Adventure Training Concepts
P. O. Box 990733
Naples Florida 34116
(239)643-7991
www.AdventureTrainingConcepts.com
Brian Jones

Adventure Training Concepts is an adventure based teambuilding, training, and leadership development company.   Their unique concept combines adventure, training and behavior science to provide real results and lasting return on investment.  Corporations, small businesses, youth groups, law enforcement, sports teams, families or any organization striving to improve performance, team dynamics, and leadership will benefit from their training programs.  Adventure Training Concepts execute mobile training programs at the location of your choice or at their Discovery Challenge Course here in Naples.

 

Their hand selected team of top notch facilitators include Delta Force, Special Operations, Behaviorists, Authors and Corporate Executives who custom design your adventure according to your training goals.  Your terminal training points combined with experiential low, medium or high impact initiatives take individuals, teams and corporations to the next level.   Their guarantee is that your Adventure is greater than you expected.

AMA Development, LLC
3443 Pine Ridge Road
Naples Florida 34109
(239)591-1560
www.amadevelopment.com
Meir Alice

AMA has been involved in Naples area real estate for nearly 20 years.  The company’s current management team has nearly a century of residential construction experience.  The firm’s development and building experience includes some of the areas finest condominiums, villas and single-family homes throughout Naples including Victoria Shores, Villas of Crown Pointe, Royal Villas, The Villas of Greenwood Lake, Ibis Cove and most recently Tuscany Cove. The company’s success has been the result of a simple, yet most effective philosophy – to provide homes of quality and value delivered with the highest level of customer care.

ASG Software Solutions
1333 Third Avenue South
Naples Florida 34102
(239)435-2302
www.asg.com
Derek Eckelman
ASG’s business is to partner with clients to improve productivity and significantly enhance performance through the intelligent use of technology. Founded in 1986, ASG is a privately held global enterprise software and professional services firm that provides a full range of software solutions in the Metadata Management, Security Management, Applications Management, Operations Management, Content Management, Performance Management, and Infrastructure Management arenas — including business re-engineering, systems integration, and systems development.

Headquartered in Naples, Florida, ASG has approximately 1,100 employees, $225 million in annual revenues, 7,000 customer sites, and 18,000 software licenses worldwide. With more than 60 offices serving the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia/Pacific. Inc. magazine recognized ASG as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States, with a three-year growth rate of 394 percent.
Bank of America
4501 Tamiami Tr. N. Suite 400
Naples Florida 34103
(239)659-2279
www.bankofamerica.com
Julie Schmelzle

Bank of America is a company rich in history and possibilities. It was formed in 1998 through a merger between California-based Bank of America and NationsBank of North Carolina. This union creates the first truly nationwide bank, with offices coast to coast and in dozens of countries around the world. One in every three U.S. households banks with Bank of America. It is also among the nation's top providers of Small Business Administration loans and it has corporate relationships with nearly 80% of the companies in the Global Fortune 500.

Bonita Bay Group
9990 Coconut Rd., Ste. 200
Bonita Springs Florida 34135
www.bonitabaygroup.com
John Gleeson

Bonita Bay Group is a real estate development company whose hallmark is environmentally responsible development. During the past two decades, the company has set new standards in site planning, land use, environmental preservation, and social infrastructure. In each community, wetlands are preserved, natural flow ways restored and water-conservation efforts practiced to ensure the protection of our precious resources. Bonita Bay Group has been honored with many awards, including the national Award of Excellence from the Urban Land Institute and the Golf Digest Environmental Leader in Golf Award. It has two master-planned communities in Collier County: Mediterra and TwinEagles.

Florida Community Bank
1400 15th Street North
Immokalee Florida 34142
(239)657-3171
Stephen Price
Florida Community Bank is Southwest Florida’s oldest community bank. Founded by Barron Collier in 1923 as Bank of Everglades and located in Everglades City, it continues to be owned today by more than 900 Southwest Floridians and managed by a Board of local business leaders. FCB now has just over $1 billion in total assets and specializes in all types of commercial and real estate lending. FCB has consistently been one of Florida’s top performing banks for the past two decades and attributes its success to specialized handling of business relationships and individually structured loans.
Grant, Fridkin, Pearson, Athan & Crown, P.A.
5551 Ridgewood Drive Suite 501
Naples Florida 34108
(239)514-1000
www.gfpac.com
Richard Grant
Grant, Fridkin, Pearson, Athan & Crown, P.A. has been providing legal services to Southwest Florida since 1995. Drawing on a wide range of experience of over 30 years, its attorneys have significant experience in handling complex legal matters in the areas of Real Estate and Business Services, Commercial and Fiduciary Litigation, and Trusts and Estate Planning and Administration. Each practice area is led by a Florida Bar Board Certified attorney specializing in that practice area. The firm has an “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest available, and is committed to serving its clients with professional excellence.
Gulf Coast American Fabrication
3705 Westview Drive
Naples Florida 34104
(239)643-2455
www.gcaf.us
Carlos Diaz

Founded by Carlos and Mary Diaz in 1986, Gulf Coast American Fabrication began as an independent wholesale window fashions fabricator to the trade, becoming a full-line independent fabricator of Hunter Douglas premier brand window coverings in 1992. Committed to delivering innovation, four proprietary high-end custom interior shutter collections were introduced, expanding the window fashion collections to over 50 today. In September of 2003, Gulf Coast celebrated a new era by consolidating all company assets into a new 60,000 square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing complex and corporate headquarters in Naples. Responsive and timely customer service and support is provided at our main Naples facility, as well as two Florida distribution centers, on the east coast in Sunrise, and in Lakeland, serving central Florida.

 

At Gulf Coast, we are most proud of the focus and attention we commit to building strong and lasting business relationships with our growing dealer network. Beginning in Southwest Florida, we have grown to encompass areas within the Southeast United States, and have expanded to include the Caribbean Islands. Our core values shape and define our corporate culture, and our “people first” philosophy is woven into our daily activities and customer interactions. Within our business, we strive to make a difference by inspiring trust and integrity, providing an atmosphere for professional growth for our associates and alliance partners. Within our community, we work to build a better tomorrow by being good stewards of our environment, supporting worthy causes and charities and giving generously of ourselves and our resources.

 

 

Hole Montes, Inc.
950 Encore Way
Naples Florida 34110
(239)254-2000
www.holemontes.com
Tom Taylor

Hole Montes, Inc., an Engineering News Record Top 500 engineering design firm, has been a leading force in the planning and design of roadways; commercial, residential, medical, and institutional facilities; water, wastewater, and water reuse systems; landscape architecture; and airport facilities for more than 41 years. Headquartered in Naples, with full-service design center engineering offices in Fort Myers and Venice, Hole Montes is one of the most trusted providers of engineering consultant services for clients throughout Lee, Collier, Sarasota, and Charlotte counties. At Hole Montes, we are dedicated to meeting and exceeding our clients’ expectations…no matter how great the challenge.

INFINETWORK
3401 No. Tamiami Trail, Ste. 210
Naples Florida 34103
(239)263-4454
www.infinetwork.com
Stephen Myers

INFINETWORK's Computer Pain Management Services are a new level of IT service and support that improves the reliability and performance of our clients' business technology by continuously monitoring and proactively managing their systems. For many businesses, their network has become their primary method of communicating with their customers, vendors, and employees. As a result, it is crucial to ensure that the IT infrastructure is always available and operating at peak efficiency. If any critical device on the network suffers an outage, the downtime results in lost productivity for the entire organization and you begin to feel the pain. INFINETWORK’s IT Wellness Service provides clients with peace of mind that their IT Infrastructure is being constantly monitored and proactively managed every minute of every day.

Kraft Construction Company
3520 Kraft Road
Naples Florida 34105
(239)643-6000
www.kraftconstruction.com
Fred Pezeshkan

Kraft Construction Company, Inc. is one the largest general contractor and construction management firms on the west coast of Florida specializing in educational, commercial, governmental, healthcare, assisted living, multi-family residential and high rise condominium construction. For over 40 years Kraft has provided general contracting and construction management services from offices located in Naples, Fort Myers, Port Charlotte and Sarasota. Led by F. Fred Pezeshkan, Chairman and CEO, the company strives for total customer satisfaction through their “Kraftsmanship” philosophy. This philosophy calls for a teamwork approach and meticulous attention to details and cost control which promotes a successful working relationship between contractor, architect and client. In 2003, the firm was ranked as one of the fastest growing companies in the country.

Quarles & Brady LLP
1395 Panther Lane, Ste. 300
Naples Florida 34109
(239)262-5959
www.quarles.com
John Humphreville

Quarles & Brady LLP, is a full-service national law firm with more than 400 attorneys practicing from offices in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Chicago, Ill.; Naples, Fla.; and Milwaukee and Madison, Wis. The firm offers an array of legal services to corporate and individual clients ranging from small, entrepreneurial businesses to Fortune 100 companies. Quarles & Brady's Naples Office represents clients in a broad range of industries and practice areas, with primary focus in general business law, real estate and land use, country clubs, community associations, trusts & estates, construction and commercial litigation, corporate law, labor and employment law; and tax-exempt organizations.

 

Roetzel & Andress
850 Park Shore Drive, Third Floor
Naples Florida 34103
(239)649-2722
www.ralaw.com
William O'Neill

Roetzel & Andress is a full-service, progressive law firm with ten offices throughout Florida, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. The firm’s more than 220 attorneys provide legal counsel in over 40 different areas of law and serve a broad spectrum of clients on a regional, national, and international basis. The firm has the geographic reach and resources to service clients whatever the legal needs and wherever the matter may be located. Roetzel & Andress attorneys represent a wide range of clients, from individuals and closely-held businesses to multinational corporations, financial institutions and government entities.

 

Stock Development
2647 Professional Circle, Ste. 1201
Naples Florida 34119
(239)592-7344
www.stockdevelopment.com
Claudine Wetzel
Stock Development has grown to become one of the most dynamic development companies in Southwest Florida.  Specializing in the development of amenity-rich master-planned communities, the company’s craftsmanship and expertise are proudly displayed in some of the region’s most celebrated communities, including: Lely Resort and Olde Cypress in Naples, Grandezza in Estero, Paseo in Fort Myers and Vivante at Punta Gorda.  Committed to unparalleled customer service, the Stock Development Family of Services offers a one-stop shopping experience that streamlines the home buying process. 
TECO Peoples Gas
5101 NW 21st Ave., Ste. 460
Ft. Lauderdale Florida 33309
(954)453-0783
www.tecoenergy.com
Sergio Abreu
For more than 100 years, Peoples Gas has provided Florida’s citizens and businesses with reliable, economical energy products and services. As the state’s leading natural gas provider, Peoples Gas serves over 325,000 commercial, industrial and residential customers throughout Florida.

Founded in 1895, Peoples Gas originally operated under the parent company of Lykes Energy. In June of 1997, Peoples Gas merged with TECO Energy, a $2.2 billion company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. During that same month, TECO Energy also acquired West Florida Natural Gas, a company with 30,000 customers in key parts of the Florida Panhandle and Central Florida. Since then, TECO Peoples Gas has experienced expansions into Southwest Florida (including Collier, Lee and Charlotte Counties), Jacksonville, and Martin and Broward counties.
The Lutgert Companies
4200 Gulf Shore Boulevard North
Naples Florida 34103
(239)261-6100
www.lutgert.com
Richard Baker
The Lutgert Companies is a privately held real estate development company with holdings in Premier Properties of Southwest Florida, Inc. REALTORS®, Lutgert Insurance and Lutgert Title. Current developments include condominiums at Park Shore Beach and Bonita Bay, a golf course community at Linville Ridge, North Carolina, and office space on U.S. 41. Lutgert is developing Estuary at Grey Oaks and The Mercato with The Barron Collier Companies. Completed projects include development of the Park Shore community, condominiums at Park Shore Beach and Bonita Bay, the Northern Trust Building, the Quarles & Brady Building, The Village At Venetian Bay, The Promenade At Bonita Bay, Neapolitan Way and Crossroads Market.
TIB Bank
6435 Naples Blvd.
Naples Florida 34109
(239)598-5871
www.tibbank.com
Alma Shuckhart

Founded in 1974 in Islamorada in the Florida Keys, TIB Bank has long stood for the best banking has to offer – best in products and best in service.  Today, TIB operates 17 full-service branches throughout the Keys, Homestead, Sebring and Southwest Florida.  As the wholly owned subsidiary of TIB Financial Corp., the bank’s stock is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TIBB.  With $1.3 billion in total assets, TIB is the 3rd largest publicly-traded bank headquartered in Florida.  Recently the bank opened a new 16,000 sq. ft. building on the corner of Naples Blvd. and Airport-Pulling Road in Naples.  This location houses a full-service banking branch complete with drive-up lanes and a drive-up ATM.  As a commercial bank, TIB caters to the needs of small to mid-sized businesses offering them a complete range of products and services suited to fit their needs.

When looking for innovation in banking products and programs, coupled with unparalleled customer service, look no further than TIB Bank. 

WilsonMiller, Inc.
3200 Bailey Lane, Suite 200
Naples Florida 34105
(239)649-4040
www.wilsonmiller.com
Al Reynolds
Established in Naples, Florida in 1956, WilsonMiller, Inc. employs a staff of more than 600 and offers a single source of high-level, multidisciplinary services (including planning, engineering, landscape architecture, ecological, surveying, GIS, and transportation/Construction Engineering and Inspection) for land development, infrastructure, transportation, and resource management projects. Our staff serves both public and private sector clients throughout Florida and beyond from 11 offices spanning from Naples to Tallahassee. Since 1999, WilsonMiller has ranked among the top five firms nationwide in Engineering News-Record's "General Building Multi-unit Residential" market category.
 
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