STILL RIVER - Key Persons
Barbara Allis, Vice President, joined Still River in May, 2000. Barbara was with AFS for 13 years, having joined AFS at its inception in 1986. At AFS she was Vice President of Administration, HR and Finance, Controller, and Chief Communications Officer. After leaving AFS, Barbara was Chief Operating Officer of Glow Dog, Inc., a manufacturer and provider (through internet, catalog and retail outlets) of reflective safety apparel for pets and their owners. Barbara's responsibilities at Still River include administration/operations, finance, human resources, marketing, and quality assurance. Barbara has a B.A. from Connecticut College and did post-graduate study at St. Francis College, Tokyo, Japan, and at Bentley College in Waltham, MA.
Chuck Yanikoski, President, incorporated Still River in 1999 as the successor to a retirement planning software enterprise he founded in 1994. Prior to launching Still River, Chuck was Vice President at American Financial Systems, Inc. (AFS) of Weston, MA. While at AFS, Chuck served as product manager for the 403(b) Contribution Planner®, which he designed and developed. When Chuck left AFS in 1999, Still River acquired the rights to the 403(b) Contribution Planner®. Under his direction, Still River has developed the RetirementWorks® desktop software system and RetirementWorks® for the Web, an extensive suite of retirement planning calculators.
Chuck is a product of Harvard College and the University of Chicago Divinity School, and has been a Chartered Life Underwriter since 1980.
John Bradford, Programmer/Developer, also hails from AFS where he worked for Chuck as programmer/analyst for the 403(b) Contribution Planner®. Prior to joining Still River, John held programming positions at Sapient, Inc., a Cambridge, MA, web development company and MassTrace, Inc., Woburn, MA, a biotech startup. John is currently focusing his skills on Still River's web-based applications, both for the Still River web site (for which he serves as programmer and systems administrator) and for those of Still River's client companies. John is a graduate of Bates College and completed a post graduate course of study at Worcester Polytech Institute.