b'NTCA MEMBER SPOTLIGHTMM Floor CoveringsPassion and education build a successful businessBy Avia Haynes, NTCA Marketing & Communications DirectorEventhoughtheownerofMMinteriortileinstallationsforboth FloorCoverings,LLC,Michaelnew construction and remodeling McConnell,leftthetileindustryresidentialprojects.McConnell for over a decade, he came backsaid his passion for his work sets tothefi rsttradehelearnedandhis company a part from the com-hasbeenmakinghismarkeverpetition. I am extremely passion-since. He has used his passion forate about each and every install I histradeandknowledgehehasam apart of, he said. I do every-receivedfromcontinuingeduca- thingwithinmypowertogive tiontobuildhisbusinessintoamy customers the best experience successful company. with me in their home.LocatedinCody,Wyo.,MMMcConnellisasecond-genera-FloorCoveringsofferscustomerstion tile setter. His father, Paul, has McConnell and his father at Schluter. McConnell said he put additional pressure on himself to pass the CTI test because he didnt want to let his father down. McConnells father, Paul, has been an installer for almost 40 years and taught McConnell the trade.62 TileLetter | January 2020'