Fort Myers engineering firm promotes Sarasota leader to ownership role

By Mark Gordon
| 8:30 a.m. February 22, 2024
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JR Evans Engineering, a Fort Myers-based civil engineering firm with a niche in floodplain and stormwater-related engineering, has promoted its Sarasota manager, John Vanni, to an ownership role.

Vanni was also named vice president and appointed to a seat on the company board, according to a statement. Vanni joined the company in January 2023, and since then, the company says, he’s “exhibited exemplary leadership by spearheading operations in the Suncoast Region, propelling the Sarasota office into extraordinary growth.”

Vanni has a strategic focus on mentoring staff, cultivating client relationships and executing targeted recruitment initiatives, the release adds. He was with engineering firm Mott MacDonald prior to joining JR Evans.

"We are confident that his vision and leadership will play a crucial role in our company's continued growth and success," JR Evans Engineering President Josh Evans says in the release.

J.R. Evans Engineering provides engineering services for a variety of infrastructure, residential and commercial projects.

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Mark Gordon is the managing editor of the Business Observer. He has worked for the Business Observer since 2005. He previously worked for newspapers and magazines in upstate New York, suburban Philadelphia and Jacksonville.