John Murray of Counter Intelligence, Inc. of Silver Spring, MD, is modest when speaking about the tremendous growth his company has experienced in the past six years. The owner, who first learned to fabricate countertops during a summer job when he was 15 years old, laughs that his business first began in the basement of his home. Since that time, Murray has worked with granite, Corian and concrete, but his latest venture has led him to be an exclusive distributor of Silestone Quartz Surfacing by Cosentino. In recent years, Counter Intelligence has added numerous machines, over 100 new employees and a sophisticated new software program for tracking jobs.
“I've been doing countertops for 32 years,†said Murray. “I started in high school when I was 15. It was a summer job. That's when metal edges and Formica countertops [were popular].†From there, he pursued a variety of avenues, before beginning the flourishing Silestone business he runs today.