Scotlynn executive honored by U.S. Small Business Administration

The top executive of a Fort Myers-based transportation and logistics firm has been named the “Small Business Person of the Year” for 2020 in Florida by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Ryan D. Carter, 37, executive vice president and co-founder of Scotlynn USA Division Inc., was honored by the agency earlier this week during a virtual presentation to coincide with National Small Business Week.

“I am very honored and humbled to be recognized as the Small Business Person of the Year winner for the state of Florida,” Carter says in a statement. “We have an incredible amount of highly qualified and very successful small business owners, so to be this year’s recipient is really something special.”