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40 Under 40 winner Kristina Carlevale, 36, is executive director of Discovery Village Independent Living at Naples.

40 Under 40 winner Bradd Konert, 38, is the founder and president of Gamma Tech Services.

40 Under 40 winner Kristina Houlihan, 31, is deputy chief of communications and government relations for the School District of Lee County.

40 Under 40 winner Tyler Hansen, 33, is an FAA air traffic controller and founder of Aerodrome Systems.

40 Under 40 winner Gabriella DeLuca, 32, is a business development manager at Benchmark General Contractors.

40 Under 40 winner Kelli Dancer, 32, is the chief of staff to the CEO of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System.

40 Under 40 winner Kevin Albaum, 37, is a shareholder with Clark, Campbell, Lancaster, Workman & Airth, P.A.

40 Under 40 winner Christopher Johnson, 37, is crew chief at Harris-Jorgensen LLC and co-owner of SWFL Amusements.

VeraData, founded by Michael Peterman, has tapped into machine learning and AI to innovate — and influence — the way nonprofits find and connect with donors.

It can be tricky. But going from solo ownership to being an employee-owned business, an air conditioning company founder recently learned, has some cool benefits.

A pilot study found 93 people with valvular heart disease.

Technology enhances but doesn't replace physicians.

Curran Young Construction draws on its past expertise to shift into affordable housing.

The owners of South Seas on Captiva Island have spent $250 million — at least — on making South Seas a go-to global destination for memory-seeking families. Vocal opposition to more expansion, however, remains.

Ricky Rescue Training Academy, founded as a free service 15 years ago, is now a growing company that helps firefighters worldwide get career-advancing education.

An in-demand national senior living developer — it rejects more sites than it buys — is all in on building a large community in the heart of Lakewood Ranch.

A pair of construction leaders at vastly different stages of their careers have a flourishing mentoring relationship at Suffolk's Southwest Florida office. The lessons go both ways.

Darcy Eikenberg relishes the idea of not being the expert in pushing herself to learn a new skill.

Some call it cool. Some call it creepy. AI can be a bit of both, but a certainty lies amid the confusion: The technology has a future-is-know ability to redefine how nearly any business does business.

Not even a slight delay has dented the enthusiasm for Wynn’s Downtown.