| WHO
IS RENA GRANOFSKY? Rena
Granofsky, President of RIT Experts, founded the company to help retailers survive
and thrive through the educated use of technology. With
over twenty-five years in retail technology, Rena has worked all sides of the
four legged stool: as a retailer, technology vendor, consultant, and research
analyst. In her role as project manager at STS Systems (now NSB; www.nsbgroup.com),
she optimized business processes and led system implementations at retailers of
all sizes across North America. As a management consultant at Canadian Tire, a
leading Canadian retailer with more than 450 stores offering automotive, sports
and leisure and home products, she developed IT strategic plans for the Merchandising
and Advertising departments. For
seven years she led the retail technology consulting practice at J.C. Williams
Group, an internationally renowned retail consulting firm, and delivered holistic
solutions to clients of all sizes across North America. And most recently she
led the research into the retail sector impact, as part of the private Think Tank
on IT & Competitive Advantage, spearheaded by the prodigious Thought Leader
Don Tapscott of New Paradigm Learning Corporation. |