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Quint Workspaces
Don Goeman is former executive vice president of research and development for the Zeeland-based global design and furniture manufacturing company formerly called Herman Miller. (It's now known as MillerKnoll Inc. following its merger last year with Knoll.) He left the company in 2019 during the leadership transition between former President and CEO Brian Walker and Andi Owen, who now heads the company and led the 2021 merger.
Goeman and three other Herman Miller veterans — John Lubbinge, Paul Dame and Jim Krol — along with an independent designer of Herman Miller products, Joey Ruiter, teamed up in 2020 to start a new company called Quint Workspaces that offers furniture for remote workers. Goeman is CEO of Quint, Lubbinge is commercial lead, Dame is R&D lead, Krol is CFO and Ruiter is chief creative officer.
The team called their startup Quint as a nod to more than just the five co-founders. Goeman said they think of their products as "five cards in the same suit" or "five kids of common parentage" — desks, chairs, storage, boundaries (privacy screens) and accessories. The products are meant to be affordable, designed to professional-grade standards, customizable and ready to assemble without tools.
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