- Ron Antevy received his civil engineering degree from the University of Florida in 1991.
- He joined his brother’s fledgling construction software company, e-Builder in 1998
- The multi-million-dollar company has since been acquired by Trimble, Inc.
Call it fate or timing or maybe rolling the dice, but when Ron Antevy (BSCE ’91) decided to quit his stable job to join his brother’s struggling startup company, his life changed forever. And for the better.
Seven years after receiving his civil engineering degree from the University of Florida, Antevy made “the greatest decision” of his life in 1998, joining the company that would ultimately become e-Builder, an innovative information-sharing and management platform for the construction industry.
E-Builder was ultimately acquired by Trimble Inc., a global geomatics, construction and logistics company, for $500 million. Trimble incorporated and built upon the ground-breaking work begun by brothers Ron and Jon Antevy, becoming a global construction technology powerhouse.
As a recently crowned 2026 University of Florida Distinguished Alumni, Antevy returned to his beloved Gator Nation. As the spring commencement speaker for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, he shared his journey from civil engineering graduate to successful entrepreneur with a few thousand of his colleagues.