Patti Kanter and I met for coffee recently. It was a pleasure to get to know her personally and become acquainted with her line of business. Patti is an account executive for Tandus, the fourth largest commercial carpet manufacture of the world.
Like me, Patti’s interest lies in the interior design field. Her formative years were spent in Minnesota. She earned her interior design degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Her career began in the residential field while working for a well known furniture store in Phoenix. She moved into commercial design when she took a position with an architectural firm that specialized in commercial design. Here she discovered her passion for the commercial sector of the interior design industry. Her next experience was the commercial carpet industry; she sold the products to the trade. A move to Los Angeles, California put her in the mini bar segment, not only selling them, but designing custom furniture to house the units. She took several years off from the professional world to experience the role of a stay-at-home mom for her two beautiful children. Upon her return to Arizona in 2001 she returned to the commercial carpet industry.
For the past two years Patti has been an account executive with Tandus for the Arizona territory. The company is a privately owned USA company out of Dalton, Georgia. She represents three brands: Monterey, C&A and Crossley and their tag line is, “IN UNISON” through design, sustainability and technology, which results in the delivery of extremely green and environmentally safe products for their clients and the public. Patti appreciates the company’s medium price point and high end design products, such as carpet tiles and Powerbond. All of which work in conjunction with each other and makes for a wonderful end product. To Patti the perfect client is an architect, interior designer or end user that understands the features and benefits of the product and is committed to completing the project.
Patti knows her products…she is passionate, well informed, experienced and an expert in the commercial carpet industry. Give her a call for your project, she’ll take excellent care of you and your project needs.
Patti can be reached by any of these methods:
Pkanter@tandus.com
602-377-8331
