Mr. Lane was born and raised in Long Island, New York. As part of his High School experience, he won public speaking and numerous other county, state and national awards with the Distributive Education Clubs of America. During his graduating year, he most notably won New York State Outstanding Student of the year and then later became the chapters Alumni President.
Working his way through school as a territory salesman for Nestler Enterprises, Inc. a manufacturers representative company, he Graduated Nassau Community College majoring in Marketing and subsequently attending Bernard Baurach College majoring in Management. In 1985 Mr. Lane became the first National Sales Manager for Stanton Carpet Corporation an importer of wool carpets at the age of 23. Mr. Lane took the company national and created a sales organization of 38 sales agents in the United States and Canada, brought the company from three products to over forty, along with three acquisitions (New Eastern, Contract Distributors (CDA) and Mira-X).
In 1992 he became a partner and Executive Vice President of The Rug Hold Company. They were the first company to bring non-skid rug under lament to the United States. Mr. Lane was brought in for a corporate turn-around. After preventing the company from being closed, and making them profitable after just three consecutive quarters he later sold his interest in Rug Hold to start his own Management Consulting Company, Lane Enterprises, Inc. in 1994.
At Lane Enterprises, which was based in Hauppauge, Long Island, Mr. Lane consulted to such companies as Weight Watchers International, Coldwell Banker, AT&T, and ABC Carpet & Home. Mr. Lane sold Lane Enterprises in 1997 to the Ross Consulting Group based out of New Jersey. Mr. Lane went on to another turn around hired to turn around the ailing New York Region of Collins & Aikman Floor Coverings, Inc (Now know as Tandus) handling Pennsylvania/Delaware to upstate New York, with an office and showroom based in New York City.
In August of 2002 Mr. Lane opened Lane Sales, Inc. an exclusive manufacturers representative company of quality floor covering products. Lane Sales has taken over all the importers and manufactures that Nestler Enterprises, Inc. previously handled and represents lines through out the Tri-State New York, Connecticut and New Jersey area with Territory Managers plus sales support staff. Lane Sales handles residential, commercial and hospitality floor covering products both running line items and custom. Lane Sales now covers the Northeast U.S. Delaware to Maine and Florida.
Mr. Lane is an industry consultant and guest speaker on Sales, Marketing, Operations and on Environmentally Responsible Home Furnishings Products, including Flooring products on the Fox News Channel.
Mr. Lane, is a Board member to the Leadership Council of the Mentoring Partnership of Long Island and New York City. Additionally, he is a Federal club member to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and charitably he continues to remain active in the American Diabetic Association and the Fight For Sight Foundation.
