Tarkett Wood Makes Sales and Marketing Changes

Johnson City, TN, July 17, 2007--Tarkett Wood Inc. has made changes to its sales and marketing leadership team. Wendy McIlquham will lead the marketing and product development efforts for Tarkett Wood. Darrell Tweed will lead the Tarkett Wood sales organization for the distribution channel.

McIlquham has joined Tarkett Wood as marketing director. She has more than 20 years of consumer products marketing experience. She has held domestic and international leadership positions across all facets of consumer products marketing, including director of brand development at Norwalk Furniture and executive director of product management at American Greetings.

Tweed has been promoted to sales director and business development manager of the distribution channel. He joined Tarkett in 2001 as sales and marketing manager for Tarkett Canada’s wood distribution business. In 2006 he joined Tarkett Wood as product director. He has more than 20 years of experience in the wood flooring industry, with the majority of his time as an owner/manager of an independent wood flooring distributor that he grew to a nationwide organization from a single site.

In addition to the leadership changes, the following changes have been made to the company’s distribution sales team:

Connie Eckert is Northeast Region sales manager. Originally hired in 2003 and based in the Philadelphia area, she joined Tarkett Wood in May. She has more than 12 years of industry experience.

Chip Hamilton is Southeast regional sales manager. Hamilton, who is based in Atlanta, has more than 20 years of experience in the hardwood flooring industry. He joined Tarkett Wood Floors in January 1993.

Mark Jebo is Western regional sales manager. Jebo, based in the San Francisco Area, has been selling hardwood for 17 years and has more than 28 years of experience in the flooring industry.

John Stopka is Midwest regional manager. Based in the Chicago area, Stopka joined Tarkett Wood in June. He has more than 17 years of flooring industry experience, from creating new design concepts to logistics, installation and finishing for both wholesale and retail distribution channels.