12-5-2025 CFI University Flooring Inspectors' Team Meeting
Joe Duncan, his daughter, Kimberly, and Dusty Taylor presented the company’s new Diamond Core Collection (DCC) product. DCC offers improved performance, with zero failures in 30,000 trials, compared to 1 failure in 90 trials. The product is manufactured in Vietnam and features a balanced layer construction that controls temperature and moisture transfer, making it lighter than SPC or ABA products by about 20%. The Diamond Core Collection was developed to address issues commonly associated with SPC flooring.  In addition, Diamond Living introduced its Monolithic Waterproof Wood, which is rated “Heavy Duty Waterproof” by independent lab testing.
CFI University Flooring Inspectors in attendance:
Canada:
British Columbia Behrouz Alizadeh 604-356-6840
British Columbia Debbie McNaughton 250-717-7337
British Columbia Wayne Laforet 403-238-2461
Manitoba Dennis Glays 204-981-9943
Ontario Paul Shnier 416-894-7564
Ontario Zackary Ditner 519-803-7073
Saskatchewan Chris MacDougall 306-537-5421
Ireland: Maurice Flinter 00353876560948
United States:
Alabama Steven Szachon 770-356-1100
Arizona David Zack 248-830-2605
Arizona Lisa Zubiate 206-295-9083
Arkansas Dennis Matranga 512-584-9014
California Benjamin Manship 209-80-89320
California Jason Ramsay 949-355-3501
California John Hunt 562-458-0596
California Phil Meyer 925-260-9916
California Sergio Rosas 818-470-3100
Delaware Steve Lopes 908-482-5616
Florida Al Carlson 239-289-8677 Email
Florida Brian Smart 806-789-4617
Florida Charles Yelvington 239-910-2357
Florida George Bell 321-698-9821
Florida Mario Avila 941-284-3944
Florida Marty Wukich 303-884-8020
Florida Ron Ellsworth 386-623-2207
Florida Ronald Gould 888-854-0946
Georgia Steve Howell 678-428-8282
Georgia Todd Moncrief 770-274-9314
Hawaii Jared Van Keuren 808-387-1686
Idaho Chance Hodgson 208-899-6498
Illinois Mike Pivar 630-330-3245 Email
Indiana Greg Rietdorf 260-414-3593
Iowa Jeff Selfridge 319-310-5665
Iowa Keith Moore 319-850-5542
Louisiana Daniel Bonnet 337-510-0683
Louisiana David Zeagler 281-900-7542
Massachusetts Jim Tobin 508-400-1481
Massachusetts Mark Reagan 978-476-1936
Michigan James Springfield 602-349-6073
Michigan Ken Jones 269-208-4360
Michigan LeVante Carrington 309-750-7697
Michigan Mike Saparito 734-725-8701
Minnesota Rick Laughlin 507-923-5743
Minnesota Robert Haas 612-532-0100 Email
Missouri Anthony Smith 314-849-1397 Email
Missouri John Chapman 816-517-2902
Nevada Peter Hawley 702-400-6889
New Jersey George Connelly 732-773-1196
New Jersey John McLean Jr 609-320-2205
New Jersey Linda Lockwood 609-660-1717
New Mexico Wayne Cooper 915-630-3356
New York Nick Sinatra 518-414-0594
New York Steven Rockfeld 516-807-1876
New York William Sinatra 518-941-4048
North Carolina Don Trexler 828-963-3355
North Carolina Jason Whitlow 828-412-0977
North Carolina Lisa Metz 980-242-8922
North Carolina Steven Johnston 336-403-4274
North Carolina Tom Hammond 704-574-5893
North Carolina Walt Dudley 919-235-7322
Ohio Jim Foster 814-450-7324
Ohio Todd Sandberg 614-971-0757
Oregon John Cunningham 916-969-6939
Pennsylvania Brian DeTolla 724-866-0586
Pennsylvania Jeffrey Horn 717-586-7095
Rhode Island Paul Comtois 401-578-9085
South Carolina Brian Buntin 803-603-7589
South Carolina Charles Saad 864-884-1425
South Carolina Eric Bunker 843-251-7454
South Carolina Ray Servaes 843-252-7177
South Carolina Ricky Bunker 843-222-1029
South Carolina Travis Goodman 803-944-1901
Tennessee Billy Ward 423-963-0657
Texas Brian Stebner 972-948-8549
Texas Daniel Akrap 619-548-4953
Texas David Silvey 469-763-0009
Texas Kevin Tierney 346-831-1925
Texas Matthew Knight 512-971-6368
Texas Michael Poe 817-691-2881
Texas Mohamed Naser 713-240-9766
Utah John Penman 801-577-1487
Utah Mitch Thompson 385-232-6546
Virginia Jose Lopez Dieguez 571-276-8584 Email
Virginia Scott Noebels 804-722-2973
Washington Alan Van Cleave 253-278-1770