Miami Speedway before taking a post with the Florida Panthers. Seeking to become involved in her community, a friend suggested Heunis explore Emerge Broward, a local young professionals networking group. There, she met fellow 20-somethings, all “like-minded professionals trying to do good things,” she recalls. “I said, ‘I’m going to run this organization one day.'” Soon, she was president. By chance, Heunis met an executive from AutoNation who was looking for a partner relations manager. She jumped at the opportunity. That was almost seven years and three promotions ago. The company’s executive board nominated Heunis for the Automotive News 40 Under 40. In July, she was named an honoree. CareerSource Broward Today, Heunis is involved with United Way and Arc Broward, was a member of My Next Move College/ the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance Governor’s Council and a board member of Career & Work Leadership Broward. “Being in marketing communications, I could work in New York or Boston or California. But connecting with other young professionals here Readiness Fair makes this a community where you want to live, work and play,” she says.

Dan Daley Corporate Counsel, 13th Floor Homes the Caribbean, Central and South City Commissioner, Coral Springs America, even Europe and Asia. A Director, Florida League of Cities “majority-minority” county, Broward Birthplace: New York Residence: Coral Springs is rich with ethnic and cultural diversity ideally matched to a Dan Daley, 28, always knew he wanted to be in public service. flattening world market. Even after he lost student government elections in middle school and More than 90 languages are spoken while at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, he was undeterred. throughout the county. For millennials As an undergraduate at Florida State University, Daley interned for his hometown more tolerant and expecting of legislator. Upon his return home, he decided to run for city commission. Eighteen diversity in today’s market, employers months of campaigning and two pair of dress shoes later, Daley became Coral who embrace inclusion, as well as a Springs' youngest elected official ever at 22. After helping advance plans for the shared spirit of community service, will city’s $38-million city hall complex, Daley ran unopposed in 2014, while earning his find an eager workforce. law degree from Nova Southeastern University. “Today’s workforce is more Open and affable, Daley connects well with executives and officials his senior, as concerned about mission than a job. well as the students he meets at town halls he hosts. Sure, some among his peers They want to know what they’re doing and the next generation are disinterested in civic life. But Daley also sees more is important,”Jackson says. “There’s deciding, like he did, to become involved, to return to their hometowns, to take still the feeling that young people jobs in community organizations or to run for office. would like to change the world or “A lot of us don’t necessarily want to wait or kiss the ring of those who came make a contribution to change the before us,” he says. “I didn’t. In business or government, if I’m the best person for world so they’d like to know their jobs the job, it doesn’t matter that I’m 15 years younger than you.” are doing something meaningful.”

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In 1968, Jim Moran and Shotaro Kamiya, JM’S FAMILY OF BUSINESSES president of Toyota Motor Sales, signed the JM Family’s diversified automotive fi rst distributorship agreement creating A New Campus Brings Increased Innovation Southeast Toyota Distributors. operating units provide the industry’s When completed in 2021, JM Family’s $200-million campus in Deerfi eld Beach highest quality products and services … will become the blueprint for how 21st Century planning and technology can encourage collaboration and innovation among the next-generation workforce. Southeast Toyota Distributors LLC Established in 1968, Southeast Toyota The three-year project will see seven of 10 existing buildings demolished and Distributors today is the world’s largest replaced by eight new structures. Associates will enjoy a 20,000-square-foot independent Toyota distributor. The com- sports complex, a two-story dining hall, a 55,000-square-foot conference and pany processes and distributes vehicles, parts and accessories and provides training center and a 900-vehicle parking garage. All will feature the latest in History, Legacy marketing, customer support and fl eet sales, environmental sustainability. transportation and logistics to 177 Toyota Fully walkable and pedestrian friendly, dealerships in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. fewer cubicles, more shared spaces and Future and campus-wide Wi-Fi will create a JM&A Group collaborative work environment sought For four decades, JM&A Group has been by an evolving workforce and existing one of the automotive industry’s largest hen Jim Moran fi rst Finance and JM Lexus — remain CEO Brent Burns. From customers talent alike. independent finance and insurance met executives from a industry pioneers. With revenues of to associates to partners and the providers. Its four companies serve some At JM Family, the company is continually Wlittle-known import auto $15.1 billion in 2017, the company is community, the company embodies 3,700 dealerships with new and used preparing for a great future. vehicle protection, maintenance and GAP maker Toyota in 1968, he already was South Florida’s second largest private the culture he cast. programs, as well as industry regulation a highly successful car dealer. Back in company and No. 20 on Forbes’ list of “When new associates learn about and sales training for 6,800 dealership as- his early days in Chicago, he pioneered America’s Largest Private Companies. Mr. Moran and the values he infused sociates each year. JM&A Group products the use of a brand new advertising The company also is South Florida’s in the company, they understand touch about one in nine U.S. vehicles. medium — television — to become largest corporate philanthropist, do- why ‘family’ is part of our name and one of the nation’s largest car dealers. nating nearly $30 million to nonprofi t culture is paramount in everything Driving Philanthropic Impact Southeast Toyota Finance His innovations even had earned organizations in 2017. we do,” says Chairman Colin Brown. Founded in 1981 as the first captive How does JM Family touch the communities it Moran a cover of TIME magazine. JM Family is a model employer. “We continually nurture our culture finance company in America for an import serves? Through its support of the Youth So when Toyota asked what he For 20 consecutive years, the com- and impart his vision so they realize THE MISSION OF GIVING car manufacturer, Southeast Toyota Automotive Training Center, founded in 1984 Finance provides origination, underwrit- would do if they shipped him 10,000 pany has been among Fortune’s 100 we are all part of something bigger Annual giving by JM Family by Jim Moran, it has given more than 700 ing and servicing of consumer vehicle vehicles, he said, “I’ll sell them.” Best Companies to Work For list. than ourselves.” touches every corner of the at-risk young adults a second chance for a retail and lease contracts to consumers, And just like that, Southeast Toyota Its 4,200 associates, about half of communities it serves ... brighter future and a shot at a new career. dealers and lenders. Southeast Toyota Distributors — and what would whom have been with the company Finance has originated more than 4 million Each year, the company honors those who $30 million donated to become parent company JM Family 10 years or more, enjoy such ameni- nonprofit organizations consumer loans and leases totaling more Enterprises — was born. ties as on-site health clinics, gener- enrich and inspire others as part of the African- than $89 billion. Sell them he did. Last year alone, ous retirement plan contributions, American Achievers awards. And throughout 12,000 hours volunteered Toyota dealers in the company’s fi ve- vehicle discount and paid maternity the year, associates build homes, participate in by 1,000 associates at 225 JM Lexus state footprint sold 363,910 vehicles, and paternity leave — including for fundraisers and volunteer on charity boards. The company-sponsored events JM Lexus is the premier dealership to buy or lease a new or Certified Pre-Owned or about one in fi ve cars sold through- adoptive parents. organization also funds 42 JM Family associates / Lexus. Located in Margate, Fla., JM Lexus sustainability initiatives out the Southeast. Though Jim Moran passed away leaders serve on non-profit is the first Lexus Plus dealership in the Fifty years since its founding, JM in 2007, his legacy lives on. Daugh- and environmental boards of directors Southeast. It offers guests a dedicated Family Enterprises’ fl agship brands ter Pat Moran assumed leadership in President and CEO Brent Burns has preservation. consultant and negotiation-free pricing in — Southeast Toyota Distributors 2003, followed by current Chairman served on the board of the Boys & Girls Jim Moran established The Jim Moran sales, service and parts. It also operates Across the company, Foundation, a separate 501(c)(3), LLC, JM&A Group, Southeast Toyota Colin Brown and now President and Clubs of Broward County since 2010. one of the nation’s only Lexus Certified associates at all in 2000 to ensure his philanthropy Collision Centers. levels seek to align would endure beyond his lifetime. The Youth Automotive Training Foundation’s mission is to improve the Center, Deerfield Beach business goals with quality of life for the youth and families community needs. This of Florida through the support of “When new associates learn about Mr. Moran and the values he commitment empowers associates to cultivate innovative programs and opportunities To learn more about that meet the ever-changing needs infused in the company, they understand why ‘family’ is part of our something signifi cant and lasting: stronger of the community. The Jim Moran JM Family’s history and families and stronger communities. Foundation is funded by a cooperative legacy as an employer of choice name and culture is paramount in everything we do.” giving agreement with JM Family based on the company’s profits. and community partner, — Colin Brown, Chairman visit 50yearsoffamily.com. Jim Moran photos are provided courtesy of The Jim Moran Foundation, Inc. provided Jim Moran photos are

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Nova Southeastern University Education Creates Workforce that Drives Economy

From grade school to grad school to the certifications that empower tradesmen to drive the engines of South Florida’s thriving economy, academic institutions in Greater Fort Lauderdale ensure students receive a world-class education — and employers have a business-ready workforce.

hen the Campaign for Grade- options for parents, pupils and employers Level Reading in June 2017 looking for a strong education. When area Public and Private Wnamed Broward County as one of educators earlier this year hosted a career Colleges and just 29 communities nationwide to receive fair at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Pacesetter Honors for making measurable 50 aviation students attended. Since Universities Based progress in early school success, it was a 2011, Broward College has provided the in Broward County proud moment for Greater Fort Lauderdale Civil Administration of China air traffic leaders. After all, along with STEM and control management and leadership train- Broward College other course improvements, increasing the ing to 22 groups of nearly 400 Chinese Broward Technical Colleges number and percentage of low-income aviation executives and professionals in DeVry University children reading on grade level dis- Fort Lauderdale. Florida Atlantic University trict-wide was an important measure. Atlantic Technical College’s appren- It also was validation for an area of ticeship program, which serves as the Keiser University education that leaders are committed to Apprenticeship Local Educational Agency Nova Southeastern University improving. Grade-level reading is part of for Broward County Public Schools, is the Purdue University Global the “Six Pillars” program, the county’s stra- largest apprenticeship training program tegic visioning plan through the year 2030. in Florida serving construction and trades. Greater Fort Lauderdale offers ample Programs at the district’s Sheridan and

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❝The future of higher education is in filling the critical needs in the workforce development delivery system in Broward County and statewide.” ∼Arthur Keiser, Chancellor, Keiser University

McFatter technical colleges provide The school is rich in the exploration coursework in a host of areas, includ- of science and health. It has partnered ing the region’s vital marine industry. with hospital provider HCA to build Education leaders countywide see a teaching and research hospital on North Broward Preparatory School their role as that of a partner with campus. fellow institutions, employers and “We’re not just a Broward or state Public, Private employees looking to advance their institution,” Hanbury says. “We’re a careers. national and global institution that Schools Make the “This type of workforce devel- emphasizes innovation and high tech.” Grade opment training ensures there is a Like other institutions, adminis- As Florida’s first fully accredited continuous pipeline of employees trators with Fort Lauderdale-based school system dating back to 1962, with the necessary skills needed as Keiser University see themselves as “a Broward County Public Schools is we continually modify our programs talent development leader” for career- the second largest district in Florida to adjust to changes in the market- focused students and the companies and the sixth largest in the nation. place,” says Greg Haile, president of that hire them. With more than 100 The district has 271,500 grade school Broward College, which this year was associate through doctoral programs, students plus some 175,000 adult named a top-10 finalist for the Aspen the school seeks to address workforce students in 234 schools, centers and Prize in recognition of graduate job shortages in such targeted indus- technical colleges. The county also placement and workforce readiness. tries as information technology and has another 93 charter schools. The nation's largest Division II management information systems, Twenty-five district high schools school, Nova Southeastern University logistics and distribution, and defense were ranked by the Washington Post also enrolls students as young as and homeland security. Some 63% of in its 2017 America’s Most Challeng- pre-K up through doctoral programs. graduates earn degrees in the STEM, ing High Schools list. Sixteen district A top-200 research university with life sciences and health care fields, schools were ranked in U.S. News two doctors of medicine programs including its new doctor of chiroprac- & World Report’s 2018 Best High (doctor of osteopathy and a new tic degree. Schools national rankings, including medical doctorate), four in five of its Just as important are the “soft two among the nation’s top 500, 23,000 students are seeking graduate skills” (attire, business etiquette, based on enrollment, diversity, par- or professional degrees, says Presi- punctuality) taught to 20,000 students ticipation in free and reduced-price dent George Hanbury. NSU plans to on 20 campuses statewide, says Chan- lunch programs, state assessment re- double its undergraduate enrollment cellor Arthur Keiser. “The future of sults and Advanced Placement (AP) from nearly 5,000 currently to 6,000 higher education is in filling the critical and International Baccalaureate (IB) by the end of 2020. A $230-million needs in the workforce development test participation and performance. donor commitment will allow NSU to delivery system in Broward County Among the county’s nationally rec- expand in Tampa Bay. and statewide.” ognized college preparatory schools are American Heritage School, Cardinal Gibbons High School, North Broward Preparatory School, Pine Crest School, University School of Nova Southeastern University and Broward St. Thomas Aquinas High School, College — which in the past three years has a top-10 taken men's and women's state championships in baseball, cross finalist for the country, football, lacrosse, soccer, Aspen Prize track and field and volleyball. Alumni include dozens of Olympians, tennis pros and champions from major professional sports.

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Tech, Manufacturing, Life Sciences Fueling Innovation Countywide

Miami-Fort Lauderdale ranked number one on the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s 2017 Kauffman Index of Startup Activity. But it’s the next levels of business growth that tell the true tale of entrepreneurship in Greater Fort Lauderdale. From technology and life sciences to manufacturing, Broward County is an innovation hotbed. Companies in these sectors that choose to expand or relocate here may be eligible for a variety of grants, tax credits and other incentives to support or offset R&D expenses, equipment purchases, qualified job creation, workforce training and capital investment.

Tech Magic Leaps Across the County Some say technology in Greater birth of the personal computer renewed vigor to West Broward Fort Lauderdale began about nearby in Boca Raton. Device County’s tech sector. the time device maker Motorola maker Blackberry still has offices Click by click, tech has trans- arrived in Plantation. Soon in the same location Motorola formed Greater Fort Lauderdale. thereafter, secure application opened — a campus that recently Startups still find a place to delivery firm Citrix was founded enjoyed a $35-million makeover, thrive. Coral Springs mobile in Fort Lauderdale by a former bringing restaurants, a Starbucks, aviation solutions provider Hilton IBM executive who worked on the tech firm Magic Leap and Software — launched on a whim by commercial pilot Hilton Goldstein — last year landed a $17-million contract with the United States Department of Defense. In February, electronic components maker KEMET Corp. Magic Leap announced it would relocate its has lured reported $758 million in 2017 net sales and 150 headquarters investors employees from Greenville, S. Car., and talent to downtown Fort Lauderdale. to South Cloud-based human capital Florida. management firm Ultimate Software boasted $940 million in 2017 revenues and the No. 3 spot on Fortune magazine’s 2018 list

90 GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE / WHERE BUSINESS WORKS SPECIAL SECTION of the 100 Best Companies million in cash by Silicon to Work For and top spots Valley company Trimble. Little There’s on its Best Workplace lists surprise Fort Lauderdale ranks ❝ for millennials, technology, among Top 50 U.S. markets for a very Hispanics and Latinos, women technology talent, noted CBRE. strong and African Americans. What these firms all discover The tech sector certainly is a destination with a rich pool grabbed the headlines over talent base and a growing of tech the past year. Plantation-based cluster of technology and talent and augmented reality firm Magic innovation-fueled companies. Leap landed $461 million in “There’s a very strong pool of providers here. capital from the Kingdom tech talent and providers here. With more tech of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign With more tech companies, the companies, investment arm, bringing its ecosystem keeps growing,” funding to date to $2.3 billion. says e-Builder CEO Ron the ecosystem In 2017, local startup online Antevy, 50, noting his sale keeps pet supplies retailer Chewy made millionaires of numerous growing.” Trividia was acquired by PetSmart long-time employees. “Like Health for a reported $3.35 billion other home-grown companies, ∼Ron Antevy in cash. Earlier this year, we’re entrepreneurs at heart. CEO, e-Builder Plantation-based construction We battle it every day and want software company e-Builder to win, and that contributes to was snatched up for $500 the success.”

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Building a Better Product for a Global Marketplace Manufacturing in the sunshine is big business. Regionwide, the sector boasts 2,500 employers and 6,000 supporting companies with hundreds of millions of dollars in combined capital investment since 2016, says Matthew Rocco with the South Florida Manufacturers Association. These include companies ranging from tech to health care to construction and the county’s thriving aviation category. When Fort Lauderdale-based marine, outdoor, aviation and military survival gear manufacturer ACR Electronics was named the 2018 South Florida Manufacturer of the Year, it was more than a singular win. The company — which bested almost 80 entrants — exemplified top-tier companies that manufacture goods in Greater Fort Lauderdale for distribution to the nation and the world. Products include aviation, building supplies, clothing, computer and electronic components, medical devices ACR Electronics is a leading developer of and equipment, mobile devices, pharma- ceuticals and software applications. emergency beacons designed to save lives. Top manufacturers include Bosch, Cayago AG, Florida Supplement, Great Healthworks, HEICO, JL Audio, Motorola, Business Grows in the Life Science Ecosystem Point Blank Enterprises, Propulsion Greater Fort Lauderdale is an technicians to researchers to Technologies, SIMTEC Silicone Parts and ideal ecosystem for life and bio world-class scientists. Stryker, among others. sciences. From employers to Helping scientists perform their “It was a great reminder to know we are educators to the workforce that research, Nova Southeastern one of many companies who can say their flows to one from the other, life University’s $100 million Center products are ‘Made in Florida by Floridi- sciences thrive amid a robust life for Collaborative Research (CCR) ans’,”company President Gerry Angeli said cycle. is one of the largest and most in a statement. With some 13,000 life-science advanced research facilities workers across the region, South in Florida. To the north, the Florida is an essential component Research Park at Florida Atlantic within Florida’s larger life science University is home to 19 high-tech sector. The state ranks second in companies, and its technology Florida Atlantic University's FDA-registered medical device business incubator houses more Research Park is home to manufacturing facilities and than a dozen startups. 19 high-tech companies. third in the pharmaceutical and Among the county’s leading life manufacturing industry. science employers are: pharma- In Greater Fort Lauderdale, life ceutical, medical device, testing science enjoys a steady stream of and drug deliver makers Allergan, capable talent flowing from such Aveva Drug Delivery Systems, research and academic institutions Goodwin Biotechnology, Hema as Nova Southeastern University, Diagnostic Systems, ImmunoSite Florida Atlantic University, the Technologies, Lupin Pharmaceuti- University of Miami and Florida cals, MAKO Surgical, OmniComm International University. Along Systems, OrbusNeich, Terumo with area colleges and trade Aortic (formerly Bolton Medical), schools, students can achieve Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, certificates or degrees — from Trividia Health, U.S. Stem Cell undergraduate to master’s and SHL Pharma, which recently to doctorates — providing a expanded its manufacturing and workforce ranging from lab R&D facility in Deerfield Beach.

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“The era of gold Take action to protect company intelligence. Track company investment in an employee. Though it is generally di cult for companies Some companies have a signi cant industry watch retirements to prevent employees from working for a learning curve or require very specialized is somewhat a competitor, Florida’s non-compete statute training in their proprietary system operations, does provide employers with certain levels of and Florida law recognizes that it would be thing of the past. protections for “legitimate business interests,” unfair for the competition to get the bene t including protection against the use and of all of the training that a former employer The mutual loyalty disclosure of the company’s con dential provides the employee. So when new between companies information and trade secrets. The rst legal employees require extraordinary training, litmus test is whether or not a company has restrictive covenants need to be drafted to and their employees taken measures to protect the information. protect that investment. In order to enforce A former employee cannot generally be held those covenants, it is advisable for employers is now more rare. accountable for divulging information to a to have documentation of the company’s While employees competitor that the company allows to be investment in training and demonstrate that shared in any public forum or information that training is proprietary and signi cant for that have a “right to the company fails to take any reasonable steps company. to ensure that it remains con dential. work” beyond their Since it can be a very grey area, be proactive. Clearly deﬁ ne relationship expectations The enforcement of non-compete agreements employment with up front. Companies are eager to recruit is very fact-intensive, and the outcome of the a company, they do strong relationship-builders to their team — case can sometimes boil down to a judge’s especially a sales team — knowing business interpretation of the minutiae. There are usually not have a right to is often about relationships. However, many parts of the battle that fall into grey area, companies must be proactive in spelling and the result may not be clear at the onset. It pillage the former out the expectations of relationships built in is very important to have as much as possible employer in the connection with conducting a airs for the clearly de ned, maintained — and documented company. When a sales rep and customer — in black and white. Periodic review of your competitive battle begin their business relationship, it is on company’s non-compete agreements is critical the company’s dime. Thus, to protect that to ensure that they are consistent with existing of business.” relationship it is important to have a carefully precedents. If they are more than three years drafted non-solicitation or non-service old, they need to be updated. Additionally, agreement that will ensure that he/she cannot well-documented actions taken to support the ~ Paul O. Lopez pursue or contract business with a company- company’s investment can be the deciding originated customer for a stipulated period factor when a judge is on the fence trying to of time (up to two years under Florida’s non- decide where the black line is drawn in the grey compete statute). matter of dispute.

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Linking educators to employers to the global market, the Life Sciences South Florida consortium of universities, colleges, Health Exec: economic development agencies, research Broward Fertile for Business institutes and companies drives innovation, research, entrepreneurship, venture capital Scott Verner has led several health care businesses in Greater and life sciences companies. Fort Lauderdale. With each, he’s found the same ingredients have nurtured healthy growth: collaborative colleges and workplace training programs, congenial corporate leadership and regional infrastructure primed for global distribution. Then there’s the high-tech and life science legacies of IBM, Motorola and Citrix that continue to supply skilled talent Verner will tap to grow his staff from 700 to 1,000 in the coming years. “We’re still benefiting from the investments they made years ago,” says Verner, who oversaw the 2016 sale of consumer diabetes products maker Nipro Diagnostics to Asian health conglomerate Sinocare Group and today is president/CEO of Trividia Health. “Well-trained executives, coders and engineers can do their jobs for anybody. The most important thing is to have a favorable jobs environment that’s competitive, so it Nova Southeastern forces states, cities and educators to keep investing to make a University's Center for place where people want to live and work.” Collaborative Research

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Fort Lauderdale Marina Billion-Dollar Marine Industry Raises Area's Economic Tide When people envision Greater Fort Lauderdale’s connection to the ocean, they often see beaches. But big business plies the waters, too.

n the Intracoastal Waterway, “Marina Mile,” that lures vessels the annual Fort Lauderdale from around the globe for service, OInternational Boat Show’s 1,500 refurbishment and upgrades. exhibitors and 105,000 international The marine industry also thrives well visitors contributed $857 million to the beyond the reaches of the Atlantic state’s overall economy including Ocean and Intracoastal Waterway. Fresh ❝The $100 million a day in the five days of the water lakes, canals, the aquifers that boating show, from hotel rooms and restaurants provide residents’ drinking water and the to transportation and the sale of yachts. Everglades “River of Grass” feed a robust industry Then there’s ongoing service and sales, fishing and pleasure boating category. is the including the purchase of pleasure craft Realizing the importance of a healthy by people relocating to South Florida. ocean to this multibillion dollar sector, subconscious The boat show and its spin-offs are area universities and business leaders backdrop to just part of a $11.5-billion industry that in 2017 launched the Marine Research people who say, employs some 136,000 people across Hub. Oceanography programs from Nova the region, from tradesmen and crew to Southeastern University, Florida Atlantic ‘I want to live accountants to lawyers to bankers. South University, Florida International University here.’” Florida represents about one-third of the and the University of Miami now share ∼Philip Purcell nation’s $37-billion boating industry. their research, whether it’s grafting coral, CEO, Marine Industries The industry’s impact encouraged boat using shark skin to stop the spread of Association of South Florida show owner Informa Exhibitions to locate MRSA or exploring how deep-water its Southeast U.S. operations in Fort sponges can fight pancreatic cancer. Lauderdale, says Ken McAvoy, executive The goal is to help commercialize and vice president of corporate development monetize their research and create more at Informa. marine and science jobs. This water-borne industry includes The industry also is a significant global the burgeoning marine repair and marketplace. The Broward County Foreign refurbishment segment, based Trade Zone Board and Fort Lauderdale’s prominently along Fort Lauderdale’s FTZ No. 241 in 2016 collaborated to

96 GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE / WHERE BUSINESS WORKS SPECIAL SECTION create a 13-site foreign trade subzone “We’re the pier of North America, in Fort Lauderdale dedicated to the connecting our marine industry to the recreational boating industry. This Bahamas, Latin America and Europe,” designation allows marinas, marine says Philip Purcell, CEO of the Marine supply stores and boatyards to defer, Industries Association of South reduce or eliminate duties on foreign Florida. “The boating industry is the products and shields them from duties subconscious backdrop to people who by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. say, ‘I want to live here.’”

“Salty Jobs” Business is Spotlights BRIGHTER Marine Careers in As the director of development for the Marine Industries Association of South Florida, Sean Smith would visit area high schools and ask students what they knew about jobs in the marine industry. He mostly got blank stares. Surprised, Smith, 30, set about changing that reaction. After all, starting salaries of welders, diesel mechanics, painters, electricians and other marine tradesmen outpace those of many graduates from four-year schools, and wages are about 28% higher than the state average. Realizing that millennials like him were drawn to video, Smith decided to try to capture their attention and imaginations. And “Salty Jobs” was born. It’s similar to “Dirty Jobs," Mike Rowe’s show that explores jobs few know about outside the respective industries. Today, Smith and his team produce short videos profiling careers and daily lives of marine industry tradesmen. What once were blank stares from kids who stigmatized the marine trades now are eyes open to possibilities. “Suddenly you start to paint a career path they can visualize.”

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Natural Gas Put to the Test TECO Peoples Gas is helping a Florida laboratory install natural gas technology to support crucial water

supply testing operation. A full-service laboratory, Florida Spectrum Environmental Services has been analyzing our water for more than 40 years.

esting Florida’s water supply is While Florida Spectrum has outfitted its serious business. Since 1974 and lab in Fort Lauderdale with a 70kW backup Tpassage of the federal Safe Water generator to meet client contract require- Drinking Act to eliminate pollution from ments, the generator is not large enough animal wastes, pesticides and wrongfully to provide power to the 20,000-square- disposed chemicals, the state requires a foot facility’s testing technology, lights battery of tests on the water we drink. A and air conditioning. During the aftermath Clean Water Act also protects national of Hurricane Irma, the lab was without lakes, streams, rivers and wetlands, with power for five days. Shortly after recovery, more state-required testing to verify Johnson started exploring options for a We often have to pollution levels. second generator. That is where TECO Florida Spectrum Environmental Peoples Gas stepped in with a new idea. “operate like a first Services has been analyzing our water Natural gas was already working at the responder. Many of our for more than 40 years. As a full-service facility to serve the backup generator, but testing laboratory, the company evaluates Johnson never considered using natural contracts with cities, environmental contamination including gas for space conditioning or continuous counties and other analysis of groundwater, surface water, power generation. With micro-combined drinking water, soil and hazardous wastes. organizations require cooling, heat and power — or mCCHP — he The lab operation relies on sophisticated could get both. Plus, mCCHP works around daily and sometimes atomic absorption, chromatography, spec- the clock producing measurable savings immediate processing trometry, microbiology and radiochemistry with efficient natural gas. A backup gener- technology and instrumentation — the ator only works during an emergency while of water samples, even same equipment that is vulnerable to mCCHP provides benefit every day. during a hurricane or power outages but needed 24/7. Four mCCHP units are being installed to “We often have to operate like a first provide Florida Spectrum with reliable air other type of natural responder,” explains Lyle Johnson, presi- conditioning, power for all testing instru- disaster.” dent of Florida Spectrum Environmental mentation and emergency backup power Services. when needed. In addition, annual operat- Lyle Johnson “Many of our contracts with cities, ing costs will be lowered, greenhouse gas counties and other organizations require President, Florida emissions reduced and resiliency dramati- daily and sometimes immediate process- Spectrum Environmental cally improved. ing of water samples, even during a hurri- Services “MCCHP technology was almost a cane or other type of natural disaster.” no-brainer for us,” says Johnson. There is no room for downtime, and it is often impossible to perform the testing For more information on mCCHP technology for at other locations because of holding your home or business, please contact Melanie time requirements — described as the Anthony at [email protected] time elapsed between when the sample is or visit peoplesgas.com/GHP and follow taken and tested. Florida Spectrum’s installation.

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Nearly 200 companies have corporate, division or regional headquarters in Greater Fort Lauderdale — companies like transportation / logistics provider Amerijet International, Charter Schools USA, home-grown tech giant Citrix Systems, DHL Solutions Americas, Heico Corporation, Kaplan Higher Education, Spirit Airlines and Ultimate Software.

or these and countless with industry alliances that to the Greater Fort Lauderdale other companies from deliver national scale for clients area,” says Rebecca F. Bratter, Fstartups to multina- ranging from startups to global deputy managing partner with tionals, legal, accounting and corporations. “We have lower law firm Greenspoon Marder. banking providers can be fees than national firms, with “Fort Lauderdale can now more found throughout Greater Fort more personalized attention from readily compete for talent and Lauderdale and the broader our senior partners. That’s the new businesses, and even act as South Florida region. The market recipe for tremendous benefit for another gateway to the world.” also has a growing network of any client.” As part of the Miami-Fort investors, venture capital funds, From augmented reality Lauderdale designated even hedge fund managers company Magic Leap to the market area (DMA), attorneys, ❝The who have relocated here for the Nova Southeastern University accountants and their clients growing business opportunities, Center for Collaborative regularly conduct business across opportunities as well as the quality of life. Research, science and county lines and throughout the are amazing That’s a refreshing discovery technology have taken roles at Americas. for businesses and practical realization for the forefront of the market, in With the arrival of the those who believed they’d have turn drawing more clients and Brightline high-speed commuter here, regardless to seek service providers from talented legal and accounting rail service linking downtown of size.” beyond the region, notes Teri providers versed not only in Fort Lauderdale with downtown ∼Ginger Martin Kaye, Fort Lauderdale managing traditional practice areas of real Miami and West Palm Beach, CEO, American partner with accounting firm estate, litigation and general accounting and law firms not only National Bank in Daszkal Bolton. corporate, but intellectual work with clients and partners Oakland Park “We have a footprint much property, cybersecurity and even throughout the region. They’re larger than the square footage blockchain technology. able to recruit talent from there of our office,” says Kaye, who, “Fort Lauderdale is changing, as well, notes Glenn Goldstein like many of her coworkers, not by the year or by the co-managing shareholder of law is a former Big-Six veteran month, but by the minute. New firm Greenberg Traurigs Fort whose firm today provides “the ventures like these are drawing Lauderdale office. quality and breadth” of services talent and entrepreneurship “County lines have blurred. That’s how we all do business and how we all function,” he says. “We’re finding more international work in Broward with the same Spirit Airlines, sophistication. But our people headquartered in prefer the economic and lifestyle Miramar, is the desirability of living and working eighth largest here.” For life-long residents like commercial airline Daszkal Boltons Kaye, and Mitch in North America. Burnstein, firm managing director

100 GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE / WHERE BUSINESS WORKS SPECIAL SECTION of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman in Fort Lauderdale, Execs Lured by Tech Jobs, Tropical Lifestyle maturation of professional Two execs personify how the South Florida relocating here, explore the area. You can services available to national technology market — and life in the sunshine — find these great little nuggets.” clients is a point of pride. can attract and retain top talent. “Back when there was a Greg Blackman spent 25 years in tech sales, single high-rise office building Before being named senior most recently in New Jersey running a market unit in downtown Fort Lauderdale, director of Magic Leap Studios, spent 15 for enterprise resource specialists often would come Rebecca Barkin years in marketing and planning software firm from Miami or fly in from business strategy from Los SAP. He recently was distant cities,” Burnstein says. Angeles to Silicon Valley. named vice president “That’s not the case now. As She and her husband found of sales for e-Builder, Broward County has boomed, the Bay Area suffocating and the construction so has the depth and breadth were "looking for a quality of software firm. of its legal community.” life change." Though Blackman's mother lives in Central Today, the couple and their two young children Florida, he was a newcomer to South Access to Capital live just a few miles from the Atlantic Ocean Florida. Now, he’s embraced it. He and his Makes Community on Fort Lauderdale’s east side. Barkin, 38, wife live in a downtown condominium. commutes minutes to work, versus her former During the week, he drives 15 minutes to the Thrive 80-mile round-trip slog in the Bay Area. office or 10 minutes to Fort Lauderdale- Banking relationships and Husband Seth commutes to his job as an Hollywood International. On weekends they access to capital are critical architect in Miami. stroll the beach and Las Olas Boulevard. to any thriving business “It’s really been a positive shift,” says Barkin, “I can afford to live downtown at an community. who found pleasant surprises in the arts, culture affordable price,” he says, “and be in the Financial providers across and culinary scene. “I tell people considering middle of it all.” Greater Fort Lauderdale meet the capital needs of startups and established companies alike. Along with large commercial banks and lending institutions, Fort Lauderdale is home to a healthy stable of community banks and a growing group of venture capital firms. In fact, the Florida Venture Forum, Florida’s largest statewide support organization for investors and entrepreneurs, hosted its 2018 Florida Venture Capital Conference at the Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa in January. Eight companies from South Florida attended. They’re part of a funding network to serve the area’s growth, says Ginger Martin, CEO of American National Bank in Oakland Park. “The opportunities are amazing for businesses here, regardless of size,” she says. “People may say South Florida is overbanked. But there is enough business in this town to go around for everyone. That’s what I love about being a Broward bank.”

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A Legacy of World-Class Health Care Memorial Regional Hospital

Public and private health care providers across Greater Fort Lauderdale for generations have delivered world-class care to the area’s — and hemisphere’s — growing populations.

he county’s two public hospital “There is no question that Broward County networks, Broward Health and contributes to that recognition,” says Beverly ❝We have more TMemorial Healthcare System, are Capasso, president/CEO of Broward Health. than 6 million among the largest public health care “In a large sense, the evolution of health care systems in the county. Together, they is about relationships, both within and outside people in the blanket the county with almost 50 hospitals, of our organization.” region. But if you Level I trauma centers, ambulatory surgical Others also are contributing to the region’s deliver a quality centers and community health centers, level of care. National providers Hospital offering two award-winning children’s Corporation of America and Tenet Healthcare product, it attracts hospitals, maternity care, comprehensive Corporation have long served area residents. people from the cancer services and cardiovascular and Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale has entire country.” stroke programs. invested in new heart CT technology. A recent Thousands of physicians and medical renovation of its maternity unit created one ∼Aurelio M. Fernandez staff at the two networks offer the latest of the area’s few level-two neonatal intensive CEO, Memorial in patient care, including robotic surgery, care units. The Phil Smith Neuroscience Healthcare System telemedicine and a host of advanced Institute and Phil Smith ALS & Movement diagnostics and treatments. Advancements Disorders Clinic provide access to leading have earned the region a top-10 national research and clinical trials and treatments ranking for hospital-to-doctor ratios and through a relationship with Massachusetts patient satisfaction ratings by health care General Hospital, the largest teaching hospital information company Vitals. of Harvard Medical School.

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102 GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE / WHERE BUSINESS WORKS SPECIAL SECTION Our inaugural class of medical residents and GME faculty.

South Florida’s Newest Teaching Hospital Memorial Healthcare System is moving health forward through our investment in our Graduate Medical Physical Medicine Education (GME) program. As we welcome our & Rehabilitation* inaugural class of residents, we mark our transition to an academic medical center.

Internal Medicine* Our five-year strategic GME expansion plan will Podiatry** create the fifth largest program in Florida—the largest Academic non-university-based program in the state, with a Programs projected annual enrollment of 218 residents and 75 graduates per year. Neurology* Pharmacy+

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Working with $302 million in capital Wilton Manors investments, Cleveland Clinic Florida is Open for Business this summer opened its Coral Springs Family Health Center, providing 17 e City is dedicated to maintaining a business-friendly medical specialties. In the fall, a new environment to promote investment in our community. hospital tower in Weston will add 75 We Strive beds and an expanded emergency department. Earlier this year, a For concierge medicine practice in east Fort Lauderdale began providing Excellence patients with increased access to their personal physician. “Our talent and services go beyond the district,” says Aurelio M. Fernandez, CEO of Memorial “Being one of our region’s most inclusive cities is just one Healthcare System, which began of the many reasons why Wilton Manors is poised to attract a partnership with Moffitt Cancer smart development that will yield a positive economic Center to provide comprehensive WE impact for years to come.” care for leukemia and lymphoma patients. “We have more than KNOW - Bob Swindell, President and CEO of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance 6 million people in the region. But if you deliver a quality product, DIABETES. 30+ 13 20+ it attracts people from the entire BARS ART GALLERIES BOUTIQUES country." & RESTAURANTS & 2 MUSEUMS & MORE! (954) 390-2180 | wiltonmanors.com

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Developers Turn Niche Parcels into Robust Growth

Founded in 1915 and with more than half its 1,300 square miles of land spread across Everglades wildlife management areas and preserves, it can be reasonable to assume Broward County might have reached build-out long ago. Yet, from the Atlantic to the Everglades, savvy developers are finding productive in-fill parcels.

❝It gives me great stone’s throw from Fort Lauderdale- Also in Sunrise, the county is weighing confidence to see Hollywood International Airport, the plans for 140 acres beside the BB&T Center, local land owners, A$800-million mixed-use development home of the Florida Panthers NHL franchise. Dania Pointe is rising on 102 acres and The Urban Land Institute has suggested business owners along 1,600 feet of Interstate 95 frontage apartments, hotels, entertainment venues and government where an amusement park once stood. and office space for what now is parking and officials working The planned “central business district” undeveloped wetlands. will feature almost 800,000 square feet Between the Atlantic and the Everglades, together to help of retail and restaurant space, Class A infill is capitalizing on moribund parcels. Fort Lauderdale offices, Marriott-flagged hotels, 400 luxury Developer 13th Floor Investments has apartments and public event space. Phase 1 transformed three former golf courses into reach its true is slated to open this year. single-family and townhome communities potential, while Almost 15 miles due west, Metropica is a in the bedroom city of Tamarac, which retaining the $1.5-billion, 65-acre mixed-use and master- features platinum and concierge permitting planned community on a wedge of property to expedite project review. Tapping a similar unique personality adjoining the Sawgrass Mills Mall in Sunrise. development strategy, Butters Realty & that’s defined it for Once completed, it will bring 4 million Management has teed up a number of so long.” square feet of developed space, including “opportunistic” projects, including the trans- 2,250 residential units, more than 1.1 million formation of golf courses and other parcels ∼Mike Weymouth square feet of stores and offices, a hotel, a into millions of square feet of industrial, President, Las Olas Company park and even a beach club. corporate and warehouse parks. The downtown Fort Lauderdale corridor to many represents some of the strongest growth. Venerable developer Stiles, which was a pioneer in area corporate parks, partnered with Broward College to build a new downtown tower. Developers Stiles, Related Group, Morgan Group, Merrimac Ventures and others have built or are planning a projected 5,000 condominium and hotel units in the 300-acre Flagler Village, a once-neglected warehouse Metropica and residential district reborn into Fort Lauderdale’s trendiest lifestyle area.

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This makes the county a key market for from both a business and residential cost developers looking to serve its 1.9 million perspective.” residents and newcomers looking for an With construction cranes and other alternative to other regional destinations, heavy equipment common sights says Carlos Rosso, condominium countywide, the area — especially development division president of downtown Fort Lauderdale — has Related Group. Moreover, proximity to taken on a “new, younger vibe,” says the airport and commuter options like Mike Weymouth, president of Las Olas Brightline have piqued the interest of Company and the fourth family member companies and executives relocating to lead the largest property owner on the from the Northeast. boulevard. Seeking to feed a growing “Fort Lauderdale continues to evolve “When you walk through the district, population, hospitality company with the opening of new businesses, it’s immediately clear the area will The Restaurant People has hotels and residential projects,” says continue to grow and evolve,” he says. delivered in-demand restaurants Rosso, whose company has delivered “It gives me great confidence to see and nightlife venues, including luxury projects Icon Las Olas, Auberge local land owners, business owners and YOLO and O Lounge, S3 on Beach Residences & Spa Fort Lauderdale government officials working together Fort Lauderdale Beach, upscale and Hyde Beach House in Hallandale to help Fort Lauderdale reach its true fast-casual Spatch Grilled Peri-Peri Beach. “Companies are turning to the potential, while retaining the unique Chicken, and the downtown’s first area based on its price value appeal personality that’s defined it for so long.” rooftop bar, Rooftop @ 1WLO. Co-founder and CEO Tim Petrillo is bullish on the possibilities. “This vibrancy will allow the hospitality community to take bigger risks, which will ultimately translate into a wider variety of restaurant choices and a trendier, more energetic nighttime economy.” Meanwhile, beachfront and other luxury residential development continues unabated. Fort Lauderdale presents a significant discount compared to Miami Beach, according to Colliers International Fort Lauderdale Market Pulse for first quarter 2018. The city jumped to sixth place in the Top 10 U.S. Markets To Watch. Rooftop @ 1WLO

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By Air, Sea, Truck and Rail, Connections Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Drive Business International Airport

In Greater Fort Lauderdale, air, sea, rail and commuter connections drive business and a thriving economy. Multibillion dollar investments in the airport, seaport, a regional train station, even beach renourishment already have delivered significant returns and promise to keep construction crews busy into the next decade.

Airports Greater Fort Lauderdale offers Lauderdale-Hollywood International Customs Inspection Facility and proposed three unique airports to the flying Airport (FLL). plans for up to 95 gates and a new public: general aviation Perry Airport A $2.3-billion expansion program intermodal facility. (HWO); Fort Lauderdale Executive at FLL, the nation’s fastest-growing Carriers ramping up service here include Airport (FXE), which serves corporate airport, has included lengthening JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, jets conveniently from just north the south runway to 8,000 feet, the home-grown Spirit Airlines, United of the city’s downtown; and Fort addition of a concourse and U.S. Airlines, Allegiant Air, Silver Airways, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines (formerly Virgin Airlines) and Emirates, which offers a daily non-stop flight between Fort Lauderdale and Dubai. Located less than two miles from Port Everglades, the airport is a vital link to the county’s cruise industry. Port Everglades The county’s seaport is known globally as the Cruise Capital of the World. But that tells only half the story. The port is a critical link in regional shipping. “Prior to the first commercial ship arriving through our entrance channel 90 years ago, Broward County’s founders had the vision and foresight to recognize that the port’s greatest strength would be the economic opportunity that it provides to

Port Everglades remains an award-winning and growing cruise destination and home port.

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our community,” says Steven Cernak, will increase traffic from 3.8 million Port Everglades director and chief passengers in 2016 to a forecast 5.6 Prior executive. million passengers a year by 2033. In ❝ Today, port-related business all, the port serves nine cruise lines and to the first employs more than 13,000 people 39 cruise ships. Its ships and growth commercial and generates more than $30 billion plans include: in economic activity. Shipping traffic • Cruise ships home-berthed here: ship has exceeded 1 million TEUs (20-foot Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas arriving equivalent units, the industry’s standard and Harmony of the Seas, the largest through our entrance container measurement) for the past cruise ships in the world; Holland four years. America’s Koningsdam and channel 90 years ago, Some $1.6 billion in expansion Nieuw Statendam; Crystal Cruises Broward County’s projects will position the port for next luxury ships Crystal Serenity and founders had the generation cruising and shipping and Crystal Symphony. create 143,000 jobs beyond 2030. • A complete expansion and vision and foresight Projects include: remodeling — with technology, art to recognize that • A channel deepening project, installations and novel design — of the port’s greatest along with the lengthening of the Terminal 25 for the November 2018 Southport turning notch from 900 to arrival of Celebrity Cruises Edge; and strength would be the 2,400 feet and the addition of new a transformation of Terminal 2 for economic opportunity gantry cranes along five new berths, ships sailed by Carnival Corporation to accommodate “Panamax” vessels as the first facility equipped for its new that it provides to our arriving via the expanded Panama Ocean Medallion interactive wearable community.” Canal. technology. ∼Steven Cernak • Redevelopment of petroleum “Port Everglades has been a very Chief Executive, Port Director, off-loading facilities to enhance the important partner with Celebrity for Port Everglades port’s role as a major seaport for years,” says Celebrity President Lisa receiving petroleum products for all of Lutoff-Perlo. “They’re very welcoming, South Florida, including jet fuel for four and with airlift into Fort Lauderdale- international airports. Hollywood International Airport, we • A $53-million Intermodal Container have our home there.” Transfer Facility that now brings A billion-dollar freight rails directly to the port to help Intermodal Facilities expansion is distribute cargo nationwide — helping Just off the port, several multi- preparing Port drive $18 billion in trade. million-dollar public-private infrastruc- Port Everglades cruise traffic ture improvement projects better Everglades for the continues to sail full steam ahead. New connect the port to area highway and region's future passenger terminals and the arrival of rail networks — and the country. shipping needs. some of the world’s largest cruise ships The $72-million, 43.4-acre near-dock Intermodal Container Transfer Facility owned and operated by Florida East Coast Railway facilitates transfer of containers from the port’s containerized cargo terminals to rail or truck. A $42.5-million overpass allows vehicles to travel unimpeded over the rail tracks and connect with I-595, I-95, I-75 and Florida’s Turnpike. Brightline When it debuted in early 2018, Brightline became Florida’s only high-speed passenger rail service connecting Fort Lauderdale with Miami and West Palm Beach — and a much-needed addition for area commuters. Some called it a “game-changer.”

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Passengers traveling to area business centers are spirited non-stop from Fort Lauderdale to downtown Miami or West Palm Beach in about 30 to 45 minutes. A planned 235-mile leg to Orlando International Airport link in a regional “multi-modal” western suburbs, “This will let will take less than three hours to transportation network. people work where they really want travel. Says Michelle Gomez, vice mayor to work, live where they really want As developers invest millions of Tamarac, a growing business to live, and play where they really in property and build hotels and lifestyle center in the county’s want to play.” and housing near its stations, some residents are being drawn east to neighborhoods like FAT Village arts district, Flagler ❝Companies are welcoming and embracing our service Village, Progresso Village and downtown Fort Lauderdale — as it makes doing business in the tri-county region more and those to the west are finding efficient and reliable. Brightline is changing behaviors and improved commuter options. improving the quality of life throughout South Florida.” Brightline quickly became a key ∼Patrick Goddard President and COO, Brightline

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hroughout the county, $5.8 billion, according to brand for helping ignite the billions of dollars in county figures. most recent hotel boom. Tourism Tnew construction is Developers are responding. In 2015, the $147-million ❝ bolstering the area’s tourism The county is enjoying well Margaritaville Hollywood has been infrastructure and positioning over $3 billion in private- and Beach Resort brought 349 the county’s it to strengthen its role public-sector investment, rooms to the shores of the as a world-class vacation including hotels and Atlantic. To the south, the number- destination. condominiums, infrastructure county’s largest hotel by one economic driver “Tourism has been and cultural and dining rooms, the Diplomat Resort for decades, and the county’s number-one establishments. County & Spa, recently completed economic driver for decades, officials are working on plans a $100-million renovation. that’s only grown and that’s only grown in the for a convention center hotel This was followed by the in the last few years last few years as the tourism beside Port Everglades. openings of the Meliá Costa and business communities Up and down the coast Hollywood and Hyde Resort as the tourism and maximized our synergies,” and stretching inland, new & Residences. business communities says Stacy Ritter, CEO of hotels are rising. No place is To the north, world-class maximized our the Greater Fort Lauderdale this more visible — literally resorts, boutique hotels and Convention & Visitors Bureau. — than at the Seminole hybrid condominium hotels synergies.” “We recognize that luring Hard Rock Hotel & Casino are changing the landscape ∼Stacy Ritter people here on vacation will Hollywood. Ten miles west from Fort Lauderdale Beach CEO, Greater Fort Lauderdale get them back for business, of the beaches, the highly to Lauderdale By The Sea. Convention & Visitors Bureau which helps us diversify the successful casino currently Names include Auberge economy, which is good for is building an 800-room, Beach Residences & Spa, everybody who lives and guitar-shaped hotel tower as Four Seasons Hotel & works here.” part of a massive $1.8-billion Private Residences, Gale In 2017, some 12.8 million expansion on its 100-acre Boutique Hotel & Residences tourists visited Greater Fort property. When completed Fort Lauderdale Beach, Lauderdale and its 30 cities, in 2019, the expansion will Paramount Fort Lauderdale, creating jobs for 185,000 add 1,900 jobs to the casino’s the renovation and county residents. Those workforce. expansion of the 517-room visitors spent an estimated Some credit Jimmy Buffett’s W Fort Lauderdale, the Fort

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Lauderdale B Ocean Resort and the Portfolio-Element hotel, Hyatt Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach. Centric and a Fairfield Inn & Suites While towers take the headlines, from hotelier Luckey’s Management. smaller, boutique hotels can be Other hotels include The Dalmar, Fort found throughout Fort Lauderdale’s Lauderdale’s first upscale, downtown central beach area and North Beach hotel in a generation. Village, bringing an eclectic feel, The 1,200 new rooms planned especially for European travelers or under construction downtown, accustomed to boutique-style and thousands more across the motels. Several properties are county, are helping both bolster well-known among the LGBTQ business-related travel and accelerate community. the county’s leisure travel traffic, Restaurants, shops and art galleries says Heiko Dobrikow, executive vice dot the community, which has president of The Las Olas Company captured the attention of students and general manager of the Riverside and researchers from Florida Atlantic Hotel. University who are studying livable, “It’s amazing to see what’s being walkable communities. done. We are all poised for success in Near Fort Lauderdale’s downtown the county,” he says. “These capital district, hoteliers are building for improvements will make our tourism business and leisure travelers. industry a beacon for decades to Merrimac Ventures is planning come, and certainly a testament that a 218-room Hilton Hotel. Other Greater Fort Lauderdale’s growth will properties include a Tribute be vibrant and prosperous.” The Dalmar

Beyond the Beach Its beaches grab the headlines and social media posts. But Greater Fort Lauderdale has a host of attractions well beyond the sea and sand. During hockey season, the Florida Panthers NHL franchise often play to a packed house when the BB&T Center welcomes such rivals as the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs or Boston Bruins. The center itself is ranked among the 10 top venues with more than 2 million customers annually. Beyond the chill of the BB&T, county guests and residents can be found at Miami Dolphins, Miami Heat and Miami Marlins games, as well as regular season and celebrated college football bowl games. Gambling is a popular pastime for tourists and locals alike. Pari-mutuel and casino gaming includes slot machines, poker, jai-alai, thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing. Beyond the Seminole Hollywood Hard Rock and its sister properties, Seminole Classic Casino Hollywood and Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, are such venues as thoroughbred horse track and complex Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, greyhound track Mardi Gras Casino (also in Hallandale Beach), harness racing track the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park and jai-alai fronton the Casino @ Dania Beach. Of course, thousands of visitors each year enjoy game fishing on the Atlantic and in the Everglades, exploring county and state parks by foot and boat, and a host of other outdoor attractions including tennis and golf. “With its world-class beaches, shopping and entertainment options,” says James Allen, CEO of Seminole Gaming and chairman of Hard Rock International, “Greater Fort Lauderdale has become one of the great tourist destinations in the United States.”

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A half-mile stretch of downtown Fort Lauderdale is home to two institutions that epitomize the county’s arts and cultural scene. On one end is the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. When it’s not introducing 30,000 schoolchildren a year to arts education, the nationally acclaimed entertainment venue is luring first-run Broadway performances.

t the other end of downtown is the architectural glass wrap and mural created by NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. local artists integrated into a popular walking ❝Arts The facility recently closed out the path through FAT Village (Flagler, Arts, and Asuccessful exhibit by artist Frank Stella. So Technology), a 300-acre enclave that is home enraptured was the business community to galleries, creative arts, theater, residential culture in with the Stella exhibit that the nearby Four and office space. Broward Seasons Hotel celebrated it in a full-page ad Together, guests enjoy a more experiential County in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. encounter with local art, says hotelier Dev The two institutions are the anchors of Motwani. has evolved and downtown Fort Lauderdale’s popular 22-block From the downtown corridor, art touches grown tremendously Riverwalk Arts & Entertainment District. every corner of the community, including over the last decade, They’re also the centerpieces of an array of the airport. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood arts and cultural institutions reaching every International Airport boasts 63 works. Art Fair and our area has community in the county. Fort Lauderdale presents paintings, pieces, become a cultural The arts are big business in Broward artist talks and guest interactions over four County. Some $414.2 million was spent days to put Fort Lauderdale “on the art gem providing countywide on arts, arts-related tourism and world map as a premier location to view, opportunities to ancillary services, according to the 2017 interact with and purchase art,” says Andrew enjoy a wonderful Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 study from Martineau, co-founder and director of Art Americans for the Arts. Arts and cultural Fort Lauderdale: The Art Fair on the Water. quality of life beyond organizations provide 11,078 full-time jobs Four suburban “Arts Parks” feature the office and the and drive $40.1 million in local and state exhibitions, performances and interactive classroom.” government revenue. displays. A stone’s throw from one Arts Park, Catching the wave, developers are turning the downtown Hollywood Mural Project Jarett Levan ∼ buildings and restaurants into canvasses. walkable outdoor mural display features President of BBX Capital; The popular YOLO Restaurant on Las Olas stories-high illustrations. Suburban enclaves Founder, Business for the Boulevard hosts pop-up art installations Miramar and Coral Springs each have cultural Arts Broward through a partnership with a local arts and performing arts centers. organization. Nearby, a planned 218-room This private- and public-sector investment Hilton Hotel will feature a prominent across Broward County and South Florida

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drives synergies for deeper relationships. This season, NSU Art Museum exhibitions of paintings by the French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir and American realist William J. Glackens will coincide with the Broward Center’s presentation of “Hamilton.” Visitors to the Florida Grand Opera’s production of “Frida” in March 2019 will be able to enjoy works by Frida Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera in its permanent collection. Greater Fort Lauderdale is central to a growing arts region, as evidenced by its location equidistant Internationally renowned muralist Rone from Art Basel Miami Beach, the Wynwood district to the south and the Norton Museum in West Palm working in Hollywood Beach, which recently underwent a $100-million expansion. “The cumulative effect of these cross-promotions will reinforce the perception that Greater Fort Lauderdale is experiencing a cultural renaissance,” says Bonnie Clearwater, the NSU Art Museum’s director and chief curator. “The arts have played a major role in attracting new companies to our area,” adds Jarett Levan, president of BBX Capital and founder of Business for the Arts Broward, a non-profit organization of business leaders who advocate for arts and culture. “Arts and culture in Broward County has evolved and grown tremendously over the last decade, and our area has become a cultural gem, providing opportunities to enjoy a wonderful quality of life beyond the office and the classroom.” FAT Village ArtsUp art installation by LAURENLIGHTBODY (BOTTOM) local artist Leandra Arvazzetti

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Dozens of charities and not-for-profit Business Engagement organizations work with area Heightens Charitable corporations in shared missions to help improve Outreach life in Greater Fort Lauderdale. Whether by Fortune 500s or upstart companies, charitable giving is a passion among Greater Fort Lauderdale’s employers. Ann Storck Center Arc Broward hen the United Way of Broward South Florida’s top four donors are based County and the Greater Fort in Broward County. ArtServe WLauderdale Alliance, along with For those companies keen to get Boys & Girls Clubs of 45 members of the Broward Business involved with groups in need, the Broward County Council and city and county governments, Community Foundation of Broward Broward Center for the launched the “United We End Home- has provided leadership on community Performing Arts lessness” campaign to fight chronic solutions and connected people with homelessness countywide, AutoNation causes since 1984. With more than 450 Broward Education Foundation established a $300,000 matching grant. charitable funds representing $173 Broward Public The grant for what organizers called a million, it has distributed $89 million Library Foundation “collaborative communitywide initiative” during the past 33 years to address issues Business for the Arts of Broward came with a challenge to other businesses affecting seniors, the arts and the LGBTQ from the company’s chairman, president community. Community Care Plan and CEO, Mike Jackson: “We must do The county’s network of charitable Coordinating Council of Broward more to create a home for all.” organizations has become a safety net for Crockett Foundation James Donnelly, founder and CEO of various populations and fosters continued the Castle Group and co-chairman of the economic growth, says Kathleen Cannon, Emerge Broward Business Council, calls homelessness “a president, CEO of United Way of Broward Fellowship Foundation RCO human tragedy” that demands business County. Not only do non-profits employ Fort Lauderdale Historical Society leaders facilitate solutions. a large workforce, they help communities Whether for education, job training, thrive by giving families the training, Greater Fort Lauderdale affordable and workforce housing or health care or economic boost they may Alliance Foundation homelessness, such giving and outreach is need. Incomes and standards of living rise, Greater Miami / Fort Lauderdale nothing new in Greater Fort Lauderdale. family life improves and businesses see the American Heart Association The county’s top six corporate donors benefit, she says. HABCO Manufacturing — JM Family Enterprises, Rick Case “It’s really a cyclical event. If business Automotive Group, AutoNation, the and non-profits work together, everybody Hispanic Unity of Florida Florida Panthers Foundation, City Furniture thrives,” Cannon says. “It’s a win-win. Historic Stranahan and Kaplan — gave roughly a combined We’re constantly trying to show people House Museum $40 million in 2016, according to the South that a little bit of effort and philanthropy Jim Moran Institute for Florida Business Journal. In fact, three of helps you and your business.” Global Entrepreneurship Junior Achievement of South Florida Leadership Broward Foundation Students Nonprofit Executive Alliance enrolled in the of Broward Urban League Orange Bowl Committee of Broward Trustbridge Hospice Foundation County’s Summer United Way of Broward County Enrichment Camp Urban League of Broward County YMCA of South Florida

120 GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE / WHERE BUSINESS WORKS SPECIAL SECTION People to Know Greater Fort Lauderdale's talent crosses all spectrums. Leaders in business, government, education and non-profits together help lead the county into prosperity for all. Here are some key people to know.

Anthony Abbate James Berger Ted Christie Associate Provost; Managing Partner CEO and Director, Spirit Airlines Director, School of Berger Singerman Architecture Ryan Cohen Florida Atlantic Skip Campbell Founder, Chewy Suzanne Bogdan Mayor University - Managing Partner, Fisher Phillips Coral Springs Broward Heiko Dobrikow Kareen Boutros General Manager Executive Director Kathleen Cannon Riverside Hotel Broward Workshop President and CEO, United Way of Broward County James Donnelly Cressman Bronson CEO, Castle Group Regional President, PNC Bank Beverly Capasso Rony Abovitz President and CEO President/CEO Colin Brown Broward Health Magic Leap Chairman JM Family Enterprises Linda Carter James F. Allen President and CEO, Community Foundation of Broward CEO, Seminole Gaming; Brent Burns Harry Dressler Chairman, Hard Rock President & CEO Mayor International JM Family Enterprises Tamarac Gerald Angeli Malcolm Butters President and General Manager CEO, Butters Construction Eugenia Duncan Ellis ACR Electronics Rick Case President and CEO Founder, Rick Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale Andrew Cagnetta Case Automotive Ron Antevy President, Transworld Group President and CEO Business Advisors Aurelio Fernandez e-Builder President and CEO Matthew Caldwell Memorial Healthcare System President and CEO, Florida Panthers Hockey Club Nelson Fernandez Executive Vice President/ Rita Case Principal, ANF Group Josie Bacallao Doria Camaraza Founder, Rick Senior VP, General Manager President and CEO Case Automotive American Express Lamar Fisher Hispanic Unity Group Mayor, Pompano Beach of Florida Steven Cernak Beam Furr Walter Banks Chief Executive, Port Director Mayor, Broward County Owner and President, Lago Mar Jorge Camejo Port Everglades Department Executive Director of Broward County Hollywood Community Mark Gale Redevelopment Karen Chastain CEO/Director of General Manager, Marriott Agency Aviation, Fort Harbor Beach Resort Lauderdale- Hollywood Lori Chevy International Wael Barsoum Airport CEO, Cleveland President, Bank of America / Clinic Florida Broward County

SPECIAL SECTION GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE / WHERE BUSINESS WORKS 121 GREATER Solutions For Recruiting, Fort Lauderdale Training & Retaining Skilled Workers Art Keiser Chancellor, Keiser University At CareerSource Broward, the John Kelly employer is our customer. Bill Ganz President, Florida Atlantic University Our network of business, Mayor Deerfield Beach employment and training Kathy Koch President, Ambit Advertising & providers are dedicated to Mark Gatley Public Relations helping Broward County General Manager, Broward County companies grow by connecting Convention Center them to the skilled workforce they need to remain competitive in an ever-changing economy. Keith Koenig President Glenn Goldstein City Furniture Co-managing Shareholder Greenberg Traurig Ina Lee President, TravelHost Media Group Michael Goldstein CEO, Lan Infotech George LeMieux Chairman, Gunster Gerald Greenspoon Co-managing Director Alan Levan Greenspoon Marder Chairman, BBX Capital OUR NO-COST SERVICES Jon Hage President and CEO •Job Postings Charter Schools USA •Financial Assistance For Training •Recruitment Events Greg Haile Josh Levy •Candidate Pre-Screening President, Broward College Mayor Hollywood •Human Resources Tools George Hanbury President READY TO GET STARTED? Nova Southeastern University Dan Lindblade President and CEO, Greater Fort Give us a call today to learn how Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce we can help your business save Bertha Henry County Administrator, Broward County money, energy and time! Per-Olof Loof David J. Henshall Chief Executive Officer, KEMET Electronics (954) 677-JOBS CEO, Citrix Doug McCraw [email protected] Mason Jackson Co-Founder, Fat Village Arts District President and CEO CareerSource Broward Mike Jackson Chairman, CEO and President AutoNation Find us on: Wayne M. Messam Mayor Miramar An equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. All voice telephone numbers on this document may Nick Milano be reached by persons using TTY/TDD equipment Executive Partner via the Florida Relay Service at 711. Tamara James Holland & Knight, Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dania Beach

122 GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE / WHERE BUSINESS WORKS SPECIAL SECTION Stacy Ritter Kelley Shanley Erick Strati President and CEO President and CEO, Broward Regional Vice President Greater Fort Lauderdale Center for the Performing Arts Wells Fargo Matthew Miller Convention & Visitors Bureau Co-managing Maureen Shea Greg Stuart Shareholder Sam Robbin CEO, Right Management- Executive Director Greenberg Traurig President and CEO Florida/Caribbean Broward Metropolitan National Jets Planning Organization Bob Moss Tom Shea Andrew Rosen President, Right Management- Bob Swindell Chairman/CEO Chairman and CEO Florida/Caribbean President and CEO Moss Construction Kaplan Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance Dev Motwani Gary Rosen President and CEO Managing Shareholder Lon Tabatchnick Merrimac Ventures Becker Germaine President, The Lojeta Group Smith-Baugh Peggy Nordeen Adam Rosenberg President and CEO Patrick Taylor CEO, Starmark Spectore Corp. Urban League of President and CEO Broward County Holy Cross Hospital Frank Ortis Juliet Roulhac Mayor, Pembroke Pines Regional Manager, Gary Spulak Dean J. Trantalis External Affairs, FPL President Mayor, Fort Lauderdale Chris Palermo Embraer Aircraft Holding Founder and CEO, Global Robert Runcie Communication Networks Superintendent r Broward Schools Tim Petrillo CEO and Co-Founder Laurie Sallarulo The Restaurant People President and CEO, Junior Scott Verner Achievement of South Florida Daniel Stermer President/CEO Mayor Trividia Health Scott Scherr Weston CEO/President Ultimate Software Jordan Zimmerman Eugene Pettis Kenneth Stiles Chairman Co-Founder CEO, Stiles Zimmerman Advertising Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm

Hector Ponte Region President Wells Fargo The Legacies of Leaders Lost In the past two years, Greater Fort Lauderdale lost three exemplary leaders who placed their stamp on the business and civic communities and elevated the region to global status. Wayne Huizenga, the only entrepreneur to boast three Fortune 500 companies (Blockbuster Entertainment, Waste Management, AutoNation) and created or owned three professional sports teams: Ed Pozzuoli the Miami Dolphins, the Florida Marlins and the Florida Panthers. CEO Tripp Scott Terry Stiles, the developer whose signature properties remade downtown Fort Lauderdale and whose company — under leadership Phil Purcell of son, Ken — had $325 million in 2017 gross billings. CEO/President Phil Smith, whose auto dealerships from South Floirda to North Marine Industries Association of South Florida Carolina employed hundreds, generated $500 million in annual revenues, and allowed him to donate millions of dollars to health Beverly Raphael care and education. President and CEO RCC Associates

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