Phil Halcomb joined the David Allen Company in 1986 with a more than 25-year successful track record in the industry. Phil operated his own tile company in Santa Cruz, CA, for nearly 20 years before joining David Allen Company as Vice President and first manager of the Washington, D.C. Branch. With exceptional skills at building relationships and a strong commitment to service, he quickly became the dominant tile, marble, and terrazzo contractor in the Mid-Atlantic region. Phil’s passion was golf, and he was a master at building relation- ships with customers who valued his emphasis on customer service first. Those same relationships were valuable when he initiated the annual David Allen Company Invitational GolfTournament, which has generated more than one mil- lion dollars over the last 20 years. The proceeds of these tournaments have been donated to charitable causes. Although Phil had taken a lesser role in his company respon- sibilities, this year’s tournament was the most successful David Allen Company Invitational in the series, raising more than $140,000 for Paralyzed American Veterans. Because of Phil’s driven and focused efforts to always achieve a better result, every day, David Allen Company Vice President Phil Halcomb In Memory... 126 TileLetter | October 2017