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John Wells serves as president and chief executive officer of Interface Americas a wholly owned subsidiary of Interface Inc. the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial carpet. John has overall responsibility for Bentley Prince Street InterfaceFLOR and Interface Flooring Systems in the United States Canada and Latin America. John also has responsibility for their service provider Resource Connect. Interface Americas’ revenue is approximately $500M annually.
Wells joined Interface in January 1994 as vice president of sales. In July 1995 John was promoted to president and CEO of Interface Flooring Systems. In November 1999 John was again promoted to his current position as president and CEO of Interface Americas. Prior to joining Interface Wells worked with Shaw Industries for 13 years where he advanced to several sales and sales management positions. He was a member of the startup team for Shaw’s Networx® Modular Carpet Division. Prior to that Wells served as the western regional sales manager for Shaw Commercial and Stratton Commercial divisions. He was honored as Regional Manager of the Year in 1989 and Salesperson of the Year in 1985 and 1986.
Wells earned a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1984 through a cooperative educational program. In the five years with the cooperative educational program Wells had extensive experience in engineering operations cost accounting and customer service.
In December of 1995 Wells also completed the Executive Education Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC.
In June 2005 John was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Carpet and Rug Institute. John is a member of the Northside United Methodist Church of Atlanta serves on both the Georgia Tech Advisory Board and the Alexandar Tharpe Board and is a volunteer coach for the Buckhead Baseball Little League.
A native of Dalton GA Wells and his wife Wendi along with their two children Brant and Audrey reside in Atlanta GA. | 