Two months after Savannah opened, I was building again — this time in the mountains. I ran the IT buildout for La-Z-Boy Southeast’s new Asheville store: network administration, security, hardware acquisition, and the vendor coordination that turns an empty building into a working showroom.
Same Playbook, New Terrain
Every location is its own puzzle: a different building, different contractors, a different market. The Asheville opening tested whether the Savannah build was a one-off or a repeatable playbook — under the same fixed-deadline pressure.
What I Delivered
Network build & security
Stood up the store network with the security posture and reliability the brand depends on.
Hardware acquisition
Sourced and deployed new hardware and software through managed vendor relationships.
Staging & deployment
Equipment landed configured and ready — installation measured in days, not weeks.
Launch support
On the ground through opening, so staff started day one with systems that just worked.
The Store
The Asheville La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries storefront — the mountain market’s new home.
Skills & Tools
The stack behind this build — tap any to see related work.
The Impact
Asheville opened smoothly on the refined playbook — operational efficiency, productivity, and customer experience from day one, and proof that the opening process was repeatable at pace.
A Repeatable Rollout
The second store proved the process: what worked on the coast worked in the mountains, tighter and faster. Repeatability is the difference between an achievement and a capability.
