About The Owners
In December of 2020, Tim & Michelle Linck became the newest owners of Oneida Floor and Dick Tile. Both have spent their entire professional careers in the building & construction trade. Tim had a 25+ year career at Murnane Building Contractors, first as a union carpenter advancing to Senior Project Management. Michelle, an architect, practiced her trade while raising their children. She eventually joining Tim at Murnane, where her role was that of Office Manager at the growing firm.
Now as business owners, they continue to work side-by-side at Oneida Floor & Dick Tile where they apply their combined talent and expertise to grow a long-time family-owned business. Their investment is an asset to our greater community, because local businesses make Utica unique!
Steve Geary
The longest Oneida Floor employee, Steve Geary has been witness to over 4 decades of the flooring industry here at 600 Rutger Street. He began his tenure at Oneida Floor in 1981 while attending college, working afternoons part-time in the showroom as a salesman, and stepping in where needed. Steve essentially learned the business from the warehouse up. He now serves as President, Project Manager, Estimator, and still keeps a toe in the retail side, where his knowledge is priceless.
Michele Migdal
Originally from central New York, Michele returned and joined Oneida Floor in October of 2021 as the Office Manager. Her responsibilities involve the day-to-day office operations, processing payroll, AR & AP accounts, updating our website, and social media. She additionally provides support to our Project Managers with contract billings on commercial jobs.
Ben Proefrock
Ben joined the Oneida Floor team in March of 2022, having spent over 20 years of his professional life in apparel retail. As our Retail Sales Manager, Ben has reimagined our showroom, while establishing and cultivating warm relationships with our customer base. He has gained an outstanding knowledge of the many facets of flooring, and has also been involved in Project Management. Having spent two decades in apparel sales, Ben finds the home improvement industry much more fulfilling, both for himself from a sales standpoint, and his clients, being that investing in our surroundings has longer-lived enjoyment.
Keith Joslyn
Keith Joslyn, our Warehouse Manager and Logistics Guru, has been with Oneida Floor since January of 2019. Initially hired as an installer, he began making deliveries shortly thereafter. Soon, it was realized that Keith not only enjoyed working hard, but possesses many talents. He now oversees receiving and material warehousing between 4 warehouses, logistics and prepping of material for transportation to jobsites, carpentry, and he still delivers when needed! His job covers ground in more ways than one, as he routinely logs about 13,000 steps in a day’s work which translates to about 6.9 miles.
Bryan Buchholz
Bryan is one of our newest team members. He unloads shipments from our vendors, and delivers materials to our customers. He serves as Keith’s right hand man, and assists in material movement within our warehouses.
Mike Ciccone
Mike Ciccone, began working for Oneida Floor in March 2000 as an installer, and was eventually promoted to the Superintendent of our flooring installation team. Despite his position as Superintendent, he still continues to work shoulder-to-shoulder with his men, but now serves as the link between the office and the installation team. Mike takes pride in his and his team’s workmanship, enjoys interacting with our customers, and loves that his job takes him to new places in the beautiful central New York region. A fun bit of trivia about Mike is that his roots to flooring go back to his childhood. Mike’s father was also a flooring installer, and would routinely bring Mike on jobs with him, with his first time being on a flooring job was when he was six!
