Kodiak Mountain Stone... A quick history to date

In 2005 I co-founded Kodiak Mountain Stone with two friends.  One of those friends hasn't been actively involved in running the company, he has acted as a mentor and helped in structuring the company and bringing the key shareholders to the table.  The other friend played an active role in the company for a couple years but then stepped out to go take his MBA in Virginia.  I often refer to Kodiak Mountain Stone as my company, but the reality is there are some very key players involved and I do have a small group of very important shareholders as well.

Kodiak Mountain Stone produces manufactured stone, often known as cultured stone, to be used on the interiors and exteriors of all types of buildings.  We started as a small factory in Leavitt AB, grew to a factory in Cardston AB and another in Springville UT.  Today our head office is still in Cardston but we do all of our manufacturing in Utah.

Over the years we have made many changes in the way we operate.  We've learned a lot in the process, we've made some mistakes, but overall we have built a great company with a great team.  This year we made another big change to our operations.  Until now, all our our sales have been through our existing dealers.  This February we added our own retail location in Calgary and in Lethbridge this month.  In addition to opening the stores we have expanded our product offerings.  Our big focus is still our own manufactured stone but we've added natural stone, brick and stucco as well.  Going forward our plan is to grow the business for these two stores and to help our dealers grow their businesses.

I really like the direction we are headed and have to credit the great people on our team for getting us to where we are.