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SENIOR MANAGEMENT
JOHN RAYMOND SOFARELLI, OWNER / PRESIDENT
A
S OUR
P
RESIDENT
,
J
OHN SETS THE TONE FOR OUR COMPANY
.
H
E CREATES THE VISION
AND DIRECTION
,
LAYS OUT THE PATH OF EXPECTATION
,
AND KNOWS HE CAN COUNT ON
HIS TEAM TO FOLLOW THAT PATH
.
I
N ADDITION TO THE STRONG PERSONAL ETHICS THAT DRIVE
J
OHN
,
HE HAS A
COMPELLING BACKGROUND AND LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS
.
H
E GRADUATED FROM THE
U
NIVERSITY OF
F
LORIDA WITH A
B
ACHELOR
’
S OF
S
CIENCE
DEGREE FROM THE
C
OLLEGE OF
A
RCHITECTURE
, S
CHOOL OF
B
UILDING
C
ONSTRUCTION
IN
1981.
H
E IS A
4
TH GENERATION CONTRACTOR WITH OVER
20
YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
.
H
E IS A
C
ERTIFIED
G
ENERAL
C
ONTRACTOR
,
AND HOLDS A
S
TATE OF
F
LORIDA
R
EAL
E
STATE
L
ICENSE
.
H
E WAS AWARDED THE
2002 D
ISTINGUISHED
A
LUMNUS
A
WARD FROM THE
U
NIVERSITY OF
F
LORIDA
C
OLLEGE OF
D
ESIGN
,
C
ONSTRUCTION AND
P
LANNING
.
H
E BECAME
V
ICE
P
RESIDENT OF
T
RIBBLE
& S
TEPHENS
C
OMPANY AFTER ONLY
5
YEARS
,
AND MANAGED OVER
2
MILLION
SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL
,
OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL WORK
.
H
E FORMED
J. R
AYMOND
& A
SSOCIATES
,
I
NC
.
IN
1988.
J
OHN CONTINUES TO SET AN EXAMPLE WITH HIS UNCEASING DEDICATION TO BOTH THE COMPANY AND ITS CLIENTS
,
WHILE
STILL MAINTAINING A ROBUST AND ACTIVE PERSONAL LIFE THAT INCLUDES BOTH HIS FAMILY AND HIS COMMUNITY
.
H
E IS
GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME AND GETS SATISFACTION FROM HELPING THOSE IN NEED
.
A
CCORDING TO
J
OHN
,
THE BLEND OF
BUSINESS AND PERSONAL COMMITMENTS WORK HAND
-
IN
-
HAND
.
J. RUSSELL SUDDETH, OWNER / SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
A
S OUR
S
ENIOR
V
ICE
P
RESIDENT
, R
USS FOCUSES ON THE DAY
-
TO DAY ISSUES THAT KEEP
THE COMPANY ON TRACK TO PERFORM WITHIN THE VISION THAT HE AND
J
OHN HAVE
CREATED
.
R
USS IS PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN EACH COMPANY PROJECT FROM BEGINNING
TO END
,
AND APPLIES THE EXPERIENCE HIS HAS ACHIEVED THROUGH HIS SIGNIFICANT
QUALIFICATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
.
H
E IS A
S
TATE OF
F
LORIDA
G
ENERAL
C
ONTRACTOR
.
H
E GRADUATED FROM THE
U
NIVERSITY OF
F
LORIDA WITH A
B
ACHELOR OF
B
UILDING
C
ONSTRUCTION DEGREE FROM THE
C
OLLEGE OF
A
RCHITECTURE
, S
CHOOL OF
B
UILDING
C
ONSTRUCTION AT THE
U
NIVERSITY OF
F
LORIDAY
,
AS WELL AS ACHIEVING SEVERAL
ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE
R
INKER
C
OMPANIES
F
OUNDATION AND
T
HE
G
AINESVILLE
H
OME
B
UILDERS
A
SSOCIATION
.
H
E WAS AWARDED
“P
ROJECT
M
ANAGER OF THE
Y
EAR
”
AFTER JOINING
T
RIBBLE AND
S
TEPHENS
C
OMPANY
,
JUST
3
YEARS
AFTER GRADUATION
.
H
E PARTNERED WITH
J
OHN AT
J. R
AYMOND IN
1989.
R
USS CONTINUOUSLY PROVIDES STRONG
,
UNWAVERING LEADERSHIP TO THE COMPANY
,
TO HIS FAMILY AND TO THE
COMMUNITY BY GENEROUSLY OFFERING HIS TIME AND TALENTS WHEREVER HE FINDS NEED
.