TAYLOR Adhesives
Shelley Ackerman has a wealth of experience in various roles within the flooring and furniture industry. Shelley began their career as a Space Planner and Interior Designer at Chase and then worked as an Interior Designer and Project Manager at Bergmann Associates. From there, they became the Director of Interior Design at Mossien Associates, where they oversaw the quality of projects and served as a liaison between clients, owners, and contractors.
Shelley then transitioned into the flooring industry, starting as a Territory Sales Manager at Armstrong World Industries. Shelley focused on building relationships with specifiers and contractors, successfully developing previously underperforming territories. Shelley continued their career at Armstrong Flooring, Inc., where they held various positions, including National Sales Representative and Business Manager of Commercial Strategic Accounts. In these roles, they collaborated with customers to secure product specifications, negotiated contracts, and managed the execution and logistics of orders.
Most recently, Shelley worked at National Business Furniture as an Account Executive and Interior Design Consultant, where they tackled a new challenge in the office/commercial furniture space. Currently, they are the Director of OEM Sales + Commercial Buying Groups at TAYLOR Adhesives, where they support private-label business and explores new product opportunities with customers.
Throughout their career, Shelley has showcased their expertise in sales, project management, and relationship building. Shelley is known for their ability to drive results and their passion for delivering quality products and services.
Shelley Ackerman completed an Organizational Leadership Program at Liz Bentley Associates in 2016. Prior to that, they received an Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS) degree in Interior and Architectural Design from Cazenovia College between 1987 and 1989. Shelley also attended Palmyra-Macedon High School, although the duration of their studies and the degree obtained are unknown. In addition to their formal education, Shelley obtained the National Counsel for Interior Design Certification (NCIDQ/CIDQ) from the Council for Interior Design Qualification in 1997.
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TAYLOR Adhesives
Taylor Adhesives is part of the Meridian Flooring Division, which also includes Polycom Solutions and Frontier Products, Inc. The company is based in Dalton, Georgia, with manufacturing, technology, and training in Dalton, Georgia, and manufacturing in Fontana, California. Taylor makes a complete line of adhesives for resilient, wood, and carpet flooring; as well as moisture mitigation coatings and other specialty products. Taylor has been the pacesetter in green technology for the flooring adhesive industry, being the first to pass the stringent testing from both CRI Green Label Plus®, UL 2818 – GREENGUARD®, and Cradle to Cradle certification programs; the company also holds RFCI FloorScore® Certification for some of its products. Taylor products are also listed on Mindful Materials. Taylor is With You Every Step™ and delivers best in class customer service, innovation, and quality to all of its distributor, OEM, and commercial contractor customers. Products include RESOLUTE® unlimited moisture vapor barrier, a hard-set elastomeric adhesive that is perfect for resilient flooring and DYNAMIC® firm-set modified transitional pressure-sensitive adhesive that can be used for multiple flooring types, such as carpet, cork, LVT, and VCT. For a quick and easy way to access all of the Taylor product information, technical and safety data sheets, product catalog, installation videos and more, download the Taylor app for iPhone or Android. The TAYLOR TIME education platform communicates product and industry knowledge. TAYLOR TIME Partner Exclusives are live, virtual training sessions designed specifically for the needs of individual distributors. TAYLOR TIME LIVE are live webinars open to everyone about important topics to the floor installation industry. TAYLOR TIME NEWS is emailed monthly. TAYLOR TIME TIPS is video training in short clips. TAYLOR TIME can be accessed through TaylorAdhesives.com.