Solomon Coyle

David Solomon is a leading consultant to the contract furniture industry and is known for bringing business vision, forward-thinking management practices, and technology and process innovation to the industry’s distribution challenges.

David specializes in performing business process assessments and consulting services for office furniture dealerships. He has identified and developed a best-practice business model including a model process definition, design standards, inventory and asset management programs, standard service contracts, standard terms and conditions; benchmarked financial performance, sales compensation plans, and employee benefit programs. He has also developed training programs and tools specifically for office furniture dealers.

Prior to his work as a consultant, David has held senior-level positions at several large contract furniture dealerships, served as director of project management services at Coro, a division of Herman Miller, and was a corporate facilities planner.

He has also worked extensively with dealer peer groups and associations. David served as the Executive Director of the Office Furniture Dealers Alliance (OFDA), and since 2000, he has also managed The Workplace Alliance, Inc. (WPA), a private international trade association of Haworth Preferred Dealers focused on developing and implementing best practices.

In addition, he provides management and consulting services for the High Performance Dealers Alliance (HPDA), a Haworth dealer peer group, and the National Dealer Alliance (NDA), a Herman Miller dealer group. He also works with the National Independent Contract Dealer Council (NICDC), a Knoll dealer organization.

David has been a guest speaker at numerous industry events. He is also active in industry technology and training initiatives. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration and is a member of the Project Management Institute.