Meet Our Team

Mr. Lane was born and raised in Long Island, New York. As part of his High School experience, he won public speaking and numerous other county, state and national awards with the Distributive Education Clubs of America. During his graduating year, he most notably won New York State Outstanding Student of the year and then later became the chapters Alumni President.

Working his way through school as a territory salesman for Nestler Enterprises, Inc. a manufacturers representative company, he Graduated Nassau Community College majoring in Marketing and subsequently attending Bernard Baurach College majoring in Management. In 1985 Mr. Lane became the first National Sales Manager for Stanton Carpet Corporation an importer of wool carpets at the age of 23. Mr. Lane took the company national and created a sales organization of 38 sales agents in the United States and Canada, brought the company from three products to over forty, along with three acquisitions (New Eastern, Contract Distributors (CDA) and Mira-X).

In 1992 he became a partner and Executive Vice President of The Rug Hold Company. They were the first company to bring non-skid rug under lament to the United States. Mr. Lane was brought in for a corporate turn-around. After preventing the company from being closed, and making them profitable after just three consecutive quarters he later sold his interest in Rug Hold to start his own Management Consulting Company, Lane Enterprises, Inc. in 1994.

At Lane Enterprises, which was based in Hauppauge, Long Island, Mr. Lane consulted to such companies as Weight Watchers International, Coldwell Banker, AT&T, and ABC Carpet & Home. Mr. Lane sold Lane Enterprises in 1997 to the Ross Consulting Group based out of New Jersey. Mr. Lane went on to another turn around hired to turn around the ailing New York Region of Collins & Aikman Floor Coverings, Inc (Now know as Tandus) handling Pennsylvania/Delaware to upstate New York, with an office and showroom based in New York City.

In August of 2002 Mr. Lane opened Lane Sales, Inc. an exclusive manufacturers representative company of quality floor covering products. Lane Sales has taken over all the importers and manufactures that Nestler Enterprises, Inc. previously handled and represents lines through out the Tri-State New York, Connecticut and New Jersey area with Territory Managers plus sales support staff.  Lane Sales handles residential, commercial and hospitality floor covering products both running line items and custom.  Lane Sales now covers the Northeast U.S. Delaware to Maine and Florida.

Mr. Lane is an industry consultant and guest speaker on Sales, Marketing, Operations and on Environmentally Responsible Home Furnishings Products, including Flooring products on the Fox News Channel.

Mr. Lane, is a Board member to the Leadership Council of the Mentoring Partnership of Long Island and New York City.  Additionally, he is a Federal club member to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and charitably he continues to remain active in the American Diabetic Association and the Fight For Sight Foundation.

Mark Lane is a partner in Lane Sales, Inc and resides as its Executive Vice President and CFO.  Mark is responsible for covering the Long Island and Brooklyn New York territories and handles special accounts and projects.

Living on Long Island, N.Y. for over 40 years, getting around town is no problem for him. Mark comes from a line of entrepreneurs and brings a great deal to Lane Sales. He holds a Business Degree from Albany State University and an M.B.A. from New York Institute of Technology (NYIT).  He also taught classes at SUNY Farmingdale.

For years Mark has been calling on our L.I. clientele, developing key relationships with many of the large and small carpet, rug and flooring dealers.  Mark has become a trusted advisor and dealers call him on a regular basis for product knowledge, and education in the latest trends as well as advice on which products work best for particular applications. With a background in teaching, Mark also plays a vital role in educating salespeople in our products.  Mark feels that educating salespeople and owners in each of the carpet stores is key in getting them to promote and make money with our products.  Mark has quickly become a favorite rep and friend among dealers and a valuable asset to Lane Sales.

Mark is a member of the Interior Design Society of Long Island, National Business Honor Society, a current member of the Leadership Forum for Sales & Marketing (ExecuLeaders) and has a life-time membership at the Sandler Institute of Sales. Lastly, Mark is a member of the Long Island Floor Covering Association.

Stacy is experienced in furniture, and fabric sales having worked for Scalamandre and Robert Allen Fabrics.  Stacy worked for Thai Dynasty Carpet as a Regional Director in New York for 12 years, a premium hand-tufted manufacturer.

Stacy was out of the industry for several years living in Seoul, Korea.  We are so extremely pleased Stacy is now back in New York City in 2023, when she joined the LSI Flooring Team.

Stacy assists our President in calling on trade showroom, retail and flooring contractor accounts.  Stacy also helps service design firms not called on by our commercial/hospitality division

Mark holds a Bachelor's degree from SUNY Brockport and then went on and received a Paralegal Certification from Northeastern University and a certification in Human Resource Mangement/Personnel Administration from Curry College.  

Mark is based in our Fort Lauderdale office, is our Office Manager and spearheads our sales support for our Tisca North American sales.  He also helps to assist in our LSI Padding business as well.  

Brian is based in our Fort Lauderdale office working to support our LSI Padding sales as well as assist with our Tisca North American Sales.  

Carmen has an extensive background in selling floor covering products both as a road rep, retail sales and selling in to the trade showrooms.  Carmen has sold rugs, carpeting, hard surface products including wood, laminate and luxury vinyl tile & plank products running line, made to order and custom.  We are so pleased to have Carmen in our LSI Family!

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My career started out as a Customer Service rep for Kravet Fabrics. That’s where my love of  Interior Design began.  Years later I found a job posting that sounded perfect for me to pursue my Interior Design dreams & I accidentally found myself in the flooring world.  To my surprise I absolutely loved it. Through the years I have been fortunate to create some beautiful spaces & meet some wonderful people.

As my love for carpet & flooring grew so did my knowledge of the products. I always asked the questions to find the right product for my customers. It’s important to me to sell with integrity & honesty.  My experience & expertise led me to work primarily with Interior Designers & I found that being a part of their design was even more gratifying for me. That is when I was introduced to some amazing designers & organizations.  

I became involved with ASID & the Interior Design Society of Long Island. I was honored to be a committee member of the IDS Swatched Event from its conception. In 2019, I was so proud to be chosen as the Chairperson of the event. I’m happy to say it was a huge success.  In 2019, I was invited to be on a Design council for a major carpet manufacturer. They invited a few Interior Designer/Carpet Saleswomen from around the country to offer advise on trends, styles & colors. That was a wonderful opportunity & I was so happy to be a part of it.

All of my experience & accomplishments have led me to my current  position. I’m so proud to be a Territory Manager for LSI Flooring.  I’m enjoy assisting the owners & salespeople with all of their needs & questions.  It’s an important role &  I am truly honored to be such an integral part of the flooring industry.  

Adam comes to us with over 20 years of vast experience in the floor-covering industry.  He has been a retail store owner, a V.P. of a large multifamily flooring contractor, and a district sales manager for Mohawk Industries.

Adam was later hired to be the G.M. of Sales for Swiff-Train Distribution. There he led a large distributed team and was responsible for over $80mm in sales revenue. Adam lives with his wife in Vero Beach.

Richard Egan covers Southern Florida.  Richard is extremely experienced having worked for Custom Weave, Mohawk, Godfrey Hirst and more recently as a Regional for Abbey Carpets Business Development, adding flooring dealers to the Buying Group.  Richard knows the Florida territory extensively, is very well liked and very highly respected.  It is extra special to have a gentlemen of Richard’s caliber on our team.

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Jes Rodriguez, studied interior design at Berkeley College. After graduating in 1993, she began her career at Prime Hospitality in NJ and later joined Elias Design in NYC. After 11 years in the hospitality design field, Jes decided to switch gears and in 2007, moved to Hawaii for 3 months to train and become a certified Bikram Yoga instructor. Towards the end of 2007, Jes joined our commercial hospitalty A&D group where her interior design background helps clients with their design methodology. She calls on accounts in NJ and eastern PA.

Elissa Shatz is a Sales Associate and Sales Support, is a graduate of FIT, where she majored in Marketing & Communications. After graduation, she gained invaluable sales experience while working at Karl Chevrolet in New Canaan, CT.  Elissa joining the business, in 2006. Starting out as a sales assistant, Elissa learned the ins and outs of running a repping business first hand, by assisting in the office. With this knowledge, Elissa soon "hit the road", calling on accounts in the New England states. She now divides her time between developing business in the New England area and continuing to provide sales support in the office.

Arial handles inside sales and support of our commercial hospitality division, helping run the office and handle the administrative end of our commercial hospialty division.

TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON

In 2020 LSI Flooring expanded into all of North American, U.S. & Canada.  We currently have 21 sales reps in our Dealer Division and 5 in our Commercial/Hospitality Division.  Feel free to inquire for the sales rep nearest you by emailing us @ sales@lsiflooring.com or call: 1-800-731-3483 ext. 701.