Phyllis Zaepfel, Of PROFITgroups Elected To WithIt! Board

Furniture World Magazine

Phyllis Zaepfel, the director of PROFITgroups, has been elected to the board of WithIt (Women in the Home Industry Today), as the Director of Networking. WithIt’s mission is to encourage and develop leadership, mentoring, education, and opportunity for women in the home furnishings industry. As a national organization created to foster the professional development of women in our industries, WithIt endeavors to involve both those who seek support and those in a position to give support. Phyllis brings more than two decades of retail furniture experience to PROFITgroups and PROFITconsulting, including positions in sales, IT management, distribution supervision, system implementation, and customer relationship management. Prior to joining PROFITsystems, Inc., she was the Chief Consulting Officer of her own consulting firm with a client base that included top 100 furniture retailers. Working with La-Z-Boy dealers, she obtained a working knowledge and understanding of the unique requirements needed in these types of specialized operations. Phyllis worked for a multi-million dollar retail furniture chain for nearly 20 years, holding several upper-management positions, including that of Vice President of Operations. Phyllis’ areas of expertise include strategic project management, creative customer relationship solutions, profitability analysis, evaluating sales and vendor statistics, and concentrated operational and financial reviews for executive management. PROFITsystems is a leading provider of Windows-based retail furniture software. They provide clients with the very latest software features and functions, and have the highest-quality support at one of the lowest prices in the industry. The PROFITsystems web-site can be accessed at www.profitsystems.net.