About Andy Fiannaca

If Sparks Florist is the showpiece, Andy Fiannaca runs the backstage crew. He commands a supply chain that moves flowers from South American farms to three Reno-Tahoe coolers at lightning speed, then re-opens those coolers to DIY couples and event pros hunting for just-cut stems. LinkedIn may tag him a logistics specialist, but colleagues know his real talent is turning wild growing seasons into purchase orders that land on time and on budget.

Andy spent two years on the Society of American Florists’ Retailers Council, exchanging best practices and championing independent shops across the West. Edible Reno-Tahoe recently quoted him on the rise of locally grown poppies, butterfly ranunculus, and other earth-toned wedding favorites.

His journey is also a comeback. After a decade of drug-resistant epilepsy, Andy became one of Nevada’s first recipients of a responsive neuro-stimulation implant, Neuropace, a “pacemaker for the brain” that cleared the path to co-ownership and fatherhood.

At work, he partners with his wife, Sara, his high school sweetheart whom he has known since they were 15 years old. Having spent more than half their lives together, they share a shorthand that keeps the administrative and wholesale wings of the business in perfect sync.

When he isn't juggling hundreds of holiday deliveries as "router-in-chief," Andy is the "chief engineer" for his two boys. Whether they are tackling their latest CrunchLabs box or looking up at the night sky, he loves breaking down the mysteries of space, black holes, and NASA missions. For Andy, there is no greater joy than translating complex engineering concepts into stories for two little boys who eat every bit of it right up.