Howard Olansky has been deeply involved in all aspects of the floor covering industry since 1955 when he joined Western Floors magazine as managing editor. He later became co-owner, editor and publisher of Specialist Publications - Western Floors and Eastern Floors (now National Floor Trends) Floor Covering Installer and ICS Cleaning Specialist magazines.
He was a co-founder of Eastern Floors, Installation Specialist (now Floor Covering Installer) and ICS Cleaning Specialist magazines. When he and his business partner, Harold Arkoff, sold the company to Business News Publishing (now BNP Media) in 1997, he became the publications' senior editor.