Robert J. Kipper

Mr. Kipper has over 20 years of experience in retail industry Information Technology, having directed software development, project management and store support for a number of specialty retailers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Specifically, Bob has lead workforce management initiatives at Cost Plus World Market, Smith and Hawken and Sephora stores. He has also lead POS rollouts, Merchandising and Finance package installations and both distribution center and store inventory replenishment implementations. In early 2003 Bob co-founded Sierra Vista Associates.

"What attracts me to workforce management solutions is the very real and very fast payback that they offer today's specialty retailer.

Barbara C. Musante

Barbara has over 25 years of experience in the specialty retail industry. She has performed analysis, development, project management, staff management and implementation of a variety of retail systems, including store POS, workforce management, merchandising, inventory control, e-commerce, catalog, distribution and human resource systems. She began her retail career with Pacific Stereo, the then leading retailer of home electronics equipment. It was there that she managed store and merchandising systems. Her career then moved her to Lucky Stores where she worked on budgeting, financial and merchandising systems. Next she spent several years with Gump's Department Stores where she managed POS, merchandising, catalog and financial systems. As a founding member of Noah's Bagels management, she was responsible for all aspects of retail automation, including POS, manufacturing and distribution and financial systems. On the sale of Noah's Bagels, she then joined the founding management team of Illuminations. She designed and directed all retail, catalog and e-commerce systems as well as directed the e-commerce/catalog customer service center. Upon leaving Illuminations, she founded Sierra Vista Associates, LLC.