Row, row, row your revenue

Paul Blackketter is an Army man, a veteran of the Iraq War.

But his job as a project manager for Manatee County-based Benderson Development has turned Blackketter into something of a boat man.

Specifically, Blackketter is now a global expert on the cottage industry of regattas and youth and collegiate rowing races. In fact, Blackketter has traveled everywhere from California to New Jersey to England, where he attended the renowned Henley Royal, to study the industry.