Experience in Every Touch

From working on a custom staircase at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. to unique customer showroom displays, John Sandy has had many memorable moments in his 42-year career with L.J. Smith Stair Systems. The young man, who started working a rip saw at the company at the age of 20, now oversees the custom shop that handles high-end specialty work.

“On a daily basis I’m involved in creating displays, designing fixtures and building custom blanks,” says Sandy, a lifelong resident of Dover, Ohio. “Each day presents a new challenge, which is what has kept me here for so long. I enjoy how the industry keeps advancing. If you don’t change with it, you get left behind.”