Carolyn Crowley

Carolyn began her career in the Home Furnishings industry working at Bullock’s, a Federated department store, in San Diego. She moved into the furniture retail management software business with a career at S.A. Levitz Retail Systems, which became GE Retail Systems (GERS). During her tenure at GERS, she worked with 100+ home furnishings retailers to implement their business system including TOP 100 companies such as The Brick, Seaman’s, Raymour & Flannigan’s and El Dorado Furniture.

Carolyn left GERS as the Executive of Client Services in 1990 to found Myriad Software with Russell Higgins. Myriad became the first company to offer a PC-based, network-based solution for furniture retailers, making both software and hardware more affordable to mid-size companies.

Myriad also was the first company in the retail home furnishings industry to bring colored screens to market, and was one of the first Windows-based products for furniture retailers. She continues to lead the company and ensures they offer the highest-quality products to retailers. In fact, Myriad just launched PointCentric™, one of the first complete, cloud-based retail management systems in the industry.

Carolyn continues to stay involved in the Home Furnishings with roles on the WithIt and ADL boards. She holds a degree in Business-Management from San Diego State University.