Furniture Masters’s David Daoud Honored by AVB

High Five Award winner David Daoud in a Furniture Masters showroom

Receives group’s High Five employee excellence award

YSN Staff

David (Badr) Daoud of Alabama retail chain Furniture Masters was named a 2023 High Five Award winner by AVB BrandSource and YSN.

Daoud, who wears many hats in his role as vice president, was one of only five individuals from across the U.S. to receive the annual accolade. Now in its second year, the awards program honors employees throughout the home-goods industry who’ve gone above and beyond the call of duty and do the heavy behind-the-scenes lifting with little or no fanfare.

See: The 2023 High Five Award Winners

Daoud earned his High Five for his leadership and relentless pursuit of excellence, which have been instrumental to the company’s expansion from one to five stores within three years. Although his official duties involve HR, accounting and purchasing, Daoud lends his assistance to virtually every aspect of operations, prompting Furniture Masters owner Ayman Alsayed to describe him as the backbone of the business.

“David has been with us since the beginning, when we had just four employees,” Alsayed said. “The staff admires and looks up to him a great deal. He is so humble and really goes out of his way to help them all out. He understands that a leader’s job is not to just give orders, but to show them the best way to do things. He really takes the time to work with people and to lead by example.”

Alsayed added that Daoud “puts his heart into everything he does; I couldn’t be any prouder of him and what he brings to the job every day. He really deserves this award.”

YSN publisher AVB BrandSource is the nation’s largest merchandising and marketing co-op for independent appliance, mattress, furniture and CE dealers.

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