Ceo And Chairman Of The Board
CurrentChairman and CEO of a $1 billion, global manufacturer of modular commercial and residential carpet (Nasdaq: TILE), champion for sustainability and diehard FSU Seminoles fan. As Chairman and CEO of one of the world's most respected commercial interiors companies, my personal mission is to ensure that each of the Interface business regions is a high-performing asset, a great place to work and a good environmental steward focused on our new mission to reverse climate change, Climate Take Back. - Appointed Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors in October 2011, succeeding Interface Founder and Chairman Ray C. Anderson. - Extended the company’s global reach with manufacturing on four continents (U.S., Europe, Australia and Asia), including plants in Shanghai, Thailand, Ireland, The Netherlands, the U.S. and Australia. - Created a truly global business with sales in more than 110 countries - balancing established markets in the Americas and Europe with emerging markets in China, Central America, Latin America, India, Africa and the Middle East. - Launched and now growing residential modular brand, FLOR, a company with 21 stores in major markets in the U.S. and Toronto. - Named youngest CFO at a Fortune 500 company in 1989 and served in that role for 16 years, leading Interface in a series of acquisitions, both domestic and international, ranging in size from $2 million to $150 million. Several of these acquisitions nearly doubled the company in size, including the 1988 acquisition of the then-largest carpet tile manufacturer in the world, Holland-based Heuga, which firmly established Interface as the global leader in our segment.- On the Board of Governors for the College of Business at Florida State University, and the board of directors for American Woodmark, a publicly held company that is the leading manufacturer and distributor of kitchen and bath cabinets for the remodeling and new home construction markets.
