At the time Laura Grandlienard, owner of ROCKin’teriors, started thinking about working in the stone industry, she was employed at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation), an American multinational technology corporation, covering a global territory.
“I was managing software sales for South America and the lower Caribbean region,” said Grandlienard. “I was in awe of the natural stone I was seeing, and intrigued by the industry. We were in the process of building a home, and I was intrigued about how stone comes from a quarry and arrives to our homes. At the time, most countries had little government involvement/regulation on how the stone quarrying and fabrication process impacted our environment. It has not always been a top priority for many in our industry. We created our business model by asking, What can we do better?”