Don Maier joined Armstrong in January 2010 as senior vice president of global operations. Recently he was named executive vice president and CEO of the company’s Flooring Products unit. Maier began his career in 1987 as a manufacturing and product engineer with the Hillenbrand Industries’ subsidiary Batesville Casket in 1987 later moving to a larger Hillenbrand subsidiary, Hill-Rom as senior vice president – North America. From 2008 to 2010, he joined the private investment firm TPG Capital Advisors.
We recently had an opportunity to sit down with Maier to talk about his new assignment and his vision for Armstrong’s flooring unit. The following are some excerpts from our conversation but you can listen to the interview in its entirety by visiting the TalkFloor.com website, which is also accessible via Floor Trends’ website, floortrendsmag.com.