Furniture Guru
Springfield, IL
Bachelor of Science, Interior and Environmental Design, Illinois State University
Masters of Business Administration in Project Management, Keller Graduate School

Cora has mastered a variety of design positions including flooring sales, kitchen & bath design, and even granite fabrication, but her true passion is commercial furniture planning.  She is a strong technical designer and project manager.  What makes her unique is her uncanny ability to juggle a multitude of details within a project from start to finish.

FUN FACT
As a little girl, Cora would lay out floorplans using shoestrings and then “design” the floorplan with Barbie furniture. For real!

With her father, aunt, uncle, and cousin in the furniture industry, Stacey was literally born into her role and spoon fed furniture and design.  Her combined 15 years in healthcare, furniture dealership and residential design, as well as having been a manufacturer’s representative, makes her well-rounded.  Stacey loves puzzles, so floorplan layouts and meticulous itemization have proven to be a perfect fit for her!  Attention to detail while providing lightning-fast turnaround is paramount and what makes her so valuable to the team and to clients.

FUN FACT
Stacey feeds her creative needs by hand crafting designer jewelry with the same passion and attention to detail as her clients’ projects.

Furniture Guru
Bedford, TX
Bachelor of Science, Interior Design, Abilene Christian

With 15 years’ experience as designer and project manager, Amanda enjoys twice the satisfaction from a beautiful job/job well done. As kimiko’s Double-Duty Dynamo, she captures critical site info with field-to-desk keenness and uses it to inform the project process. Clients appreciate the continuity she brings to her dual roles in aesthetics and functionality as the designer, and in order entry and installation as the project manager.

FUN FACT
Despite her right-brain/left-brain skillset of design and project management, Amanda is strictly left-handed, and so is her Mr. Right.

Furniture Guru
Grimsby, ON, Canada
Diploma in Architectural Technology, Mohawk College

Matthew is Kimiko’s International Man of Intrigue and pulls from both a manufacturing and software background in the furniture industry. He has worked as a designer, project coordinator and manager, technical product specialist and design team leader. He’s even been a DIRTT bag.  His combination of mad furniture skills and broad experience allows him to be the Edward Scissorhands of furniture for his clients.

FUN FACT
In his spare time, Matthew likes to flex his culinary muscle with his smoker and will bbq almost anything!

Bookkeeper
Denton, TX
Associate of Arts, Dallas Community College

Val is the special projects captain that keeps the kimiko ship sailing. From the helm in North Texas, she steers our invoicing, internal processes and keeps the engines running. Working for non-profits in her other life, Val loves helping others better the world and is an expert in navigating complex logistics

FUN FACT
For 2 years, Val lived on the road in a bus, with 10 other people for 5 months at a time.

Furniture Guru
Lake Dallas, TX
Bachelor of Arts in University Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Associate of Science in Interior Design, Vincennes University

Karie’s inherent skillset was matched for interior design and commercial furniture from the very beginning. The analytical side of her brain loves the puzzle of space planning and building furniture from parts and pieces, while the creative side imagines all aspects of a project coming together. She is known for her incredible attention to detail, accuracy, and efficiency, as well as her sense of humor. Karie is one of kimiko’s CET software champions and a certified Herman Miller Living Office Placemaker.

FUN FACT
Karie has been practicing yoga over half her life and can finally do a headstand!

Furniture Guru
Lake Country, BC, Canada
Bachelor of Applied Arts, Interior Design, Ryerson University

Yvonne is kimiko’s International Woman of Intrigue. She spent the first 20 years of her career working at one of Canada’s largest furniture dealerships. During her years in Toronto she led (some secret) projects for corporate and government agencies. Her 007 assets include loyalty, a strong work ethic and laser-focused accuracy; plus other things that we can’t tell you because of her top secret clearance.

FUN FACT
Yvonne didn’t speak a word of English when she moved from Poland to Canada in her twenties.

Furniture Guru, NCIDQ #018300
Nokomis, FL
Bachelor of Interior Design, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design

As an NCIDQ certified interior designer, Brandy has experience in managing multi-location projects with a broad scope of responsibilities. She has a high level of proficiency with large and complex projects, and is a mastermind in total project execution from initiation to completion. She brings a passion for service and attention to detail that will blow you away.

FUN FACT
Brandy interned in college creating faux finishes in a mannequin manufacturing plant.

Furniture Guru
Aurora, CO
Bachelor of Science, Interior Design, North Dakota State University

Dawn has been in the furniture industry since Harry Potter first hit theaters (2000). She is a product application wizard with magical problem solving skills and is one of the most knowledgeable specifiers in the industry. Her rich attention to detail makes clients think she really does have a magic wand.

FUN FACT
Dawn is married to a project manager (not Ron Weasly) so she literally has an in-house resource for creative product solutions, like the children’s playhouse they built for their daughter out of recycled systems furniture.

Furniture Guru
Vancouver, BC
Diploma in Interior Design, British Columbia Institute of Technology

Kevin is kimiko’s Commander Can-Do thanks to his optimistic outlook, techno-smarts, and tenacity. He uses those talents plus a handy range of experience from Steelcase and Herman Miller to expertly turn “no way” into “way cool.” Kevin’s mastery of CET software can flip any furniture problem right-side up. He wishes for the superhuman ability to fly, and clients say Kevin soars with his furniture planning skills and technical troubleshooting wizardry. 

FUN FACT
A grommet is a kid who likes to play around on a skateboard – that was Kevin. He went on to become an accomplished, sponsored skateboarder, and now, an accomplished grommet specifier.