Renaissance is owned by Randy and Valerie Hyde. They met while working in the rug trade for Atiyeh Bros. Inc. in the late 1980's and married in 1993. Randy left Atiyeh's in 1996 to work for James Opie Oriental Rugs, a Tribal rug expert, author, retailer, wholesaler, and cleaner of new, decorative, and antique rugs. In 1999 Randy started Renaissance Rug Cleaning, Inc. as an oriental rug cleaning and restoration specific company. Valerie left Atiyeh's in 2003 and joined him at Renaissance. They each have more than 27 years experience in the cleaning, repair, retail, and wholesale oriental rug trade. Randy has been active in rug related education programs for decades including PARS (Portland Area Rug Society), ACOR (American Conference on Oriental Rugs), and ARCS (Association of Rug Care Specialists) Randy is currently the president of ARCS and past chairperson of ARCS technical committee.