New Boca Raton City Manager Mark Sohaney might respond to “Skipper” or “SoHo,” both of which are monikers he picked up during his time in the military.

As a former leader at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii and at the Naval Air Station in Key West, Sohaney said he’s well-versed in “major crisis management.”

This could prove useful as Sohaney begins his tenure with Boca Raton amid a significant movement by residents opposing a major redevelopment project. There’s also a city election just six months away.

“I look at this as perfect timing for me, where other people said, ‘You got this job, and are you regretting it because you got all this going on?’ No, it’s the opposite for me,” Sohaney said. “The fabric of Boca Raton is second to none, and I’m in the middle of that, so for

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