North Carolina born and bred, Greg Capell joined the GIO team in July as regional sales manager for the Charlotte, Raleigh, Winston-Salem and Greensboro areas.
A 2012 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Greg studied economics and finance, interning as a finance and marketing analyst at Bonsal American and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Greg also had the good fortune to study abroad for a full semester in the Czech Republic at the University of Economics in Prague.
“It was an amazing experience. I had dorm mates from around the world, learned about so many cultures and was able to travel extensively. I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything.”
Greg most recently worked at the Dallas branch of Gexpro, a global electrical supplies distributor, in the distribution finance leadership program and at Ferguson Enterprises, the nation’s largest distributor of residential and commercial plumbing supplies and PVF, in purchasing and operations.
Though Greg has acquired some impressive business experience since his graduation from UNC – Chapel Hill just over 2 years ago, he’s not new to the flooring biz; he’s been around the flooring industry his entire life. His family owned a flooring distributorship, CMHSpace Flooring (now owned by JJ Haines), in Wadesboro, North Carolina for 30 years, equipping Greg with another layer of know-how that just can’t be acquired through schooling alone.
Greg enjoyed his Dallas days and admits to having gained valuable experience there, but he is a North Carolinian through and through (“Where else can you live with beautiful mountains on one side and the ocean on the other?” Good point, Greg!). The opportunity to become part of GIO’s growing team was ideal when Greg decided to return to his beloved home state.
As regional sales manager for GIO, Greg has developed a strong network of architects, designers and flooring contractors in the commercial design sector. During the rare times he’s not “out in the field,” Greg can be found at the GIO warehouse, organizing and keeping the sample department in good order.
What’s does Greg say is the best thing about being on the GIO team?
“I really like building relationships with people–-that’s what sales is all about. I’m a people person and being out and about and connecting with people is preferable to being in a cubicle working on a computer 8 to 9 hours a day. And I love the autonomy. I can make decisions and act on them, rather than getting stuck in a corporate chain of command. It’s fun being involved in something new, getting in on the ground floor.”
We’re proud to have Greg Capell on board at GIO Architectural Tile + Stone. If you are in the Charlotte, Raleigh, Winston-Salem and Greensboro areas, you can contact him at (704) 942-7609 or at greg@giotile.com. You can also connect with Greg on LInkedIn here.
