Highlights of my 40 years in the floor covering business: § Installed hard surface flooring, including asbestos and non-asbestos containing sheet vinyl flooring, VAT and VCT for decades§ International training of flooring installers including Canada, Australia, Columbia, US, Germany, Japan and Mexico including asbestos awareness § Contributing editor for several industry publications including Mannington Straight Talk, National Floor Trends and Floor Covering Installer§ Certified Instructor for the RFCI's “Teach the Teacher” and “Asbestos Awareness” programs§ “Sought After” Installation expert providing execution teams for Flooring trade show set-up, high profile installations and magazine photo shoots where precision, expertise and swift execution is paramount§ Written installation manuals, tech bulletins and product development reports since 1989§ Vinyl Floor Covering expert in The Learning Channel’s Home Pro, Program #40§ Trouble shooting commercial projects to determine root cause of failure, create action plan for correction and a step by step course of action to get the project tracking so that all parties are moving forward and client is postured for litigation with a factual, detailed report§ Providing explicit details regarding generic installation challenges/problems/failures and post installation care/maintenance issues via a monthly blog “Reggie’s Floor Stories” with insight, solutions and options for corrective measures with over 50,000 subscribers.§ Providing outsourced technical/maintenance support for hard surface commercial manufacturers via telephone and on-site assistance.§ Determining product validity with a full spectrum of real world tests, developed and executed in-house to determine all contributing factors of failure from shoddy workmanship to unfavorable site conditions.§ Expertise since August 1995 as Floor Covering Services & Consultants, Inc.