CURRICULUM VITAE

·       Commercial Projects:

o   The Hershel (formerly Park 4200) Luxury Condos  Dallas, TX, Laminate Floor Claim

o   Grapevine Mills Mall   Grapevine, Texas  Porcelain Tile Claim

o   St. Joseph Hospital  Jackson Hole, Wyoming Commercial Heat Welded Flooring.

o   Kirkland Cancer Center Jackson, Tennessee Natural Stone Tile Concern

o   Medical City Dallas, Dallas, Texas  Ceramic Tile Concern

o   Granite Park 3 (High Rise Office Tower) Frisco, TX: Granite Slab Flooring Concern

o   Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls, TX:  Ceramic Tile Shower Concern, Insurance Claim

o   Bergan Mercy Hospital Omaha, Nebraska  Ceramic Tile Shower Concern

o   Texas Center for Reproductive Health  Dallas, TX:  Commercial Carpet Concern

o   Scott & White Health  Frisco, TX: SPC Resilient Plank Concern

o   Office/Retail Park W. Airport FRWY, Irving TX, Moisture Concern, Insurance Claim

·       40 years’ experience in Flooring Industry. 

o   Business Owner, current. R & D Certified Flooring Inspectors, Fort Worth, TX

o   Regional Sales Manager, current, Base King/EnviroSTIX Dalton, GA

o   Project Manager, All Commercial Floors, Arlington, TX.

o   President & Owner. Old World Tile & Marble, Granbury, TX.

o   Vice President of Flooring Products, Sun Supply, Abilene, TX.

o   Regional Manager, Allied/ECO-Grip  Flooring, Garland, TX & Charlotte, NC.

o   Branch Manager, American Olean Tile, Fort Worth, TX.

o   Branch Manager, Ceramic Tile International/Interceramic, Fort Worth, TX.

o   Texas Regional Manager, Rubi Tools, Miami, FL & Barcelona, Spain.

o   Hard Surface Specialist, Mohawk Industries, Grand Prairie, TX

o   Independent Sales Representative, Tile Source, Fort Worth, TX

·       Areas of Experience.

o   Expert in flooring products, installation materials and methods, underlayments, concrete repair and moisture control.

o   Experienced trainer of flooring installation procedures, technical specifications of flooring products and flooring product features 

o   Troubleshooting and analyzing of flooring failures as a result from installation, maintenance, environmental and manufacturing.

o   On-site supervision of a replacement flooring in a food manufacturing production area with heat welded flooring.  

o   On-site supervision of a renovation for installation of ceramic tile in showers and flooring in multiple hospitals.  

o   Able to interpret architectural specifications, construction design elements and make technical recommendations.

·       Attended Convention & Seminars:

o   The Flooring Inspectors Educational Guild.  Dalton, Ga Oct. 2023

o   Luxury Vinyl Tile & Plank Update Course.  Dalton, Ga Oct. 2023

o   Re-Certification for Resilient Flooring Inspection

o   International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) 2014 – ICRI Slab Moisture Testing

o   FCICA – Rigid Core Flooring Issues. Virtual May 2023

o   FCITS – Inspector EXPO 2013

o   NICFI (NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED FLOORING INSPECTORS)

 National Convention 2011 & 2012

§  Inspectors Guide to Wood Finishes.

§  Ardex Moisture Control Systems

§  Basic Coatings – NWFA Finishes Seminar

§  National Association of Subrogation Professionals

§  Being an Expert Witness, Preparing for a Deposition and Court

o   Surfaces 2021 (Virtual), 2020, 2019, 2012

§  Volunteer, promoting & recruiting at NICFI Exhibit Booth 2012

o   World of Concrete 2019, 2012

o   International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) 2023, 2014, 2012 – ICRI Slab Moisture Testing                                                                                                                                                                     

• Installation & Product Clinics Attended: 
• International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) 2023, 2012, 2014 – ICRI Slab Moisture Testing
• AFS Commercial Carpet Inspector Training
• North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA) Inspector Training
• National Wood Flooring Association (NWFACP) Inspector Training
• FCITS Commercial Inspector Training
• American Olean Tile, Ceramic Tile Installation Training Franklin Learning Center/Landsdale, PA
• Columbia Flooring, “Installation of Hardwood”
• Allied Flooring Installation Training of Commercial Heat welded Safety Flooring.

• Installation & Product Clinics Conducted:
• TOP 10 INSTALLATION CHECKLIST FOR SPC/WPC/LVT 2023, 2024
• Flooring Claims
• Adhesives & Moisture 
• Flooring Claims:  An Inspectors View
• Moisture Testing & Why They Are Necessary.
• Installation:  No Short Cuts Here!
• Installation of Ceramic Tile

·       Certified Laminate Flooring Inspector – North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA)

·       Certified Moisture Testing— ICRI (International Concrete Repair Institute) 

·       Certified Resilient Flooring Inspector – Inspector Training Solutions 

• Tile Installer Thin-set Standards (ITS) Verification University of Ceramic Tile & Stone
• Member of FloorDetective.com 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• Hard Surface Flooring Inspector: IFCI (not current)
• Residential & Commercial Carpet Inspector:  FCITS (not current)
• Residential & Commercial Hard Surface Inspector: FCITS (not current)