Commercial Flooring Contractors

Our Team

Floor Systems & Design only employs professionals who are passionate about their work and who show that they work just as hard on our customers’ projects as they would on their own home.

With 38 people on our current TEAM, our employees have over 500 total years of experience in the flooring industry!  Technical quality, promptness, and diligence, along with a polite and engaging manner are very important to us.  Our Core Values include AGILITY,  a "WHATEVER IT TAKES" attitude, Craftsmanship EXCELLENCE and RESPECT!  We live these values everyday at Floor Systems & Design and we feel that these values will lead us to be the very BEST!

Lonny Peck, Owner and President

Lonny Peck is Owner and President of Floor Systems & Design.  He’s been working in the floor covering industry for over 35 years, with a wide variety of experience that starting with the installation of floor covering products even before he became a student at The Ohio State University in 1982.  Other positions took him through residential flooring sales with Capital City Floors, Armstrong Commercial Representative for Ohio Valley Flooring and General Manager of ProSource of Columbus.  Seven year tenure with Re:Source Ohio as Operations Manager and later as Healthcare Sales Manager, culminated in 2002 being awarded“Sales Rookie of the Year” of all ReSource’s (Interface Americas) in North America. This experience led Lonny to the decision of starting a new business that would positively affect the floor covering industry in central Ohio and the team members of his Company.

He started this business February 2007 out of his home office and garage.  Business doubled every year for the first three years and Floor Systems & Design continues to be the fasted growing flooring dealer in Central Ohio.

Lonny states, “As a business owner my goals are simple; provide valued products, the BEST service and superior craftsmanship, with communication being the single most important element in the process.  This will allow us to grow with reputable manufactures and build solid lasting relationships with our clients.”

Lonny is part of our company’s Leadership Team and is dedicated to building teamwork and excellent customer service!

Scott Linke, General Manager, CFA 

Scott Linke is Floor Systems & Design's General Manager and Chief Financial Associate with over 20 years of experience in the floor covering industry.  Prior management experience with a large retail company, which has helped give him the leadership knowledge to maintain excellent vendor relationships.  

Scott began his career with Floor Systems & Design in March 2014.  Scott has excellent knowledge of the procurement processes including “State Term Schedule” and cooperative buying groups.  Scott is well versed in all of the administration functions within the office, including job setup, AR collections and AP. Scott also helps to manage the daily functions in our warehouse.

Scott is part of our company’s Leadership Team and is dedicated to ongoing teamwork and excellent customer service!

Luke Schnars, Sales Manager

Luke Schnars is the Sales Manager and Account Representative for Floor Systems & Design. He has an installation background with 10 plus years of experience.  Luke was also a Charge R.N at a large healthcare system in Columbus before switching his focus to floor covering sales.  Luke is a dependable resource to his customers, “Always doing whatever it takes”!
  
Luke started with Floor Systems & Design as an Installation Crew leader.  He started his sales position in 2016 and has accelerated quickly, becoming a top notch salesperson.  In the process learning Callidus Estimation Software and has his hand in some project management as well.  Luke is a valuable asset to the Floor Systems & Design team.

Luke was nominated and was selected as an Emerging Leader in 2023 be "Floor Focus" magazine... read the article here:  Luke Schnars 

Luke is part of our campany's Leadership Team and is dedicated to teamwork and the developement of the Sales and Project Management Teams.

Bill Hoover, Senior Project Manager

Bill Hoover is our Senior Project Manager with 40 years experience in the flooring industry and brought this experience to Floor Systems & Design in February 2013.  His experience includes estimating, operations and labor management.

He brings this diverse skill-set to assist with sales support to working with operations in organizing information going into the field for the flooring installers.  He works with complicated flooring layouts to ensure enough materials are there to complete every project.  Bill says "he enjoys working alongside the rest of the Floor Systems & Design Team helping to provide excellent customer service”.

Zach Edwards, Project Manager

 Zach Edwards is a Project Manager and our Product Purchasing Specialist.  He started in the flooring industry early 2001 in the cleaning division of a premier flooring maintenance company in central Ohio.  After 3 years he moved to the product installation side where he gathered knowledge on many different types of flooring and installation methods.  From there, he moved into the roll of purchasing and receiving.  

Zach came to Floor Systems & Design in May of 2014 with over 14 years of floor covering experience.  He started as warehouse manager and has moved into the office where he is now in charge of  as the Product Purchasing Specialist for the company.  

Brenda Linke, Office Manager, HR

Brenda Linke is Human Resource/Office Manager. This is a dual-role involving full spectrum human resources and office management responsibilities for Floor Systems & Design.  Brenda’s HR-related duties are: Assist in all new hires, benefits administration, employee relations, on-boarding, policy implementation and employment law compliance.   As Brenda’s Office-related duties she maintains office services by organizing office operations and procedures on a daily bases; preparing payroll, billing specialist and Starnet Administrator.  

Brenda comes to us with over 30 years experience in Human Resources and Office Management, with the last 12 years in Commercial Flooring.  She is committed to upholding all of our core values with every new hire, and is dedicated to teamwork and maintaining the best client experience!

Lance Hart, Operations Director

Lance Hart is Floor Systems & Design’s Operations Director with over 30 years experience in the floor covering industry as an Installer and Installation Manager.  Lance brings a passion for excellence in customer service with his installation background and  constant researching of the technical aspects of various types of floor covering including rubber sports flooring and other difficult and demanding installation systems.

Lance started his position with Floor Systems & Design in February 2020.  Married and a father of two daughters and a son, he grew up and has been working in the central Ohio area all his life.  His stately approach to our Operations Team has made us champions of the industry!  Currently he manages over 25 field installers employed by Floor Systems & Design and over a dozon subcontractors.

Lance is part of our company’s Leadership Team and is dedicated to ongoing teamwork, the professional & personal growth of our entire team.

Chris Lowry, Senior Installation Service Manager

Chris Lowry is a Senior Installation Service Manager with over 30 years of flooring experience, completing the journeyman floor layer apprenticeship program with the State of Ohio.  He started with Floor Systems & Design in 2018 and he's a Liaison between the customer, the operations team, and the installers.  Started in the flooring trade at a young age helping his father install floors.  Chris is married with 2 boys living the southern central Ohio.

His credentials include certifications as a Forbo Master Mechanic, Asbestos Abatement Project Supervisor, Armstrong Resilient Flooring Installer, and Ardex Training with Underlayment and Moisture Control.  Previous experience; Installation Technical Representative for a Global Flooring Manufacturer and owner of Lowry Flooring Inc. for over 12 years

Steve Chapman,  Installation Service Manager

Bio coming

Aaron Ehmann, Logistics Manager

Aaron Ehmann is our Logistics Manager in charge of all procurement and expediting of materials, management of the warehouse, including incoming and outgoing deliveries as well as anything that happens in "his" warehouse.  He started with Floor Systems & Design in November of 2014.  A graduate of Capital University with a B.A. in Heath & Fitness Management, Aaron brings detail and structure to a rapidly evolving environment that is constantly revolving and expanding.
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